Weekend fests: From LGBT pride to classic cars
Late summer means another weekend packed with festival choices. This time it’s gay pride, classic cars and hot rods, arts and wine, antiques and collectibles, and chocolate and chalk. Here are the highlights. Silicon Valley Pride: 4-11 p.m. Saturday for 1970s-themed night festival, 10a.m. Sunday for parade along Market Street and noon-6 p.m. Sunday for main festival. Plaza de Cesar Chavez Park, San Jose. Live entertainment including headliner Macy Gray, vendors and food. Festival admission $5per day. www.svpride.com Palo Alto Festival of the Arts: 10 a.m.6p.m. Saturday and Sunday on University Avenue. About 300arts booths, 60Italian street painters on Tasso Street, sculpture plaza, children’s art studio, food and beer and wine. Free. mlaproductions.com Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival: 10 a.m.-5p.m. Saturday along Gourmet Ghetto on North Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley. Create chalk art and eat chocolate. Prizes awarded for best drawings. Live entertainment, vendors. Free. www.anotherbullwinkleshow. com Goodguys West Coast Nationals: More than 3,000 American-made hot rods, classic cars and trucks, and customized vehicles will be parked at the Alameda Fairgrounds in Pleasanton from Friday through Sunday. Hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 8a.m.-3p.m. Sunday. Admission $10-$25; parking $10. www.good-guys. com Niles Antique Faire & Flea Market: More than 225merchants will assemble on the streets of this historic Fremont district on Sunday for the 55th annual antiques and collectibles sale. Official hours are 6a.m. to 4p.m., but the pancake breakfast begins at 5 a.m. Free admission. www.niles.org