District 4

Dear District 4,

What annual large scale (e.g., 500+ attendance) events does your organization sponsor?

Sunnyvale is looking at organizing a new big event which could have a regional draw. We would want to avoid duplication so we’d like to know what events our region already sponsors.

Feel free to send your responses directly to recreation@sunnyvale.ca.gov.

Thank you for your time and input!

Cheers,

MICHELE-BRIDGET RAGSDALE, CPP

Community Services Coordinator II, Arts & Marketing

Library and Community Services

City of Sunnyvale

Phone:   408-730-7338

Email: mragsdale@sunnyvale.ca.gov

We are a 55 plus community of over 4000 - we do a couple large scale events annually - a spring event with a very large classic car show, vendors, club displays, entertainment, food

We also do a community wide July 4th Celebration - this includes a community wide flea market, art vendors, patriotic program, concession games, food and entertainment.

We do driving range concerts - set up a stage on the driving range with entertainment, provide food and beverages - folks can bring lawn chairs or golf carts for seating

The City of Santa Clara Parks and Recreation Department puts on many large scale events for the community such as:  Easter Egg Hunt, BBQ Championship, 4th of July All-City Picnic, Art and Wine Festival, Children's Halloween Party, Holiday Tree Lighting

The City of Mountain View hosts Arbor Day celebration, Concerts on the Plaza once per month from April to September, Downtown Parade, Thursday Night Live (we close a portion of Castro Street) 4 nights during the summer, Outdoor movie nights at 6 different parks, a Halloween Monster Bash event and Tree Lighting.

We also co-sponsor the 4th of July Fireworks and Symphony at Shoreline Amphitheatre.

John

The City of Cupertino hosts a spring 5k run (Big Bunny 5k), a summer concert series, a summer movie series, Shakespeare in the Park, July 4th celebration, Veteran's Day celebration, Tree Lighting Event and Breakfast with Santa. Cupertino is also home to many large scale festivals/events that are organized by outside groups (Cherry Blossom Festival, World Journal Festival, Kids N Fun Festival, Silicon Valley Fall Festival, Diwali Festival, and the Sheriff's Hero Run 5k)

Let me know if you'd like any other information. 

Kelsey Hayes
Recreation Coordinator
kelseyh@cupertino.org

The City of San Francisco hosts 5 Big events and many smaller events. Our Big 5 are the Holiday Tree Lighting, Annual Turkey Cook-off, Spring Eggstravaganza, Summer Playday and Scaregrove.