Downtown Summer Nights

Another bitterly difficult decision to cancel in light of the coronavirus pandemic was made yesterday by the Downtown Association of Yakima. The wildly popular 'Downtown Summer Nights' concert series has officially been shuttered for this year.

Earlier today (May 14), the City of Yakima dropped a news release reminding community members that cruising is not permitted at this time in Yakima.

Downtown Association of Yakima (DAY) has launched a fundraiser called "Downtown Yakima Together" to support local businesses and essential workers affected by the COVID-19 crisis.

Yakima's annual Fresh Hop Ale Festival (Oct. 5), held near the end of hop harvest each year at Millenium Plaza in downtown, has finally gotten so big it is moving a couple of blocks to accommodate the throng expected.

Next-to-last 2019 show for Yakima's Downtown Summer Nights was an easygoing evening with some easy-to-listen-to music.

Jayleigh Ann & The Lost Boys open tonight's get-together on historic North Front Street -- the next-to-last installment of this year's Downtown Summer Nights.

Week 5 of the weekly Downtown Summer Nights concert series in Yakima on historic North Front Street, continues tonight with live music from both coasts.

Rafael Tranquilino and the Olson Band lit up North Front Street as Yakima's favorite street party returned. We were there, too -- and we took some pics!

Downtown Summer Nights, approaching its seventh year as one of Yakima's signature community events, has unveiled the musical line-up for the 2019 10-week concert series.

The Seventh Annual Chinook Fest, coming the weekend of Sept. 7-9, promises to again be the music mecca of Central Washington.

With help from citizens that gathered on historic Front Street during Downtown Summer Nights, here now is Yakima's response to the lip sync challenge the tune of Journey's "Don't Stop Believing".

Despite near-record breaking temperatures in the Yakima Valley today, the next-to-last community get-together on historic Front Street -- Downtown Summer Nights -- will go on as scheduled tonight.