El Grito Celebration

Thursday, September 14, 7:30 p.m., Sacramento State University, no cover

PHOTO COURTESY OF NICOLE FOWLER

Show your appreciation of Mexico’s culture and history as Sac State hosts the El Grito Celebration of Mexican Independence Day. Music by The B-Side Players, a nine-piece, high-energy Sacramento band, will have you dancing. If you want to keep celebrating the September 16 holiday, don’t miss ¡El Grito on Franklin! That party kicks off at 5 p.m. Friday, September 15, at 5385 Franklin Boulevard, with Mexican food, beer, piñatas, musicians and a live streaming of the Grito from Zocalo, Mexico, as the crowd cheers “¡Viva Mexico!” 6000 J Street, calendar.csus.edu.