A longtime Día de los Muertos festival in downtown San Jose remains canceled.
Organizers on Friday said there are several concerns with hosting the Day of the Dead event, including low attendance seen over the past two years and not as many sponsors. Another big reason is a fear immigration agents will show up at Día de San Jose.
“My heart goes to community members, to institutions who are unable to host their celebrations,” said Jessica Paz-Cedillos, CEO of the School of Arts and Culture in San Jose. “There is a lot of information that we may not know and they had to make a difficulty decision.”
Paz-Cedillos said her school’s Día de los Muertos event is still going on — a festival on a smaller scale, but still with the same colors and traditions.
“We work with local businesses who have altars along the local corridor,” Paz-Cedillos said. “We have performances along the corridor.”