Events

Kilted Scotsmen, pirates, bikers, veterans, dancing horses -- it has to be Highland Community Days!

Yakima put Downtown Summer Nights to bed for another year Thursday night, but not before savoring one of the most memorable shows of the 2016 season.

With his concert at The Seasons Performance Hall scheduled for this coming Wednesday, Seattle hip-hop artist Macklemore has caused quite a stir in Yakima. A marquee name at the height of his popularity coming to play such an intimate venue (420 seating capacity). It's no wonder the beyond reasonably…

We just might've saved the best for last.
Downtown Summer Nights closes out the 2016 season Thursday evening on North Front Street with Redwood Son and Yakima homeboy Zach Hinson. It'll be a night of country, Americana and real-life musical storytelling.
Yeah -- wear your boots, if you want.

If you are bummed out that you couldn't score those SOLD OUT concert tickets to see Macklemore and Ryan Lewis in Yakima at The Seasons Performance Hall on August 24, 2016, THEN YOU ARE IN LUCK!
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis just announced they will be at the merchandise table signing t-shirts for ONE HOU…

THAT smoked!
Seattle's Rafael Tranquilino and Yakima's Avion treated Downtown Summer Nights to one of the hottest shows of the summer Thursday evening, bringing Latin-spiced rock and gritty blues to North Front Street.
The crowded packed the whole street, enjoying the music savoring the food…

If you’ve missed out on previous Festival In The Parking Lot events put on by Yakima Neighborhood Health Services, then this is your week (in honor of National Health Center Week).
Join me in Yakima and Sunnyside for the celebration...

Under deep blue skies and just enough breeze to keep everybody comfortable, the Moxee Hop Festival was as good as ever this year -- a grand parade, a 5K run, inflatable rides and slides, an entertainment stage that kept going day and night, food to please any palate and of course, the whole point of…

Shaking your moneymaker really could make you some money this weekend!
Starting at 9:30 tonight and Saturday (Aug. 5-6), $25 Valley Mall gift cards -- along with a load of other prizes -- will be up for grabs every half-hour during the Moxee Hop Festival's teen street dance...

Yakima got to reconnect with two of its favorite bands Thursday night -- and Camille Bloom and Snug Harbor brought the kind of joy that only old friends can understand.
The globe-trotting Bloom, who has completed 30 national and international tours and performed in nine countries with her group, kick…

As if you needed another reason to attend the 64th annual Moxee Hop Festival this weekend, here's another.
Two words: Sea. Gals.

It's still summer. It's still downtown. But the nights are dwindling.
With just three more Downtown Summer Nights concerts left, we're appreciating them all the more! And tonight (Aug. 4) brings the awesome sounds of Snug Harbor and Yakima Valley favorite Camille Bloom.