‘American Idiot’: Green Day’s “American Idiot” plays through June 9 at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, 255 Almaden Blvd, San Jose. Details: (408) 792-4111.
Pacheco State Park’s Annual Kite Day
The 12th annual Family Kite Day will be held from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, June 15 at Pacheco State Park. Families are encouraged to bring kites, sunscreen, layered clothing, drinking water, lawn chairs and a picnic lunch. Drinking water is unavailable. $5 Day Use fee. Details: www.parks.ca.gov/events.
Fountain Blues Festival
The 33rd annual Fountain Blues Festival is will be held from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 20 at St. James Park, North First and St. John streets, in downtown San Jose. Advance tickets are $15 and available online at fountainbluesfestival.com, or $20 at the gate. Kids 12 and under are free with an adult.
Connoisseurs’ Marketplace
Menlo Park’s venerable festival of the arts marks its 26th year saluting the best of summer with live jazz, rhythm and blues, rock ‘n roll, dance and party music on stage and street throughout downtown. Free. Held July 20-21 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Santa Cruz Avenue between El Camino Real and Johnson Street in Menlo Park. Details: (650) 325-2818.
Millbrae Art & Wine Festival
The Bay Area’s biggest Labor Day weekend event, huge crowds transform downtown Millbrae into the “Big Easy” with a Mardi Gras-style celebration featuring two sun-splashed days of live music throughout downtown from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 31-Sept. 1 on Broadway Avenue between Victoria and Meadow Glen in Millbrae. Details: www.miramarevents.com.
