California’s Great America announces new festivals, events
Spring Fiesta will celebrate Latino culture; Monster Jam is coming to Thunder Alley
California’s Great America this week announced three new festivals/events at the Santa Clara theme park in 2020. Here’s a look.
Spring Fiesta
Celebrate Latino culture and enjoy food, live music and entertainment during this celebration running three consecutive weekends starting in late April. Each weekend will present a different focus.
The first weekend (April 25-26) is is dubbed Día del Niño and offers kid-friendly crafts, games and activities.
Next up is the Cinco de Mayo weekend (May 2-3), which includes traditional, folkloric dance and other entertainment/activities.
Spring Fiesta concludes with the Latin Music Festival (May 9-10), which showcases a number of Bay Area performers.
Monster Jam Thunder Alley
Like monster trucks? The
Monster Jam event brings those impressive vehicles into Great America on June 20-July 12.
It’s your chance to get “nose to grille” and then sit inside those high rollers. And yes, there’s even a chance to take a ride in a Monster Jam truck.
Also, there are meet-and-greets with drivers as well as a themed kids play area.
Carnivale at Orleans Place
Here’s your chance to experience plenty of New Orleans
charm without ever leaving the Bay Area.
Carnivale, July 18-Aug. 2, serves up a big helping of Fat City-friendly food and fun.
The nighttime festival “marries the best of Great America’s fan-favorite Taste of Orleans event with the excitement and vibrancy of Mardi Gras,” according to a new release.
One of the highlights of Carnivale is the the Spectacle of Color full-scale parade, featuring decorated floats, talented performers
and more.
South Bay Shores
Great America also plans to open its brandnew waterpark with seven new water attractions, South Bay Shores, in May. The park will include four drop slides, two tube slides and a kid-friendly lagoon area and feature private cabanas with fans, TVs, and food and beverage service.
For more information, go to cagreatamerica.com