A Martinez Summer at the Waterfront: The Sesquicentennial, the Marina's Next Chapter, and Where to Spend Your Weekends Now

Something quietly unusual is happening at the Martinez Marina this summer. The old marina is functionally on its way out, and the redesigned one hasn't broken ground. If you live here, that puts you in a narrow window: the last full summer of the waterfront as generations of Martinez residents have known it, with the city's 150th birthday sitting right in the middle of it.

That's the frame worth carrying into July, August, and September. Not "what's new," but "what's about to change, and what you can still do while it looks the way it does."

The calendar residents should actually mark

The single date to hold on the fridge is August 29. The City is hosting its Sesquicentennial Festival at the Martinez Marina and Waterfront Park from