Benicia CA, Fiestas Primavera, La Migra

Fiestas Primavera 2026 – Benicia City Park, Saturday, March 28

Fiestas Primavera 2026
A Day of Unity

(Click image to download poster)
The Benicia Fiestas Primavera  cultural festival will take place on Saturday, March 28th, 2026, Noon-5pm, featuring live music, dance, fine art, food, and activities for children, all free and family friendly. LOCATION: Benicia City Park (Gazebo Park), 150 Military West. (MAP)

ABOUT Fiestas Primavera

Benicia, California –Mark your calendars for March 28!  It’s a day of embracing our differences and strengthening our community through voice and cultural celebration.

Fiestas Primavera will follow after the No Kings Protests in Benicia (9-10:30am) and Vallejo (10am-noon). Orchestrated by Mario Saucedo of the Solano Aids Coalition, Fiestas Primavera will bring this important day in our community home with an extravaganza of ceremony, speech, music, dance, crafts, food, and education.  Fiestas Primavera will be held at City (Gazebo) Park from noon until 5pm.  The festival is free, inclusive, and educational, and centers around the young people of our community.

Born out of the negative impacts of an unsafe and racially charged game the teens here used to play called “La Migra,” Fiestas Primavera has successfully replaced this unsanctioned, menacing, and eerily prescient event with a festival that promotes unity, acceptance, and collaboration.  The festival particularly focuses on the contributions of the young people.  There will be both student and professional art, music, dance, and speech featured at the event.  The cultural performances are outstanding and engaging.  In addition, there will be food from different cultures, activities for children, community information booths, and vendors selling arts and crafts from a variety of origins.

Now in its third year, Fiestas Primavera promises to raise your spirits with a vibrant celebration of the cultural contributions of all immigrants, particularly those from Mexico, Cuba, and Haiti..  It is a reminder that Benicia, like the rest of the country, is made up of a cultural blend of people, all of whom have greatly contributed to what we are today.

From the Fiesta Primavera Event Page on Facebook (English/Spanish, thanks to Solano AIDS Coalition)

The Solano AIDS Coalition, in partnership with U.N.I.D.O.S and the Benicia Performing Arts Foundation, proudly present the 3rd Annual Fiestas Primavera—a vibrant celebration honoring the social and cultural contributions of immigrants through art, music, dance, and community.

Rooted in the rich traditions of Indigenous heritage, Fiestas Primavera marks the arrival of spring with a joyful gathering that embraces diversity, unity, and cultural pride.

This year’s celebration will take place on Saturday, March 28, 2026, at Benicia City Park (Gazebo), from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM.

Let’s celebrate together!!

La Coalición del SIDA Solano, en colaboración con U.N.I.D.O.S y la Fundación de Artes Escénicas de Benicia, se enorgullece en presentar la 3ª Fiesta Anual de Primavera, una vibrante celebración que honra las contribuciones sociales y culturales de los inmigrantes a través del arte, la música, la danza y la comunidad.

Arraigada en las ricas tradiciones del patrimonio indígena Fiestas Primavera marca la llegada de la primavera con una alegre reunión que celebra la diversidad, la unidad y el orgullo cultural.

El evento se llevará a cabo el sábado 28 de marzo de 2026, en el Parque de la Ciudad de Benicia (Gazebo), de 12:00 p.m. a 6:00 p.m.

¡Celebremos juntos!

Democracy under attack, Donald Trump, Local vigilance, No Kings!

NO KINGS DAY – March 28 in Vallejo AND Benicia!

MAKE A DAY OF IT…
The future of our Democracy is at stake!

Click here for Benicia 9am-10:30am
Click here for Vallejo 10am-Noon

NO KINGS BENICIA
Saturday, March 28, 2026
9:00 AM — 10:30 AM PDT
at the Gazebo and sidewalks
First & Military St., Benicia, CA 94510
Register HERE
BRING A SIGN, JOY, FIERCE DETERMINATION,
& LOTS OF HOPE…
The future of our Democracy is at stake!
Info about all nearby Rallies

SIGN MAKING at Benicia’s Community Congregational Church, 1305 WEST 2nd Street – Sunday March 22nd during fellowship after the 10am worship hour! Supplies will be provided and will be outside on picnic tables, weather permitting.

AFTER THE BENICIA RALLY… many will head over to the Vallejo rally (see below), and many will return for the Fiestas Primavera – Celebrating Diversity, 12pm-5pm at Benicia Gazebo Park (see the Fiestas poster here).

…Vallejo No Kings – see below

NO KINGS VALLEJO
Rally, Food Drive & March
March 28 | 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Unity Plaza – JFK Library | 505 Santa Clara St., Vallejo
Register HERE
Info about all nearby Rallies

Across the country, Americans are asking hard questions about the direction of our democracy.

    • When federal immigration enforcement actions expand with limited oversight…
    • When journalists face arrest or intimidation while doing their jobs…
    • When transparency around high-profile investigations raises public concern…
    • When families feel the squeeze of rising costs and economic uncertainty…

It forces us to ask: Who holds power accountable?

The founders rejected monarchy for a reason. They built a system designed to prevent concentrated, unchecked authority. “No Kings” is not a slogan — it is a reminder that in America, power flows from the people, and leaders are accountable to the Constitution.

