Downtown is offering two events in the coming three weeks for people to gather.

One is a Cinco de Mayo celebration and the other is a sound bath and meditation session.

Meditation and sound

bath taking place April 18

The sound bath and meditation event is taking place at the Manteca Community Garden on Saturday, April 18, at 8 a.m.

Dubbed “The Garden Gathering”, it is a guided meditation and sound bath experience designed to help you soften, settle, and recalibrate.

A posting about the event notes “there's something different about mornings in the garden. Before all the noise, before the rush — just breath, stillness, and the quiet presence of community.

It will take place on a grassy area that was created for such uses in the middle of the garden on the southeast corner of Poplar Avenue and Center Street across from the Manteca Library.

Attendees can bring a mat, blanket and pillow or whatever they need for comfort.

Tickets are $35 per person. Space is limited.

Tickets are available through https://www.eventbrite.com/.../the-garden-gathering-sound...

All proceeds will be donated to the Urban Green Project, Manteca Community Garden.

Cinco de Mayo car

show & celebration

The Downtown Manteca Business District is conducting a Cinco de Mayo celebration on Saturday, May 2, at Library Park.

It will also include a car show from 5 to 8 p.m.

Entries for the car show are being accepted through May 18.

The entry fee is $25 for vehicles and motorcycles. The fee for bicycles or pedal cars is $20.

The free event will include performances, vendors, artisans, and food trucks.

Vendor applications and car show entry forms can be found at downtownmanteca.com