our newest creative explosion! August 6-10, 2025!

Bringing Art to the Heart of the City
JumpstART was made possible through the generous support of Hope Corps, a new initiative of the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, funded as part of Mayor Harrell’s Downtown Activation Plan.

EnJoy curated, created and produced 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.

And who created the ART? Keep reading to find out the INCREDIBLE artists we enlisted

The Line-Up of Art

Wednesday August 6th | PIER 62 | 1:00–4:00 PM
Play for the Planet: Soccer + Street Performance

• 1:00 PM – Warm-ups & Team Introductions

• 1:15 PM – Soccer Match #1 (30 min)

• 1:45 PM – Halftime Show (20 min)

• 2:15 PM – Soccer Match #2 (30 min)

• 2:45 PM – Halftime Show (20 min)

• 3:15 PM – Soccer Match #3 (Finale) (30 min)

• 3:45 PM – Wrap-Up

Thursday August 7th | OCCIDENTAL SQUARE PARK | 3–7pm PM
A Downtown DANCE Celebration

• 3:00 PM – Welcome & Intros

• 3:10 PM – Tap Extravaganza: Mark Mendonça and students & Alex Dugdale

• 3:40 PM – Tracey Wong and The Coolest People Ever

• 4:20 PM – Price Suddarth and JumpKut Contemporary Ballet

• 4:40 PM – Randy Ford

• 5:15 PM – Lucien Postlewaite & Clara Ruf Maldonado

• 5:35 PM – Social Dance Lesson

• 5:55 PM – Joy Street Orchestra Dance Party

Friday August 8th | THE HARBOR STEPS | 4:00–8:00 PM
MUSIC in Motion

• 4:00 PM – Welcome & Host Intro

• 4:10 PM – Seattle String Quartet

• 4:25 PM – Youth Bands from Seattle Drum School

• 4:40 PM – Seattle String Quartet

• 4:55 PM – Seattle Drum School Youth Bands

• 5:15 PM – Caela Bailey and Friends

• 5:45 PM – Filthy FemCorps

• 6:00 PM – Caela Bailey and Friends

• 6:30 PM – Fithy FemCorps

• 6:50 PM – Laura Bohn

• 7:05 PM – Joy Street Orchestra

Sunday August 10th |OVERLOOK PARK (SALISH STEPS) | 4:00–7:00 PM
Circus Extravaganza

• 4:00 PM – Welcome & Host Intro

• 4:10 PM – SANCA Youth Circus: Nimbus & Stratus & Cirrus

• 4:35 PM – Chrysalis Circus

• 5:00 PM – Acrobatic Conundrum

• 6:00 PM – Up Up Up Inc.

• 7:00 PM – Final Bow & Close

What is JumpstART?

JumpstART! brought together 150 performing artists for 4 days of free, “pop-up” events in different locations throughout downtown.

Each of the 4 days focused 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. 

Our current funding

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.

• And incredible gifts from supporters like YOU!

EnJoy is grateful to have Shunpike as its fiscal sponsor for JumpstART!, which allows your contributions to be tax deductible.