.Melisa Yuriar

¡Orale! The award-winning rockero-romantico mariachi 5-piece will make their return to the Ritz—and just in time for spooky season. Interspersing elements of heavy metal with the strumming of violins and ballad lyricism of Mariachi music, the band hailing from Los Angeles is a tour de force in their own right.

Two mythic tales meet in the middle in singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown. The Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best Musical, and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, Hadestown is a story about industry pitted against nature, fear versus love.

San Jose will be bringing its zapatos y botas, because Mama Kin is hosting another iteration of their Cumbia Saturday night dance party. Back by popular demand, Cumbia-favorite DJ Philthy Dronez and a very special headliner are gearing up to bring los sonidos of electrifying cumbia to the Downtown club.

The arts are back at Loft downtown. Now a few shows in, the Stop Drop & Roll Show series has been reimagining how to use the space at Loft.

On the final leg of his international Mathematics tour, Billboard chart-topping hitmaker Ed Sheeran makes his way to San Jose. With only a little over two weeks until his latest LP, Autumn Variations, is unveiled, the energy surrounding the new work is unmatched.

Eastside San Jose’s favorite Mexican Independence Day festival is back with even more dynamic visual and performing arts, folkloric and Aztec dance, mariachi music and authentic Mexican cuisine. Chile Mole Pozole Fest is now on its fifth year—and for good reason.

The big band is back at Boutiki for a big birthday bash! 7th St. Big Band are San Jose’s modern take on the century old form, and they return to Art Boutiki this weekend to celebrate venue owner Dan Vado’s birthday in swinging style.

San Jose’s undisputed king of Bollywood Blues headlines Redwood City’s Club Fox on September 6. Born in Mumbai, the San Jose-based musician has honed a unique mashup of two widely beloved genres and created something all his own.