Cesar Chavez Plaza

I love plazas that take up an entire block like Cesar Chavez here in Sacramento! It gives downtown workers, visitors, tourists and locals a place to relax amongst the hustle and bustle of city life! This plaza is a Sacramento gem amongst the Capitol building and other huge governmental offices! I also love the diagonal walkways. Make sure not to light up, there’s a no smoking policy for the entire plaza. Enjoy the outdoors, Sacramentonians (is that a word? ~ if not it should be… sounds too cool to pass up!).

It’s a busy block smack in the middle of downtown Sac. I parked there (at a meter) and walked to Temple Coffee to meet someone. It’s been busier in the past, but it was fairly full this afternoon. Not sure why.

I’d like to give Cesar Chavez Plaza four stars because it’s open and accessible to the public. Although Cesar Chavez Plaza attracts downtown’s homeless the park is kept surprisingly clean. When I walked by this place this afternoon, Stantec volunteers were cleaning out the overgrown shrubs along the walkway of the park. A few reasons why the homeless gather here is because there’s a lot of benches scattered throughout the park and every Sunday afternoon Food Not Bombs, a non-​profit organization, comes out and feeds the homeless folks free vegan and vegetarian meals.
Cesar Chavez Plaza also features weekly farmer’s markets and concerts. During concerts and special events, this park has ramped up police and private security making the park more safe by keeping the riff-​raff out. And all those complaints about vagrants being here I haven’t really been accosted by any of them in my numerous visits to this park.

I was here just recently for the Tamale festival & really loved how it is in the heart of Sacramento. The event was so big that I didn’t get a great feel of the park itself. But just the location had me at hello! It makes me want to come back and have a picnic. and read a book or something.
I love the fact that you get that down town feel while here.

Enjoying a nice California summer morning at a farmers market. Cheese, produce, live music, fresh meats, all from the heart of the California Central Valley. If only Sacramento, could figure out how to get some of this food to the homeless people in this park along with shelter before our city completes it’s amazing half billion dollar public works project called Golden One Centre.

Ah… I do remember Cesar Chavez Plaza park thanks for the every summer «Concerts in the Park» series showing all these good, local indie musicians in Sacramento for the past 2 decades. Located between J and I Streets and 9^th and 10^th Streets, this mini plaza park has it all giving the diversity of all generations. Since it’s recognition by this central California farmer activist, Cesar Chavez, it became an honory plaza park. The mini park’s atmosphere is very good although there are some various hobo people living there where they are standing in the shades of trees every day. I wish this mini park needs more security in my opinion if any danger lurks ahead.
There’s a surface street parking surrounds the park where you can park for awhile by using the coin parking meter. Otherwise, you can also park at the parking garage called, «City Hall Garage» near I Street at 10^th Street too. Additionally, you can bike, transit, or walk there in no time.
Cesar Chavez park has some events for the past decades after the competition besides every summer «Concerts in the Park» series: the Sacramento Kings party, the 2013 LAUNCH festival, farmer’s market etc.
In the end, Cesar Chavez Plaza is a good small-​squared mini park where every residents of Sacramento can experience. A worthy visit!

See great potential in this city park. Need more lively events to make this place be an epicenter for good times and business prosperity. Also love their music events! 4 stars!

The concerts are awesome! I had a blast, variety of people and ages, beer and music! Great fun on Friday summer nights between 5 – 9

Would be a nice plaza if it weren’t run down.

So my husband and I are rather new to Sacramento. Last summer was the first time we went to concert in the park and we are fans. The parking can be tough but we get there a little earlier. We carry in our own chairs and find a nice shady spot.
The security at the entrances are quick and friendly. If you aren’t buying alcohol and don’t need a bracelet the entrance is quick and easy.
We also tried food trucks here for the first time ever. It is so much fun wandering around looking at menus for the trucks and people watching.
The park is well kept. Lots of shade for those hot summer days.
The only thing that was off putting at first was the homeless people. I had to remind myself that I was downtown and it’s to be expected. They really don’t bother you at all. For that reason I got used to it pretty quick. The only time I was really bothered was when a lady had diarrhea down her legs and all over her skirt whew… TMI ?
Anywho the bands are entertaining. A great way to spend a very cheap Friday evening.

