Backyard San Jose

A new pop-up community space is coming to Fountain Alley in Downtown San Jose (35 S. 2nd Street). For three whole months, Backyard San Jose is turning a parking lot into a public space with cultural events, concerts, classes, and networking events. There will be something going on seven days a week.

Backyard San Jose is throwing a launch party on August 15th from 6pm to 9pm with music, food, beer, and wine.

The list of partners and contributors to this project is impressive:

• ABM Industries
• Anno Domini Gallery
• BandWagon
• Be The Change Yoga
• Beyond Meat
• Children’s Discovery Museum
• Cinequest
• City of San Jose
• Code for San Jose
• Content Magazine
• Downtown Screen Printers
• Feather
• Fractal Flora
• Gray Area Art + Technology
• Good Karma
• Heroes Martial Arts
• Local Color
• MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana
• Meetup
• Omnipotent Studios
• Park Lab
• Paseo Prototyping Festival
• PATH Homeless Assistance
• Pink Sparrow
• Pop Kids Yoga
• Public Space Authority
• San Jose Come Up
• San Jose Downtown Association
• San Jose Improv
• San Jose Made
• San Jose State University Cadre Media Lab
• Silicon Valley Pride
• SOMA Streat Food
• SPRO Coffee Lab
• SPUR
• Swordfighting School
• The Get Down Dance Studios
• The People’s Table
• Universal Grammar
• Urban Community
• WebEnertia
• WeWork Labs
• ZERO1

For more details and to RSVP to their launch party (not required), head over here.

Source: Gillynova from the San Jose Development Forum