.Holiday Tradition San Jose SaxMas Returns to Eastridge Center

Dec 12, 2022

What screams “IT’S CHRISTMAS!” better than a wailing sax solo? For “Silent Night” people, the answer is probably a long list of literally every other instrument. But for “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” folks, Santa in shades and boogieing with a saxophone is surely the epitome of the holiday spirit. Many versions of that very persona will be present at the annual San Jose Saxophone Christmas this weekend, carrying the world’s largest and most diverse gathering of saxophone players into its 28th year. With all Christmas carols in play, “Silent Night” might just get jazzy yet.

San Jose SaxMas

Sat, 5pm, Free

Eastridge Center, San Jose

Addie Mahmassani https://www.addiemahmassani.com/

Addie Mahmassani is a poet based in Santa Cruz. She holds a PhD in American Studies from Rutgers University-Newark and is currently an MFA student in creative writing at San Jose State University. There, she is a Teaching Associate as well as the lead poetry editor of Reed Magazine, California's oldest literary journal. She also surfs, sings and loves a part-sheepdog named Lou.