{"id":13424,"date":"2023-08-03T15:57:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T22:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=13424"},"modified":"2023-08-03T16:10:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T23:10:25","slug":"free-concerts-movies-return-to-yakima-parks-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/free-concerts-movies-return-to-yakima-parks-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Concerts, Movies Return to Yakima Parks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>City of Yakima parks will be alive with the sound of music and movies during three different series this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The idea is to encourage families to bring blankets or lawn chairs and enjoy the free concerts and films outdoors,&#8221; said Parks &amp; Recreation Manager Ken Wilkinson. &#8220;The community is invited to relax and listen to great music or watch family films in a beautiful park.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Summer Sunset Concert Series at Franklin Park, 2101 Tieton Drive, is 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm on the following Fridays:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>July 7<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Genevieve (country)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 14<sup>th&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/sup>Rice (classic rock)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 21<sup>st<\/sup> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rod Giles Band (blues rock\/jazz\/fusion)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 28<sup>th<\/sup> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ockham\u2019s Razor (Celtic Rock)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 4th                    <em>No concert, band unavailable<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 11<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; XYZ and the Boomers (classic rock\/country)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Viva La Musica begins Sunday, July 9<sup>th<\/sup> at Miller Park, on the corner of North 4<sup>th<\/sup> Street and East E Street. Miller Park will also host the following concerts on Sundays from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>July 9<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rancho Unido<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 16<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Paso Firme<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 23<sup>rd<\/sup> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Super Escandalo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin Luther King Jr. Park, on the corner of South 8<sup>th<\/sup> Street and East Beech Street, will feature Viva La Musica concerts from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm on the following Sundays:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>July 30<sup>th<\/sup> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Los de Alla<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 6<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tormenta de Durango<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug.13<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Banda la Palmera<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Viva La Musica&#8217;s finale for this summer will be 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Sunday, September 10<sup>th<\/sup> at Miller Park featuring Raza Michoacana and Los Hermanos Gonzales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Outdoor Summer Cinema Series returns to the City&#8217;s Chesterley Park, on the corner of 40<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue and River Road. The movies will each begin at sunset, about 8:30 pm, on six Sundays. The film series features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>July 9<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dora &amp; The Lost City of Gold (PG)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 16<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lightyear (PG)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 23<sup>rd<\/sup> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (PG)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 30<sup>th<\/sup> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Minions: The Rise of Gru (PG)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 6<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Shazam (PG-13)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 13<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Frozen (PG)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, call 509-575-6020 or see Page 9 of the City of Yakima Parks and Recreation 2023 Summer Program Guide. The guide is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/yakimaparks.com\/assets\/2023-YPR-Summer-ProGuide-fpw.pdf\">2023-YPR-Summer-ProGuide-fpw.pdf (yakimaparks.com)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City of Yakima parks will be alive with the sound of music and movies during three different series this summer. &#8220;The idea is to encourage families to bring blankets or lawn chairs and enjoy the free concerts and films outdoors,&#8221; said Parks &amp; Recreation Manager Ken Wilkinson. &#8220;The community is invited to relax and listen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13424"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13565,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13424\/revisions\/13565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}