South Valley Spotlight - Morgan Hill, San Martin, Gilroy

South Valley Events This Weekend

A resident-first calendar hub for things to book, save, or plan around in Morgan Hill, San Martin, and Gilroy.

Visit Gilroy and Visit Morgan Hill do the official visitor-calendar job. South Valley Spotlight has a different job. We help locals know what is worth putting on the family calendar, where to eat nearby, which events need tickets early, and what road closure will ruin a Saturday if nobody tells you first.

This page is the public home for the Sunday Planner. It connects our best event guides, city calendars, winery and live music links, and the event submission path we want organizers to use.

Submit an event

Want your event in the Sunday Planner?

Send the public event link, date, city, location, cost, organizer, and one sentence on who it is best for. Two weeks ahead is ideal. Photos are optional, but a real photo beats a flyer when we can use it.

Submit an Event

Start Here

Use these links when you are planning the next few weekends. We keep SVS guides opinionated and local. Official calendars still matter, so we link the source when readers need tickets, final times, or organizer rules.

This weekend and next

For fast planning, start with free things to do in Morgan Hill and Gilroy, the South Valley farmers market guide, and the latest Sunday Planner when it is published.

Official Calendars We Check

We do not want readers trapped in one calendar. These sources catch different things, so the Sunday Planner pulls from all of them and then adds the local notes a resident actually needs.

Visit Morgan Hill event calendar for Morgan Hill events, signature events, sports calendar, winery links, live music, and visitor planning.
Visit Morgan Hill event submissions for organizers whose event is tourism-related and in Morgan Hill.
Visit Gilroy events for Gilroy festivals, annual events, downtown events, and visitor planning.
Visit Gilroy event submissions for official Gilroy visitor-calendar listings.
Morgan Hill road closures when street events affect driving, parking, or school-week logistics.
Santa Clara Valley winery events for winery weekends across Morgan Hill, San Martin, and Gilroy.

What Makes The SVS Version Different

Official tourism calendars are built for visitors. The SVS version is built for people who live here. That means we care about the boring useful stuff too.

Road closures, parking pressure, and when to arrive.
Free and low-cost options for families.
Recurring events locals forget to check until the day after.
San Martin events that get missed because they are not tied to a city tourism bureau.
Dinner, coffee, winery, and local-shop stops near the event.
Homeowner notes such as city workshops, utility deadlines, rebates, planning meetings, and public safety reminders.

South Valley Events FAQ

What cities does this calendar cover?

Morgan Hill, San Martin, and Gilroy. We will also include nearby regional events when they matter to South Valley families.

How do I submit an event?

Email [email protected] with the event name, public link, date, city, location, cost, organizer, and who should care. A real event page or ticket link helps us verify it faster.

Do you list only big festivals?

No. Big festivals get guides because people search for them. Smaller school, nonprofit, winery, downtown, civic, family, and neighborhood events belong here too if they are public and useful.

Can a business sponsor the Sunday Planner?

Yes. Sponsored spots stay clearly labeled and sit around the calendar coverage, not inside the editorial judgment. Local restaurants, wineries, family venues, home services, and shops are the best fit.

Get the Sunday Planner

We send the practical version by email. The public page is the hub. The Sunday email is the reminder before the week gets away from you.

Subscribe to South Valley Spotlight or browse the South Valley Directory for local places to eat, book, call, or visit after the event.