{"id":411362,"date":"2026-07-24T23:21:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T23:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/411362\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T23:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T23:21:06","slug":"santa-clara-mall-to-host-ed-sheeran-lookalike-contest-ahead-of-levis-stadium-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/411362\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Clara Mall to Host Ed Sheeran Lookalike Contest Ahead of Levi&#8217;s Stadium Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calling all pasty gingers around the Bay! The winner of Valley Fair Mall\u2019s Ed Sheeran lookalike contest in Santa Clara Saturday will receive two floor tickets to Sheeran\u2019s show that evening at Levi\u2019s Stadium, plus other big prizes.<\/p>\n<p>Valley Fair Mall is giving Ed Sheeran fans who maybe kind of resemble him a chance to win tickets to his sold-out Levi&#8217;s Stadium concert with a lookalike contest Saturday afternoon, just hours before the British singer-songwriter takes the stage in Santa Clara, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/bay-area\/ed-sheeran-lookalike-contest-to-be-held-ahead-of-global-superstars-bay-area-tour-stop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">as KRON4 reports<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The event kicks off at 1 pm in the mall&#8217;s Center Court, where contestants will compete for two floor seats to that night&#8217;s show, along with a $100 Eataly gift card and a $50 Alamo Drafthouse gift card.<\/p>\n<p>The mall is encouraging would-be \u201cEds\u201d to RSVP in advance and come ready to channel the \u201cShape of You\u201d singer, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/partiful.com\/e\/fspufkvYITx36yDtfCqh?\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">event invite<\/a> urging, \u201cProve why YOU ARE the \u2018Perfect\u2019 substitute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A lookalike contest for Charli XCX will reportedly be taking place next month ahead of the pop star&#8217;s Outside Lands headlining set, as part of a trend that&#8217;s grown in recent years. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2026\/01\/21\/mission-district-community-group-to-host-bad-bunny-lookalike-contest-during-super-bowl-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">As SFist reported<\/a> previously, a Bad Bunny contest was held ahead of the Super Bowl halftime festivities in February. <\/p>\n<p>Sheeran will likely take the stage at Levi&#8217;s tomorrow around 8 pm, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/entertainment\/music\/article\/ed-sheeran-levis-stadium-concert-guide-22359142.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Chronicle reports<\/a>, via reports from his recent tour stop in San Diego.<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2026\/01\/21\/mission-district-community-group-to-host-bad-bunny-lookalike-contest-during-super-bowl-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mission District Community Group to Host Bad Bunny Lookalike Contest During Super Bowl Week<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo by Paras Griffin\/Getty Images for for iHeartRadio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Calling all pasty gingers around the Bay! The winner of Valley Fair Mall\u2019s Ed Sheeran lookalike contest in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-411362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}