“We need to hear you scream your loudest scream,” Las Cafeteras member Daniel Joel Jesus French yelled out to the crowd during the
Bernie Sanders rally Sunday.

“We need you to dance your hardest dance so that this earth shakes and the world will hear that the people today stood for our future!”

Las Cafeteras, a Latinx band from East Los Angeles, joined other performers such as Kitty Kat Fan Club,
Jack Johnson and Joyce Manor onstage at South Hall in downtown San Jose.

Denise Carlos, the main vocalist for Las Cafeteras, belted out lyrics to an energetic crowd in an effort to encourage people to rise up and move.

“For us, it’s all about how we work together, how we make movements in our communities, in our families, in our homes,” Carlos said. “One person isn’t gonna change the world, we all have to change it together.”

Carlos emphasized the importance of unity through music and said that performing at the rally was a way to tell the stories of the underrepresented.

“The movement can’t move without movement,” Carlos said.

After the rally, The Come Up curated a space with local musicians and visual art as a second campaign fundraiser.

The Come Up is a local music collective produced by Isaiah Wilson that partnered with Basil Saleh, a community relations aide in Santa Clara County.

With “Bernie Sanders 2020” plastered on every wall and tables of fundraising forms set out in front of the stage, approximately 30 people shuffled in and out of the event until 11 p.m.

Steady Sun, Thiccricc, Outliars and Triimurtii performed with visual art and sound produced by local visual artist Aidan Delaney.

“Bernie Sanders has a swell of people’s support,” Wilson said. “With The Come Up we really identify with that in terms of justice, equality, and civility but also collectiveness.”

Full-time Sanders volunteer and Chicago resident Justin Goldberg said he had spoken to more than 100 people that day and knew about the space, so he planned to attend.

“I had no idea there would be live music when I got here,” said Goldberg. “There’s so many different vibes . . . Different people and what they’re passionate about that I’ve been finding all around Bernie.”

While Sanders posters were lit up in red, pink and green colors from the stage, the event flyer encouraged people to come join even if they’re not political or a fan of Sanders.

The local band Outliars was invited to the event by The Come Up through Instagram and performed last.

Bassist Devin McLendon said, “This is an event I’m happy to support . . . I’m a Bernie Bro.”

A few attendees danced in front of the sets, while others occasionally stepped outside to smoke or have conversation.

“It’s moments like this, in an intimate setting, where we can put all the hard work that we’ve been doing on the back burner for a second and just chill,” Goldberg said.