It’s guaranteed to be a hot Labor Day Weekend in San Jose with the recent announcement that the debut Electronic Sriracha Festival will expand to two days with a second day of special events.
The action starts on August 30 with 120 Sriracha-inspired dishes for $6 or less, four bars, and 24 DJs performing on three stages at St. James Park.
The festival continues August 31 with a screening of the documentary Sriracha at Camera 12 Cinemas and a Q&A with a book signing with Sriracha Cookbook author Randy Clemens.
The film by director Griffin Hammond was a breakout success that started with a crowd source campaign to fund the project and eventually led the director on location in LA, New York and Thailand to document Sriracha’s origin story.
The Sriracha Cookbook, and it’s companion The Veggie-Lovers Sriracha Cookbook, showcases the hot sauce with 50 recipes in each book. Standouts include “the ultimate Sriracha burger recipe,” sriracha ceviche and “burning Thai bruschetta.”
The complete lineup for St. James park on August 3:
OLMSTEAD STAGE
12 P.M. Bare Knuckles
1 P.M. Tomas Phan
2 P.M. Carlos Alfonzo
3 P.M. Taj
4 P.M. Ross FM
5 P.M. Dead Funk
6 P.M. Thee-O
7 P.M. John Beaver Live with Krishna Lee on drums & Greg Manacho on guitar
KENNEDY STAGE
12 P.M. James Ashley
1 P.M. Ian Rey
2 P.M. DJ Hil
3 P.M. California Casual
4 P.M. Mr. Tyler Jackson
5 P.M. Aaron Axelsen
6 P.M. Sam F
7 P.M. Andy P
HART STAGE
12 P.M. DJ Mike Zhao
1 P.M. Haptic Synapses
2 P.M. DJ Basura
3 P.M. Double A and Jay Reese
4 P.M. DRU
5 P.M. Los Disco Duro
6 P.M. Bobby Acosta
7 P.M. DJ That Girl
FOOD TENTS
Antoniks
Konjoe Burger Bar
Sugar and Spun
Thai Street Food
Treatbot
FOOD TRUCKS
3 Brothers Kitchen
A Bite of Taiwan
Agha’s
BBQ Kalbi
Blast Off!
CaliDog
Cluck It Up
Curry Up Now
Fairycakes
Foodie Call SJ
Frozen Kuhsterd
HuLa Truck
Madd Mex Cantina
Mariscos Tsunami
Melts My Heart
MoGo BBQ
O Mi Ninja
Porkys SJ
Road Dogs
Sajj Street Eats
San Jose Meatball Company
Siam Loco Wraps
Soulnese
Takoz Mod Mex
Tastee Bytes
Taqueria Angelica’s
Thai Thai
Waffle Amore
We Sushi
TENT VENDORS
Classic Loot
Tinkerart
Plumeria Flours
Sample Anatomy
Sweetdragon Baking Company
Soul Sweets
David Ozoa
Asian American Donor Program
Sweet Imaginations
Vibrant Eye Clothing
The Electronic Sriracha Festival starts at noon on Aug. 30 at St. James Park. More info