Huge crowd relishes Zydeco music at Sellwood Park summer finale

INCLUDES TOE-TAPPIN’ MUSICAL VIDEO | We brought you’re the first Portland Parks’ Summer Concert, held in outer East Portland, now read about, and see the video, about the last concert of the series …

Enjoying pizza supper in Sellwood Park at the “Summer Free for All” concert was the Derse family, who said they came “all the way” from Eastmoreland to enjoy this – the final free Portland Parks’ Concert in the Park.

Story and photos by David F. Ashton

Our July story, “Hundreds enjoy two-night ‘Summer Arts Fest’ in Ventura Park“, showed what it was like when Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) launched its “Summer Free for All” in outer East Portland with East Portland Summer Arts Festival concerts – on Saturday and Sunday, July 12 and 13 – and again in Ventura Park.

Fast forward to August: Here’s a look at the last concert of this season, also present in Southeast Portland …

Folks started filtering into Sellwood Park late Saturday afternoon, August 24, to attend the only last “Summer Free for All” event put on by PP&R.

Writing a story about music is like hearing about delicious food. So, take a look at video highlights of this great event:

By the time the “Too Loose Cajun/Zydeco Band” took the stage, the park was teeming with people. Couples and families were enjoying the picnic suppers they’d brought; individuals were lounging here and there on the lawn, ready for the music to begin.

As a good sized crowd gathers for their concert, members of the “Too Loose Cajun/Zydeco Band” posed for our photo, just before showtime.

As the band started up with their lively Cajun-based music, a few couples couldn’t stay seated. First one, then two, then many couples began dancing on the lawn in front of the stage – to the delight of the musicians.

-3 By the time the “Too Loose Cajun/Zydeco Band” begin playing, Sellwood Park was filled with concertgoers.

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