{"id":2727,"date":"2015-06-05T10:38:53","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T17:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=2727"},"modified":"2015-06-05T10:38:53","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T17:38:53","slug":"downtown-summer-nights-series-returns-for-a-third-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/downtown-summer-nights-series-returns-for-a-third-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Summer Nights Series Returns for a Third Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Downtown Summer Nights Concert Series <\/em>has grown in each of its first two years. After a successful debut in 2013, the series added more performers to its lineup for the 2014 season. This year\u2019s 10-show series will include no less than 30 musical acts during its run from mid-June through late-August. Each show in the series will focus on specific genres.<\/p>\n

Sponsored by Stewart Subaru and produced by the City of Yakima, Townsquare Media, and Chinook Entertainment, the free and family-friendly Downtown Summer Nights<\/em> series will run every Thursday night from June 18th<\/sup> through August 20th<\/sup> on 4th<\/sup> Street behind the Capitol Theatre. All shows will begin at 5:00 pm and last until about 9:00 pm. Kids activities provided by Yakima Maker Space will take place in Yakima Community Health Kids Area and free face painting will be provided by Face Art Magic.<\/p>\n

The 2015 series will get underway with a Blues Rock show on the West Valley Fitness Stage June 18th<\/sup> featuring nationally-known McTuff<\/em>, Seattle-based Cracker Factory<\/em>, and Yakima favorite Nikki J<\/em>. The June 25th<\/sup> show focus on Rock and Indie music and will feature Van Eps<\/em>, an eclectic band from Seattle, The Banner Days<\/em>, a collaboration between Bradford Loomis and Beth Whitney, and Indigo Kidd<\/em>, a Yakima group who just released it EP entitled Battle at the Fish Caf\u00e9<\/em>.<\/p>\n

On July 2nd<\/sup>, Country performers Brewer\u2019s Grade <\/em>(Oregon), Robbie Waldon <\/em>(Spokane), and Kate Turner<\/em> (Tri-Cities) will be featured. The July 10th<\/sup> will bring Soul and Blues music to Downtown Yakima with New England-based Jason Spooner<\/em>, the Campbell Davis Band<\/em> from Walla Walla, and Yakima signer\/songwriter Chase Craig<\/em>. Seattle trio Ayron Jones & The Way<\/em> will head up the July 16th<\/sup> Blues Rock show and will be joined by the up and coming Daniel Kirkpatrick & The Bayonettes <\/em>and Seattle Weekly\u2019s \u201c2014 Best Street Performer in the Northwest\u201d Whitney Monge<\/em>. The Downtown Summer Nights<\/em> show on July 23rd<\/sup> will mix Indie Folk Rock and Country music with performances by Seattle\u2019s Nick Foster Band<\/em>, Yakima\u2019s own The Common Deer<\/em>, and the multi-talented Courtney Biggs<\/em> from Spokane. The month will be closed out with an Americana show featuring the internationally-acclaimed Ian McFeron<\/em>, Leavenworth\u2019s The Hoyer Brothers<\/em>, and Northwest singer\/songwriter Emily Otteson<\/em> on July 30th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

The Funk sounds of Down North<\/em> (Seattle), Skyler Mehal<\/em> (Seattle\/Ellensburg), and Eden Moody<\/em> (Wenatchee) will fill 4th<\/sup> Street on August 6th<\/sup>. Pop Country performers Aaron Crawford<\/em> (Seattle), The Olson Brothers Band<\/em> (Olympia), and Afton Prater<\/em> (Sequim) will be featured on August 13th<\/sup>. The series will end its 2015 run with World Music and Bluegrass show featuring instrumentalist Blake Noble<\/em>, Ellensburg\u2019s Uphill Both Ways<\/em>, and Yakima\u2019s own These Guitars Say Sorry<\/em> on August 20th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Food vendors and a beer and wine garden will also be part of the Downtown Summer Nights<\/em> events.<\/p>\n

The Downtown Summer Nights <\/em>website \u2013 www.downtownsummernights.com<\/a> \u2013 includes a complete list of musical performers, information about how vendors can sign up for booth space, and other news about the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Downtown Summer Nights Concert Series has grown in each of its first two years. After a successful debut in 2013, the series added more performers to its lineup for the 2014 season. This year\u2019s 10-show series will include no less than 30 musical acts during its run from mid-June through late-August. Each show in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2727","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2728,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2727\/revisions\/2728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}