Downtown Summer Nights

Downtown Summer Nights was, naturally, a hit this week (June 22). What a blast! We had so many people there it was incredible! And every direction I turned, there was someone with a Seahawks jersey, T-shirt or even shoes. Seahawk fans are everywhere, even in the middle of the summer at Downtown Summer Nights. But when someone paints a $45,000 truck with everything Seahawks-related, it takes pride

Shane Smith brought his Saints, and some of Yakima's best sinners showed up to listen Thursday night. And with perfect weather and amiable crowd, North Front Street felt like heaven for the second program of the 2017 Downtown Summer Nights season...

We had such a great time with them last year, we had to have them come back. American Honey are coming back to Downtown Summer Nights this Thursday (June 22) for a free concert.

When I heard Shane Smith & The Saints were coming to Downtown Summer Nights, I couldn't be more excited.

With clouds looming and rain pattering, Thursday night's Downtown Summer Nights opening started out looking pretty ugly. But as the music started, the skies brightened -- and all of a sudden everything started looking like a lot more fun. Yakima's Entice the Mice followed by Portland's Scott Pemberton Band shook out solid sets for the Front Street faithful, turning the annual downtown concert seri

If the Rose City of Portland is now better known as 'Portlandia' because her residents are constantly striving to "Keep Portland Weird," then one of its natives, Scott Pemberton, is doing his part.

Every Thursday night from 6-9, downtown Yakima turns into the hottest concert series of the summer and, best of all, it's free to attend. It's Downtown Summer Nights, presented by Stewart Subaru and Downtown Association of Yakima.

The Yakima Family YMCA has provided youngsters the opportunity to experience independence and the great outdoors for nearly three quarters of a century at Camp Dudley - located just a few miles outside of Yakima on the shores of beautiful Clear Lake near White Pass.

I went to a Historic Front Street Association meeting the other day at North Town Coffeehouse. Front Street is the setting for our Downtown Summer Nights concert series, and I always love going there. It reminds me of when I was a kiddo and my mom and dad and I used to visit faraway places by taking the train.

The last time Yakima got a big snow -- about a year ago to the day -- photographer/designer Tanna Edler took this picture of downtown, and it quickly became a local favorite.

For the first time since early June, we can't look forward to our favorite Thursday night gathering, Downtown Summer Nights. Sadly, the free concert series on North Front Street ended up last week. But we still have our memories -- and one of our fondest is listening to Yakima's own Zach Hinson and his band, who closed out the summer with a dynamite set.

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.