Welcome to our newest creative explosion! August 6-10, 2025!
EnJoy is curating, creating and producing 4 days of FREE-TO-THE-PUBLIC street performance in August of 2025 in the downtown core of Seattle WA. It’s our bold new effort to bring live art directly to the people – no tickets, no barriers, just joy and connection.
What is JumpstART?
JumpstART! will bring together over 80 performing artists for 4 days of free, “pop-up” events in different locations throughout downtown.
Each of the 4 days will focus on a different art form or game.
Why This Matters
At a time when every segment of our community is being hit with cuts of federal funding, we are stepping up to provide radically accessible performance – for everyone, to come out and watch, play, dance and laugh with their friends and families.
And who will be creating the ART? Keep reading to find out the INCREDIBLE artists we enlisted
The Line-Up of Art
Wednesday August 6th at Pier 62, 1-4pm: is an interactive Soccer/Dance GAME, pitting 2 teams (“progress” and “the planet”) against each other with 10 players, 2 referees and a giant earth ball globe. Who will win in this audience-influenced game, complete with half time performances and food trucks?
Thursday August 7th at Occidental Square Park, 3-7pm: A Downtown DANCE Celebration
Performances from a diverse array of styles and cultures, culminating in a public dance party backed by a big band orchestra.
Featuring: Tahitian Dance, Mark Mendonca, Takiyah Ward, Lucien Postlewaite, Clara Ruf Maldonado, Randy Ford, Price Suddarth, Joy Street Orchestra
Friday August 8th at The Harbor Steps, 4-8pm: MUSIC in Motion.
Everything from string quartets to an all-female marching band, this is a sonic journey across genres, generations, and grooves - all on the city’s most iconic steps.
Featuring: Seattle String Quartet, Seattle Drum School, Caela Bailey and Band, Filthy Femme Corps, Joy Street Orchestra
Sunday August 10th Salish Steps at Overlook Park, 4-7pm: CIRCUS Extravaganza
Some of the region’s most celebrated circus artists converge in an outdoor spectacle of wonder, wit, and wow!
Featuring: Up Up Up!, Acrobatic Conundrum, SANCA, Chrysalis Circus
“Perhaps you have been part of EnJoy’s art making in the past with Venus & the Vixens: Games of Love. Perhaps you love street art, or have an investment in Seattle’s urban renewal. Whatever brings you here we are so happy for your partnership!”
Our current funding: We are almost there!
This project is funded in part by
a Hope Corps grant to pay the artists from the Mayor’s Office, of just over $40,000
a King Country Sustained Support grant to cover our time and efforts as Producers, through 4Culture,
in-kind support from the Downtown Seattle Association, Friends of the Waterfront and The Harbor Steps.
This funding will cover ALL of our artist fees and Enjoy’s overhead, but there are some constraints in the use of that funding that require additional funds for sound in 4 locations, security for all four sites, stage management, and publicity.
What is left to raise funding for:
We still need to raise $20,000:
Sound - $9,000 (so people can hear the art)
Security - $6000 (so everyone feels safe)
Stage Management - $3500 (so the shows run smoothly)
Publicity - $1500 (so people know about and show up for this AWESOME FREE ART)
Levels of Giving
$5,000 - Donation to Pay for our Security
$2,500 - Donation to Pay for our Stage Management
$1,000 - Donation to pay for our Sound Systems
$250 - Donating at this level will go toward publicizing JumpstART
ANY AMOUNT - Anything you can contribute will be a great help!
We can’t do this without you!
A big thank you to the sponsors for JumpstART!