Sports FAN Zone

Celebrate the Biggest year in SC Sports History!

Sports FAN Entertainment 10am until 5pm—Something for everyone!

Football, FIFA Futbol, Hockey: Your Favorite Bay Area Pro Teams

| Mascots, Cheer and Performances

⚽ Youth Nonprofit and Sports Leagues

|Photos and Autographs with Players!

| 🎤 Live Entertainment-DJ Macala!

| Food Trucks, Interactive Games, and Biergarten

🎉 Giveaways, Activities, and Nonstop Fun for all ages!

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Football, FIFA Futbol, Hockey: Your Favorite Bay Area Pro Teams | Mascots, Cheer and Performances ⚽ Youth Nonprofit and Sports Leagues |Photos and Autographs with Players! | 🎤 Live Entertainment-DJ Macala! | Food Trucks, Interactive Games, and Biergarten 🎉 Giveaways, Activities, and Nonstop Fun for all ages! |

Its Game on!

Sports FAN Zone — Open 10am until 5 PM! Join the excitement as Bay Area Pro Teams engage passionate fans up close in the Sports FAN Zone (see map below).

Entertainment: DJ Macala playing the tunes and bringing the Hype for our Pro Sports Teams, Youth Sports Teams and performances. Coaches reserve stage time to recognize your Players on Stage after the parade.

  • Contact Ana Vargas-Smith to reserve your Stage time here @avsmith2014@gmail.com

VENDOR 10x10 Booths: Pro Teams and youth sports, nonprofits, and Sports related businesses book your booth here: Vendor Booths.

Diverse Food Trucks: Reserve your space here: Food Truck

Sports Legend Exhibit: A Century of SC Sports Heroes! Historic project in collaboration with our nonprofit, the City of Santa Clara Library and the Triton Museum

Be a part of the Action: Volunteer Opportunities in the ZONE – Corporate team building or student service hours available for the Sports FAN Zone.

Celebrate Santa Clara’s Biggest Year in Sports from Super Bowl 60 to FIFA World Cup. The world is coming to Santa Clara!

Since 1945, SC Parade of Champions Festival has honored WWII veterans, community heroes, and local champions—a proud diverse legacy of heroes, champions and community spirit. But did you know that for over a century, Santa Clara has produced over 80 Olympians and countless local sports legends. Extraordinary for a small town?

The Sports FAN Zone is where community meets Local and Pro champions located on Jackson Street! Last year we had we had Warriors and now NBC Sports Analyst Kelenna Azubuiki, former Olympian Co-Owner BAY FC Brandi Chastain and DeJuan Jones of the Earthquakes! Stay tuned for our line up.

Expect sports and community interactive booths by Pro favorite teams and their Mascots from the SJ Earthquakes, Sharks, 49ers, and Bay FC. Bring your appetite, sneakers and/or dance shoes— DJ Macala will be keeping the energy high until 5 PM.

Need more visibility? Book a Both in the Sports FAN Zone and be part of this unforgettable community celebration.

Food Trucks and Vendor Spaces available to reserve Here.
✅ 10x10 Space with Tent, 6 ft table & 2 chairs
✅ 25-foot Spaces for Food Trucks
✅ Custom Spaces for Interactive Game Booths and Beer and Wine Vendors

Want more Visibility on Event Day and Year Round—be a SPONSOR!

All Sponsorship package levels include your Logo on our Website and the option of a 10x10 Vendor Space either in one of two zone: Sports FAN Zone, or the Community Village.

Map of the Santa Clara Parade of Champions, showing streets, shops, and zones including Benton Street, Homestead Road, Jackson Street, Monroe Street, Main Street, and Franklin Square Shops. Features designated game zones, stages, parking areas, and landmarks such as the United States Postal Service and Jaskson Street Village.

Your Sponsorship and Donations help our Nonprofit give back to our community…

Each year, we proudly feature a Professionally Judged PRIZE MONEY Contest that awards MONEY for Community made Floats, Dance, Drill Teams, Marching Units, and Community Bands - a spirited showcase where our nonprofit gives back to the talented performers, many youth groups, who bring energy, culture, talent and creativity to our parade streets. Add to our signature parade, the community village booths, the NEW Sports FAN Zone, gourmet food trucks, live performances, and family fun — and you’ve got a festival that will spark joy and leave a powerful legacy of building community.

Want to support? It takes a Village has been our history—and you’re a vital Part. As a nonprofit 501(c)(3), we count on local champions like you to help with donations to keep this legacy event accessible and support our Charitable Initiatives for generations to come—we raise funds for:

  • Youth scholarships

  • Support for our veterans and their families facing medical crisis

  • Inclusive programming that Celebrates our Heroes and the DNA of our city—ensures that it remains FREE to the Public to attend since 1945!

3% Cover the Fee