There\u2019s a jam-packed weekend of Bay Area festivals scheduled for Aug. 15-16. Among the highlights:<\/p>\n
Fremont\u2019s Festival of India: The Bay Area\u2019s largest and longest-running India Independence Day celebration \u2014 the 34th annual FOG (Festival of Globe) \u2014 will run all weekend in Fremont. Events include a Saturday dance competition, a two-day fair (mela), food booths and the big Sunday parade. Details: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (parade at 11 a.m.); $6 fair entrance; 39439 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont; fogsv.com<\/a><\/p>\n India Day in San Jose: The Swades 2026 festival on Saturday will mark America\u2019s 250th anniversary and India\u2019s 79th independence day with cultural performances, a food festival, vendors and a parade at 4 p.m. Sponsored by the Association of Indo Americans. Details: Free admission to festivities at downtown San Jose\u2019s Plaza Park, with the fair running from 2 to 10 p.m.; www.aiaevents.org<\/a><\/p>\n India Day in Sunnyvale: A limited number of free tickets are available for this family-friendly cultural celebration Saturday at the Sunnyvale Community Center featuring music, performances and food. Details: 2:30 to 5 p.m. Saturday at 550 E. Remington Drive; ticket reservations at www.eventbrite.com\/e\/india-day-2026-tickets-1991433315655\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Foster City Summer Days: This festival at Leo Ryan Park offers carnival rides, a car show, entertainment, crafts and community booths, food and beverage stands and a Rubber Ducky Scavenger Hunt. Admission is free; tickets required for rides. Details: Rides open 5 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, but booths and stages close earlier; www.fcsummerdays.com\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Scotts Valley Art, Wine and Beer Festival: Festival with free admission features fine art, food, live music, kids\u2019 activities, wine and beer. On Saturday there\u2019s a Cops \u2018n\u2019 Rodders car show; Sunday is Dog Day. Details: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday at Skypark, Scotts Valley; www.svartfestival.com<\/a><\/p>\n Burlingame on the Avenue: Now in its 32nd year, this two-day festival on Burlingame Avenue features live music, arts and crafts and food booths, community entertainment and a kids\u2019 zone \u2014 plus a car show on Sunday. Details: Free admission. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; burlingamechamber.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a jam-packed weekend of Bay Area festivals scheduled for Aug. 15-16. Among the highlights: Fremont\u2019s Festival of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[389,184,41758,7,332,967,839,421,15841,394,1533,181,23,330,100,395,182,412,88,90,89,397,198,3234,22729,200,203,420],"class_list":["post-432839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-alameda-county","tag-bay-area","tag-burlingame","tag-california","tag-east-bay","tag-entertainment","tag-festivals","tag-food-and-drink","tag-foster-city","tag-fremont","tag-keywee","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-music","tag-news","tag-peninsula","tag-pm-report","tag-restaurants","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-mateo-county","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-santa-cruz-county","tag-scotts-valley","tag-south-bay","tag-sunnyvale","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432839","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=432839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}