News Flash

The 2023 edition of Barefoot In the Park happens this Saturday, Aug. 5, at Pavillion Park!  The day-long celebration of summer offers a full slate of outdoor fun, music, and food from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and includes the always popular car show and -- this year -- the addition of Touch-A-Truck.  Music comes to the main stage at the end of the day from two bands: Kosta La Vista and Nu Jack City.

• Printable map and schedule for 2023
• Schedule for the 2023 Barefoot in the Park:
- 9:00:  Vendor booths open (until 4 p.m.)
- 9:00:  Family fun activities (until 5 p.m.)
- 10:00:  Food trucks open (coffee earlier)
- 10:00: HUB cornhole and pickleball open (until 2 p.m.)
- 11:00:  Demonstrations at main stage.  Schedule:  Dog agility (11:00), Sit Means Sit Dog Training (11:45), Northwest Taekwondo Academy (12:30), Spokane Police Dogs (1:15)
- 11:00:  Water dump tank, benefitting Ridgeline band (until 4 p.m.).  Schedule:  Mayor Cris Kaminskas (11:00), Ridgeline band director Eric Parker (11:30), LLPD Chief Damon Simmons (12 noon), Ridgeline freshman football coach Michael Hamblet (12:30), CVSD superintendent John Parker (1:00), City Council member Jed Spencer (1:30), Ridgeline assistant principal Grady Emerson (2:00), LLPD Deputy Chief Darin Morgan (2:30), Greenacres Middle School principal Quinn LeSage (3:00), Ridgeline percussion coordinator Nate Hunt (3:30).
- 11:00:  Skyhawks "Day of Play" activities (until 4 p.m.)
- 11:00:  Car Show (until 4 p.m.; awards presented at 3 p.m.).  $10 entry fee; contact Dennis at 509-954-4618 for details.
- 1:00:  Decorated golf cart parade around north perimeter of park.  Participants may register at noon at court between the main stage and parking lot.
- 3:00:  Beer garden (until 7:30 p.m.)
- 4:00:  Live music at main stage from Kosta La Vista (until 5:30 p.m.)
- 6:00:  Live music at main stage from Nu Jack City (until 7:30 p.m.)