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Getting to the Comcast San Jose Jazz Festival is easy by car, plane, or train.

If you’re from out-of-state or out-of-the-country, the Mineta San Jose International Airport is the ticket for you. Only three miles from downtown, over 12 major airlines provide an average of 384 commercial arrivals and departures from both national and international locations.

For those more locally situated, San Jose (map it!) is also accessible via four major freeways, Capitol Corridor, ACE rail, Caltrain, BART, bus, and light rail.

Click to learn more about local public transportation and parking (VTA, Caltrain, street closures and more).

To book your hotel at a preferred festival rate, click here.

 

Get in the Groove! Ride the ACErail Jazz Train to the Festival

Saturday August 9, 2008
$18 per person
Includes round-trip rail fare and admission wrist band to the Jazz Festival!


To see the detailed timetable and list of stations, click here.


Tickets may be purchased at the Stockton Cabral ACE Rail Station: 949 East Channel Street, Stockton, CA 95202. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.acerail.com
For Group Sales, contact Laura Farley, Group Sales Coordinator 209-944-6234
Space is limited! Advance ticket sales only! (Tickets are non-refundable)


For more info call: ACE Rail Customer Service at 1-800-411-RAIL

 

Capitol Corridor rides you to the festival!

The Capitol Corridor provides a pleasant alternative for traveling along the congested I-80, I-680 and I-880 freeways by operating fast, reliable and affordable intercity train service. With up to 32 daily trains between the Bay Area and Sacramento, service to San Jose, and connections to BART at Richmond and Oakland Coliseum, you can bypass toll bridges and gridlock on your way to family fun at the San Jose Jazz Festival. Hop aboard the Capitol Corridor and experience travel made simple.

For more information call 1-877-9-RIDECC or visit www.capitolcorridor.org.

 

BART

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) connects the San Francisco Peninsula with Oakland, Berkeley, Fremont, Walnut Creek, Dublin/Pleasanton and other cities in the East Bay. For more than 35 years BART has provided fast, reliable transportation to downtown offices, shopping centers, tourist attractions, entertainment venues, universities and other destinations for Bay Area residents and visitors alike. 

Take BART to the Fremont station and ride the bus 180 to reach the 19th Comcast San Jose Jazz Festival.

For more information check the website

 

 

What else is there to do in downtown?

Enter the Festival Club Crawl: listen to live jazz bands in bars and restaurants and get a chance to win Southwest Airlines tickets and many other prizes. Stay tuned for more info.

Dine: The restaurant scene offers a mix of international cuisines; visitors can find food options in and around downtown San Jose that range from traditional American cuisine to delectable Vietnamese restaurants.

For a complete listing of what’s happening in downtown San Jose, visit: www.sjdowntown.com