Few events are as ambitious as Sacred Art. Combining music, theater, art installations, and physical and performance art, the two-day event offers attendees an immersive, hypnagogic trip through the South Bay’s art scene. Explore galleries and tableaux as local soul singer Steely Nash plays Leonard Cohen. Or become a part of the spectacle with live body painting, baroque wardrobe regalia and participatory performances. The goal is to tear down the border between stage and audience, creating something like a spiritual experience without religion. And if that’s not enough, the event also doubles as a fundraiser for Ugandan children.

Sacred Art
Thu & Sat, 7pm, $15
Asiel Design Warehouse, San Jose

Organized by special event design company Asiel Design, “Sacred Art: Illuminate” promises to be an immersive art show featuring local designers, artists and musicians from around Silicon Valley. The event’s theme, “Illuminate” will explore the intersections of technology and spirituality. Since 2003, Asiel Designs has created the look and feel for more than 700 events—from weddings to Halloween parties. Proceeds from the Illuminate event will benefit the East Africa Hunger Crisis, a World Vision charity initiative, which helps impoverished East Africans gain access to emergency food, clean water, medical care and more.Sacred Art: Illuminate
Sat, 7pm, Free
Forager, San Jose