{"id":15450,"date":"2025-07-01T08:25:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=15450"},"modified":"2025-07-01T08:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:28:13","slug":"free-summer-concerts-movies-at-yakima-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/free-summer-concerts-movies-at-yakima-parks\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Summer Concerts, Movies at 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 11th\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Die Bruder (classic rock)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 18th<sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup> Contraband (country\/rock)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 25th \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  Camille Bloom (feisty acoustic rock)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 1st &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rod Giles Band (blues\/rock)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 8th&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EngleWood Heights (classic rock\/blues\/pop)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 15th&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Genevieve (country)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Viva La Musica begins Sunday, July 20<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 20th&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; La Cuarta Generacion de Tierra Caliente<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 27th&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Los Arroya de Jungapeo Michoacan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 3rd &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Explocion Musical<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 10th&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Super Escandalo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 17th&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Los de Alla<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Viva La Musica finale for 2025 will be at Miller Park on Sunday, September 14<sup>th<\/sup>, 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Featured performers are Enlace Especial at 4 pm and Los Hermanos Gonzalez at 5 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 20th&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Moana 2 (PG)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July 27th&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Little Giants (PG)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 3rd&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Big Hero 6 (PG)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 10th&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Despicable Me 4 (PG-13)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug. 17th&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Harry Potter &amp; the Sorcerer\u2019s Stone (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 <a href=\"https:\/\/yakimaparks.com\/assets\/2025-YPR-SUMMER-PG-f2p-web2.pdf\">2025 Summer Program Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/concerts-movies-cropped.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"532\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/concerts-movies-cropped.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15452\" style=\"width:694px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/concerts-movies-cropped.png 532w, https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/concerts-movies-cropped-248x300.png 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","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-15450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15450","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=15450"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15456,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15450\/revisions\/15456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}