![]() “Summer Free For All is community-focused, and it blends world-class entertainment with meeting real community needs. “I look forward to the series of festivals and performances each year, and this is one of the most exciting overall lineups yet. “It’s just not summer in our city until the Portland Parks & Recreation Summer Free For All returns,” notes an excited Culture & Livability Commissioner Dan Ryan. You’ll also want to put the return of the Washington Park Summer Festival, which runs August 11-13, 2023, on the calendar. PP&R is proud to bring back the annual East Portland Summer Arts Festival, July 8-9 at Ventura Park, headlined by PJ Morton, the multiple Grammy Award-winning keyboardist for Maroon 5 and an accomplished neo-soul, R&B, and funk songwriter, singer, and producer! PJ Morton is this year's headliner, the multiple Grammy Award-winning keyboardist for Maroon 5 and an accomplished songwriter, singer, and producer! The annual East Portland Summer Arts Festival returns July 8-9 at Ventura Park. Scheduled for 2023: Big names, lifelong memories in the making Thank you, Portland, for your support of the Parks Levy! As promised to Portland voters, the Parks Levy will, in part, deliver recreational programs, including family-friendly movies and concerts, fitness and art classes, teen- and senior-focused programs, life-saving swim lessons, and Free Lunch + Play. The Parks Levy also committed to removing financial barriers and Summer Free For All’s free programming eliminates cost as a barrier to participation. The 2020 Parks Local Option Levy ( Parks Levy) is making Summer Free For All possible and the program would not be occurring without this critical community investment. PP&R’s Free Lunch + Play is delivered in partnership with four area public school districts including Portland, Centennial, David Douglas, and Parkrose at 24 parks citywide (Monday-Friday) and five Mobile Lunch + Play sites in East Portland (days vary see online schedule for details). ![]() The Free Lunch + Play program will again provide free lunches to youth while most schools are not in session for summer. This year’s program includes 50 events, including multicultural festivals, free outdoor movies, concerts, and other special events across the city. The series includes free cultural events for everyone, Free Lunch + Play meals for kids through our school district partners, and free activities for families and people of all ages. Summer Free For All is a community-building, annual program that takes place in Portland parks. Portland Parks & Recreation gives away at least 50,000 free meals each year in the summer gap when school lunches are not served. Four children enjoy a Free Lunch + Play meal at a Portland park in 2022.
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