Nice place to have lunch or take a walk during the day. Sketchy at night with all of the bums. Also, seasonal farmer’s market on Wednesdays and Friday concerts in the park.

Attractive, hard-​working little city park.

Came here for Fiesta en La Calle on a Saturday to hear the local music, and it was awesome! A LOT of cool food stands, like Pupusas, and ELOTE, or mexican corn on the cob! The atmosphere was relaxed, and the fountain on the hot day was cool. The buildings provide cool shade, and it was just fun. Recommend it.

Cesar Chavez Plaza for farmers markets, food truck meetups and summertime Concerts in the Park: 5 stars, no contest. Cesar Chavez for all other times… well… I’ll just average it out and give 3 stars.
The plaza works particuarly well for Concerts in the Park– which, by the way, have grown to ridiculously big and busy proportions these last couple of years! The plaza has enough shade to keep reasonably cool during hot summer afternoons–
enough space for a beer garden, booths, multiple vendor trucks and a ginormous audience–
enough diversity to make for great people-​watching and run times rocking out with fellow crowd members–
and enough amazing bands, including many new discoveries much to my delight, to keep me running back every Friday for more. Viva Cesar Chavez!

Super shady and always has event during the weekend. Although there is no playground, its a beautiful meeting and relaxing place and would love to come back

This park is commonly referred to as «Bum Park» and I am sure from that name you can figure out why. Recently, it was home to the Occupy Sacramento movement. But more importantly, now that summer has arrived it is home to Concert in the Park on Friday nights and the Farmer’s Market one day a week!
Try not to stay in the park too late past dark, the rats come out then!

Even after the renovation, this park just can’t seem to find itself. I like it for just a quick day time break or to eat lunch. It really depends on what day you are here AND what time.
I like lunch time because there are plenty of food trucks around the area. You can grab something and find a spot in the park. Generally, I don’t get bothered too much but the occasional homeless person may wander up and ask for something. So I always get my sandwich cut in half (just in case). LOL despite what others may say, i do have a heart. :-)

Cesar Chavez Plaza certainly does it’s job when it comes to hosting the Friday night Concert in the Park series that everyone looks forward to during the summer. The park also comes to life when the California Grown Farmers Market comes around. I used to cut through the park on my bike when I was riding to work, and the overwhelmingly delicious smell coming from the Café (located in the park) was enough to drive me nuts. It recently received a much needed shave and cleaning, which I am sure will be unnoticeable in about three weeks.
The smell of breakfast will live on though.

To me, Cesar Chavez Plaza represents a cross section of what is good and bad about Sacramento. It’s a beautiful public park in the heart of downtown that is littered with trash and, during the day at least, usually occupied by plenty of vagrants. Don’t make me out to be a prude who thinks the homeless don’t have an equal right to share our public park. But for the sake of this review, I feel everyone should be made aware of what I regularly encounter here.
The plaza certainly has its benefits. Its central location is ideal for concerts, festivals and fairs, and I’ve attended many memorable events here, from Concerts in the Park to the Grape Escape. It sits across from the beautiful and historic Citizen Hotel and Grange Restaurant — two of the classiest places in Sacramento. Still, its location downtown does occasionally attract some riff raff, making it a less than ideal place to take a midday nap or hang with the kids like so many other wonderful parks in our city.
If you want a place to go for cool events, Cesar Chavez is for you.

Concerts in the Park:
There were a lot of people. I think there were more people who came to enjoy the beer rather than the music itself. Besides the beer there isn’t much to do here. It was entertaining to watch the homeless man dance to the music.
Something that I did like about this event is that there are food vendors. I even spotted Mini Burger Truck. Wished I didn’t eat so much beforehand, so I could’ve ordered some of their sweet potato tots!
Several downtown locations offer deals if you present your wristband from the concert, such as drink and appetizer deals. Wish I knew of this beforehand.