Thousands attend San Jose’s free March Madness concert – NBC Bay Area

In San Jose, 1000’s made their strategy to San Pedro Square to hearken to DJ Diesel, often known as Shaq. This comes as 1000’s of followers go to town for March Madness.

This was a free occasion with a capability of about 5,000 individuals. Attendees needed to RSVP to get in.

“We have enough sponsors for San Jose 26 to allow free admission,” San Jose Sports Authority govt director John Poch stated.

Originally, a three-day concert sequence had been introduced for this week in San Jose with three completely different headliners, and other people needed to buy tickets. That was scaled again, and as an alternative town stated the competition was being reimagined as a free one-day present so anybody may very well be a part of the occasion.

This free concert comes in the course of the week school basketball video games are being performed on the SAP Center – a time the place most guests are on the town.

“This is hoop madness, part of San Jose 26, celebrating the great events we have in the South Bay,” Poch stated.

This was additionally a chance for individuals to help small companies throughout these occasions like Luv Brownies; a part of their income go to a scholarship for college kids.

“It’s brand awareness, the more money we make, the more scholarships we can give out to the community,” Luv’s Brownies proprietor Andrea Lacy stated.

“I really appreciate what San Jose is doing for the community, they’ve done a ton of outside events, it’s made downtown very lively and a fun environment to be in,” Ethan Loera stated.