On March 28, Vallejo joins millions nationwide for the third No Kings Day of Action.

    • Join us for:
    • Guest speakers
    • Live music
    • A community march
    • A food drive in partnership with the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano

Last time, more than 1,200 neighbors stood together. This time, we aim to grow even stronger.

This is about defending democratic norms, protecting a free press, demanding transparency, and ensuring that the government serves the people — not the other way around.

Bring a friend. Bring your voice. Bring shelf-stable food  (no glass) to support local families.

There are no kings here.

AFTER THE VALLEJO RALLY & MARCH… consider attending Benicia’s Fiestas Primavera – Celebrating Diversity, 12pm-5pm at Benicia Gazebo Park (see the Fiestas poster here).

REMEMBERING…

Benicia in Solidarity with Minnesota, February 2026:
Benicia’s October 2025 No Kings Rally:
Benicia’s June 2025 No Kings Rally:

In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.

Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, carried by millions in chants and on posters, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together.

The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings, and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty. Grow our movement and join us.

A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.

More at https://www.nokings.org/
Democracy under attack, Donald Trump, Local vigilance, No Kings!

NO KINGS DAY! – Saturday, March 28, 9am – Everyone welcome!

BRING A SIGN, JOY, FIERCE DETERMINATION, & LOTS OF HOPE…
The future of our Democracy is at stake!

NO KINGS BENICIA
Saturday, March 28, 2026
9:00 AM — 10:30 AM PDT
at the Gazebo and sidewalks
First & Military St., Benicia, CA 94510
Info about Benicia & nearby Rallies

SIGN MAKING at Benicia’s Community Congregational Church, 1305 WEST 2nd Street – Sunday March 22nd during fellowship after the 10am worship hour! Supplies will be provided and will be outside on picnic tables, weather permitting.

REMEMBERING…

Benicia in Solidarity with Minnesota, February 2026:
Benicia’s October 2025 No Kings Rally:
Benicia’s June 2025 No Kings Rally:

In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.

Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, carried by millions in chants and on posters, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together.

The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings, and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty. Grow our movement and join us.

A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.

More at https://www.nokings.org/
#belovedcommunity, #goodtrouble, #humandignity, Civil disobedience, Civil rights, Peaceful protest, Racial justice

Thank You, Rev. Jackson

“We will honor your life by taking up the work of public theology you showed us.”

Rev. William J. Barber II with Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., in the US Capitol rotunda, 2018

Our Moral Moment, by Rev. William J. Barber II, Mar 7, 2026

I am in Chicago today at the Rainbow Push Headquarters, where Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson gathered the Chicago community on Saturday mornings for decades, to pay my last respects at his final funeral service.

What do you do when a mighty servant of God has fallen? You say, “Thank you,” and you keep the work going.

Thank you, God, for creating, saving, growing, using, and lifting Rev. Jackson to be the servant he was.

Thank you, Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, for showing us what it looks like for a moral and compassionate leader to know that power should only be used to lift people up, and never to push and shoot people down.

Thank you for teaching us over and over again that the power of life and death is in the tongue.

Thank you for showing us how to take the complex policies in the political suites and make them plain for the people in the streets.

Thank you because when you saw poverty in the fields of the Midwestern farmer or the shacks of the Southern sharecropper or the slums of the city, you didn’t run a regular campaign, but dared to rally a movement vote and said boldly:

“My constituency is the damned, disinherited, disrespected, despised. They are restless and seek relief.”

Thank you, Rev. Jackson, for not only restating their discontent to let them know that someone see them, but registering their votes so they could see their own power.

Thank you, Rev. Jackson, for challenging both parties when you could have gone along to get along.

Thank you for telling the entire society that everybody is somebody because they are a child of God.

Thank you, Rev. Jackson, for telling and showing us then what we need to hear now – that the untapped power of this nation is in the Black, white, brown, Asian, and Native communities that are trampled on. The stones that the builders reject are the only hope for a cornerstone upon which we can rebuild a broken society.

They hold the key to our way out of this mess we’re in.

Thank you for being unapologetically Black but having love and grace and enough sense to always demand a rainbow.

Thank you for teaching us that when Black people and white people and brown people and Asian people are so broke they can’t pay their light bill, we are all Black in the dark. So together we must fight for the light of justice.

Thank you, Rev. Jackson, for teaching us how to…

Love anyhow

Keep on anyhow

“Run, Jesse run” anyhow

Believe in a better America anyhow

Keep hope alive anyhow.

And now, with Yusef, Jesse Jr., Jonathan, Sangrita, Ashley, and your beloved Jackie, we will pick up the baton and will run on anyhow…

Build hope anyhow

Build new rainbow coalitions anyhow

Repair breaches anyhow

Build political power anyhow

Build the beloved community anyhow.

Because we trust God anyhow

The Lord is our light anyhow.

We know that all that matters is that we please and serve God anyhow.

Thank you, Rev Jackson, for letting the Lord use you.

You fought the good fight. You have finished your race. Sleep now, mighty lion. We will see you in the morning.

William J. Barber, II
President, Repairers of the Breach, & Founding Director & Professor, Yale Center for Public Theology and Public Policy. Author, WHITE POVERTY, WE ARE CALLED TO BE A MOVEMENT, THE THIRD RECONSTRUCTION, REVIVE US AGAIN, & FORWARD TOGETHER.

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