This weekend Silicon Valley Pride is hosting the Bay Area's first in-person Pride parade and festival since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The theme this year is "Standing for Love and Liberation." A Night Festival kicks off the festival at 6 p.m. Saturday, August 28, at the Plaza de César Chávez in downtown San Jose, according to Saldy Suriben, a gay man who is the chief marketing officer for Silicon Valley Pride.
There is no cost to attend, according to the event's website. "On our main stage we have Thea Austin from 'Rhythm is a Dancer' and Snap," Suriben said.
A two-hour parade kicks off at 10 a.m. the following morning at Julian and Market streets and ends at the plaza. "We want to highlight our parade," Suriben said.