Breathing, shooting and snorting fire, rolling, dancing and marching, Star Wars characters, deranged motor contraptions and, of course, the Mad Hatter and his tea partiers will hit the streets Saturday in what is arguably Vallejo’s signature event.

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Berkeley had its How Berkeley Can You Be parade, San Francisco has the Pride Parade and Vallejo has the Mad Hatter Parade, now in its 15th year.

The event opens with a festival with all kinds of amusements, including a holiday market, a food court and unicorns, in the Unity Plaza area downtown at 2 p.m. The parade begins at 4:30 p.m., departing from Sacramento and Georgia streets and ending behind the JFK Library for a tree-lighting ceremony at 6 p.m.

This year, Vallejo Mayor Andrea Sorce, Grand Marshal Freddie Stone of Sly

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