This Saturday, May 30, the Delridge Neighborhood Development Association (DNDA), in conjunction with the King County Food and Fitness Association, will host Delridge Day: FRESH, an annual all-day celebration with this year’s focus on community, local and fresh food, an active lifestyle and the arts. 

The event will be all day from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center.

For the first time, Delridge Day will feature a micro-farmers’ market produced by Tiny’s Organic Farm. The day will feature performances by local musicians such as Amos Miller & Friends, Seattle Fandango Project’s Quetzal, and Canary Sing.

Youth programs ALL-ACCESS and the Food Education Empowerment and Sustainability Team (FEEST) will each showcase their work, and neighborhood collective TEAM Delridge will present their ongoing community assessments in the areas of food resources and built environment.

Partnering artists Jeromeskee of Massive Monkeys, Jonathan Matas, Mandy Greer, the sew people, and others will facilitate ongoing, interactive art projects and workshops accessible to all, including: break dancing, public mural, community crocheting, DIY fashion, and more. Local non-profit Youth in Focus will hang their photography in the Promenade of the Center, and the projected Delridge Skate Park Project will also be on hand to discuss and illustrate their progress to integrate public art into the project. 

FEEST, TEAM Delridge and Tiny’s Farmer’s Market at Delridge Day participate as a result of local organization King County Food and Fitness Initiative, a coalition formed to foster vibrant communities with access to locally grown, healthy, affordable food and safe and inviting places for physical activity and play. FEEST will produce a Battle of the Chefs, a mentor versus youth cook-off, with local celebrity judges. 

The outdoor mainstage will host a variety of family-friendly musical talents in partnership with The Vera Project. Local producer Amos Miller, who has collaborated with hip-hop talents Piece Kelley, Choklate, Silent Lamb Project, Vitamin D and Damien Black, will showcase his newest material with a cast of musicians, vocalists and dancers including Canary Sing.

Also performing is Seattle Fandango Project, featuring members of East LA’s Quetzal, a contemporary blend of Mexican and Afro-Cuban rhythms. In addition, a showcase of youth performances by the incredible young talents of the Youngstown’s ALL-ACCESS program, presenting work from classes in studio recording, break dancing, rock band, and DIY fashion, to name a few.

The creative arts workshops will occur throughout the day and are designed to include participants of all ages. Additionally, Battle of the Chefs, a Mentor vs. Youth cooking demonstration, and healthy food-related resources will be available. In anticipation of the Delridge Skate Park to be located at Genesee and Delridge Way, the Skate Park Art Advisory Board will be on hand to discuss plans for the park and will put on fun and interactive skateboarding activities.
 
The event is sponsored by DNDA, King County Food and Fitness Association, Department of Neighborhoods, the mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, and 4 Culture. 
 
The Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, a program of DNDA, is in the historic Youngstown/Frank B. Cooper School, and is located in the heart of the Delridge neighborhood in West Seattle. Youngstown is a unique multi-purpose facility dedicated to arts, education, and to the provision of space for members of the community to live, create, converse, and perform.
 
This event is free and community members of all ages are encouraged to attend. 
 
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, 4408 Delridge Way S.W., 206.935.2999  www.youngstownarts.org.

Accessible by Metro Bus Lines 120 and 125. For more information contact Hollis Wong-Wear, 206.935.2999, hollisw@dnda.org.