Kalamazoo Free Community Events Calendar for August 3–9
Friday, August 4
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - weekly Lunchtime Live! food truck rally and live music series in Bronson Park. This week's featured performer is The Kennedy Affair trio blues band.
5:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Kalamazoo State Theatre's monthly State On The Street free outdoor, live concert series, featuring "eclectic art-pop band" Fake Baseball and live painting demonstration by Amy Lou Gieschen.
7 p.m. (arrive early for free face painting at 6 p.m.) - Kzoo Parks Summer Cinema hosts a free showing of the movie The Bad Guys (2022, Rotten Tomatoes 88%) at the Bank Street Farmers' Market. This movie will be held outdoors, so attendees must provide their own seating (chairs, blankets, etc.)
Saturday, August 5
11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. - The Kalamazoo Valley Museum presents two free showings of the original version of The Fly from 1958. This movie is part of Iza van Riemsdijk’s flyswatter exhibit.
3 to 6 p.m. - Gun Violence Resource and Resilience Rally at LaCrone Park. This is the second of three iterations of this event this summer. Read my report about the July 22 Gun Violence Resource and Resilience Rally at Rockwell Park.
Tuesday, August 8
about 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. - traditional date for West Main Hill Neighborhood Association's annual National Night Out picnic at Henderson Park, in cooperation with the USTA Boys tennis tournament at Kalamazoo College. This date is currently unconfirmed and may have been moved to Saturday, August 26.
Wednesday, August 9
5:30 to 6:30 - weekly Workout Wednesdays free fitness class, outdoors in Bronson Park. This week's workout will be lead by Twerk N Tone's Kim Guess.
5:30 to 8:30 p.m. - weekly Beats on Bates free, live performance series, outdoors on Bates Alley. This week features comedian Cam Honeyager, magician Pieter the Great, and DJ Mel V.
Thanks for reading! If you know of any other free, local community events, please post them below in the comments section below. This is intended to be shareable content, so don't hesitate to click the share buttons.