{"id":7432,"date":"2019-06-11T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T16:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=7432"},"modified":"2019-06-11T09:17:01","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T16:17:01","slug":"downtown-summer-nights-series-returns-for-a-seventh-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/downtown-summer-nights-series-returns-for-a-seventh-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Summer Nights Series Returns for a Seventh Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <em>Downtown Summer Nights Concert Series <\/em>returns\nto Historic North Front Street this Thursday, June 13<sup>th<\/sup><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2019 series will kick-off Thursday, June 13<sup>th<\/sup>, with Rafael Tranquilino, a blues guitarist from the Seattle area, followed by The Olson Band, which burst onto the country music scene in 2013 when it won a national songwriting contest and was introduced at the Grand Ole Opry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year&#8217;s\n10-show series will include no fewer than 20 musical acts during its run from\nmid-June through late-August.&nbsp; Each\nThursday concert will run from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The only exception is July 4<sup>th<\/sup>,\nwhen there will be no concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event is free and open to all ages. Each week features two bands and a bustling beer garden pouring your Yakima Valley craft favorites. In addition, local vendors will be on hand offering a variety of food, art, and merchandise. A kids&#8217; area is also featured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Misting tents\nwill be available to cool off during especially hot nights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Motorists are\nadvised the free series will require the closure of North Front Street between\nStaff Sgt. Pendleton Way and Yakima Avenue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concert\nseries is produced by the Downtown Association of Yakima in conjunction with\nChinook Fest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its successful debut in 2013, Yakima\u2019s <em>Downtown Summer Nights<\/em> concert series has become an integral part of Yakima&#8217;s summer music scene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Downtown Summer Nights <\/em>website &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownsummernights.com\/\">www.downtownsummernights.com<\/a>\u00a0 &#8211; includes a complete schedule of musical performers, information about how vendors can sign up for booth space, and other news about the series.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Downtown-Summer-Nights-News-Release-1.pdf\">Downtown-Summer-Nights-News-Release-1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Downtown-Summer-Nights-News-Release-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Downtown Summer Nights Concert Series returns to Historic North Front Street this Thursday, June 13th. The 2019 series will kick-off Thursday, June 13th, with Rafael Tranquilino, a blues guitarist from the Seattle area, followed by The Olson Band, which burst onto the country music scene in 2013 when it won a national songwriting contest<\/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-7432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7432","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=7432"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7435,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7432\/revisions\/7435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}