Downtown Summer Nights

Any way you want to score it, it's been a hot summer. But this isn't the Weather Channel. We're talking about the music for the past few months at Downtown Summer Nights. This week (Aug. 13) was no exception: Afton Prater, the Olson Brothers Band and Aaron Crawford did little to cool down Yakima, playing smokin'-hot country for a crowd that could take the heat...

They seem like the kind of guys who'd fit right in around here -- quick, broad smiles, strong handshakes and suntanned faces that would look at home behind the wheel of a John Deere in an open field. And the Olson boys -- Luke and Isaac of the Olson Brothers Band -- will likely feel at home this week when they come to town to play Yakima's Downtown Summer Nights...

The Bull is hosting this week's Downtown Summer Nights and we caught a break -- one of the main acts stopped by for a visit. Luke and Isaac Olson from the Olson Brothers Band talked with Rik about growing up in Eastern Washington, how they got into music and how they're making their way in country music...

Anybody else's ears still throbbing after this week's Downtown Summer Nights? (OK, maybe that's just us. We were sitting right up front again.) Either way, Thursday night's three bands -- Wenatchee's Eden Moody, Ellensburg's Skyler Mehan and Seattle's Down North  -- tore it up...

The Morning Bull Pen's 10-year-old summer part-timer, Savanah, just wrapped up her first week of work, capping it off with her first reporting assignment. We sent her backstage for an exclusive interview with Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, singer Courtney Biggs, who opened Thursday's Downtown Summer Nights concert...

Five months from now, when the wind is rattling your windows and you're snuggling in your bed, dreading when you have to get up and take a broom to the snow on your windshield, think of this night. Think of that easy breeze, a soothing glass of merlot, all that suntanned skin around you and that cool summer air...

Downtown Summer Nights has been fantastic this summer. We have had some awesome talent come through -- country, blues and rock.. I am a true rocker, but this Thursday is bringing all of it.

We are always in need of something fun to do in Yakima Valley. We have had some fun times this summer. Downtown Summer Nights has been amazing, especially the 'Van Eps' night with KATS-FM. Now 'Second Saturday' is in play. The Downtown Association is putting together 'Second Saturday' for all of us to have even more fun in Yakima Valley!

It was another night to get comfortable, kick back and have some fun -- and that's exactly what Yakima did for this week's Downtown Summer Nights. Hundreds headed to Fourth Street, and in the shade of the Capitol Theatre, enjoyed cool beverages and eats from the local vendors like HopTown Wood Fired Pizza. ...

If it was too hot for your swamp cooler to give you any relief Thursday night, you didn't go too far wrong if you wandered over to Fourth Street for 92.9's Downtown Summer Nights concert. Brewer's Grade and Robbie Walden didn't miss a beat in the heat, entertaining as hundreds enjoyed a warm evening breeze and cold drinks in the shade of the beer garden...

Seattle band McTuff will be gracing the stage at Downtown Summer Nights tonight for a free concert. They, as well as us, would love to see you down there on 4th street starting at 5:00 p.m. as it's the kick-off party for the first Downtown Summer Nights of the season.

Gas prices are going back up, a drought's drying up the whole valley and most of the rest of the world's going to hell in a handbasket. What can any of us do about it? Hey, let's dance! And if you're thirsty, don't sweat it: The beer garden and food vendors are back.