chinook fest

A couple of years ago, Cody Beebe had an idea. To bring a music festival to the scenic Nile Valley. Crazy, huh?

Here we go! Starting this week, another season of Downtown Summer Nights is set to fill your Thursday evenings with music and laughter all summer! The food will be excellent and so will the drinks! It all starts again this Thursday (June 16) from 5:30-9 p.m. at our new location -- Front Street.

There's an old adage in show business that goes something like this: "Leave the crowd wanting more." This Thursday night, those who attend the final installment of the city of Yakima and Townsquare Media's "Downtown Summer Nights" street concert series -- powered in part by Washington Broadband -- will most definitely be clamoring for it to never end...

Sunday afternoon, as the final notes were played by festival closer Austin Jenckes, another successful Chinook Fest went into the books and, as advertised, it was, indeed, bigger and better than ever!

The third annual Chinook Music Festival kicks off tonight at Jim Sprick Community Park in Naches. The festival is getting high praise as one of the best small fests on the West Coast and is attracting artists that are getting national notoriety such as Sturgill Simpson, whose new album was recently profiled in Rolling Stone magazine and recently performed on David Letterman's show.

Thursday morning on "The Big Show" we will be giving away FREE VIP tickets to this weekend's third Annual Chinook Music Festival.

Thursday afternoon, alternative-rock band Fall Days out of Bonney Lake stopped by the studio to give us a taste of what was to come when they hit stage for Downtown Summer Nights. The upstart band, playing together for nearly two years, were the winners in an under-21 battle-of-the-bands held at the Seasons Performance Hall back on April 5.

The Third Annual Chinook Music Festival has extended the deadline for a 21-and-under Battle of the Bands with the winner getting a slot to perform at this year's three-day event at Jim Sprick Park in the Nile Valley, Sept. 12-14.

This morning on "The Big Show," harmonica legend Lee Oskar called in to promote this weekend's 2nd annual Chinook Music Fest (which has virtually sold-out) and his appearance there on Saturday.

Next weekend, the Nile Valley will be rocked once again as 32 bands from around the Northwest and up and down the left coast will converge on Jim Sprick Community Park for the 2nd annual Chinook Music Festival presented by Liberty Bottle Works.

I am soooooo looking forward to this event in a couple of weekends!

Earlier this morning, I had the distinct pleasure and honor of being the first radio disc jockey to play the new single from Australian guitar ninja Blake Noble's forthcoming album "Underdog." The album, Noble's first U.S. release, will be unveiled Saturday night at the 4th Street Theater.  Tickets for the event are available at the Capitol Theater Box Office, on-line at www.TicketsWest.