Kid Faire and Up Up Up! in its last Orcas performance 

||| FROM COLLEEN SMITH SUMMERS for ORCAS CENTER |||

Orcas Center is proud to present its annual Summer Concert Series on the Village Green, bringing free, live music to the heart of Eastsound. This vibrant outdoor series, supported in part by Joe Brotherton and the Doe Bay team, celebrates community, creativity, and the magic of music under the open sky.

All performances are free for the community and take place on Sundays at 5 p.m. There are only two events left! On Sunday, Aug. 23, Up Up Up! headlines, with Dana Lyons also performing beginning at 5 p.m.

Starting at 3:30 p.m., Kaleidoscope will host a Kid Faire with a bouncy castle, face painting and bubbles. Orcas Island Fire & Rescue will be there with a pop-up tent and public education materials.

Up Up Up! is a nonprofit self-contained touring circus show that brings outdoor circus performances to small farms, immigrant communities, tribal community centers, refugee support groups, nursing homes, women’s shelters, and more. Their ensemble of seven performers creates whimsy, beauty, and hilarity accessible to audiences of all ages. Performing its sixth annual one-hour, all-ages, outdoor circus show, the production features aerialists, musicians, acrobats, clowns, and illusionists — complete with a crane truck for shenanigans and a jumble of instruments for live music. This will be the troupe’s last performance on Orcas Island, as it is disbanding this year. 

Also performing is Dana Lyons, the Bellingham-based “environmental troubadour” who carries on the legacy of artist-activists such as Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. Best known for his hit comedy song “Cows With Guns,” Lyons is a singer, guitarist, and recording artist who has toured the world for thirty years promoting environmental and social justice causes.