{"id":14495,"date":"2024-07-05T10:14:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T17:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=14495"},"modified":"2024-07-05T10:23:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T17:23:25","slug":"free-concerts-movies-return-to-yakima-parks-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/free-concerts-movies-return-to-yakima-parks-4\/","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 12th&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; American Honey Band (country)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 19th<sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/sup>The Fabulous Murphtones (classic rock)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 26th &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Englewood Heights (rock\/pop)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 2nd &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Joe Brooks Quartet (jazz)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 9th&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; JoJo\u2019s Mojo (country\/country rock)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 16th&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Spin-offs (blues)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Viva La Musica begins Sunday, July 21<sup>st<\/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 21<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Banda Autentica del Valle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 28<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Grupo Zagazz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 4<sup>th<\/sup> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Donovan Saldana y Su Grupo Al Cien<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 11<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Los de Alla<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 18<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enlace Especial<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Viva La Musica finale for 2024 will be at Miller Park on Sunday, September 15<sup>th<\/sup>, 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Featured performers are Danza Azteca at 4 pm, Mariachi Voces de Mexico at 5 pm and Explosion Musical at 6 pm.<\/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 five Sundays. The film series features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>July 21<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lilo &amp; Stitch (PG)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 28<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kicking &amp; Screaming (PG)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 4<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (PG)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 11<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Marvels (PG-13)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 18<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Super Mario Bros. Movie (PG-13)<\/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 2024 Summer Program Guide. The guide is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/yakimaparks.com\/assets\/2024-Summer-Program-Guide.pdf\">2024-Summer-Program-Guide.pdf (yakimaparks.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f7b0355b-1347-4336-9bfe-6b3246dd9b14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Summer-2024-Concerts-and-Movies-News-Release.pdf\">Summer-2024-Concerts-and-Movies-News-Release<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Summer-2024-Concerts-and-Movies-News-Release.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f7b0355b-1347-4336-9bfe-6b3246dd9b14\">Download<\/a><\/div>\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-14495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14495","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=14495"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14498,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14495\/revisions\/14498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}