Last updated: March 20, 2025
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Wanna See a Show? Do it Yourself: Punk Music at DC-Area National Parks
Written by Dr. Rami Toubia Stucky
This article focuses on punk, the National Park Service, and the federal government. It details
- the emergence of punk in the aftermath of the Summer in the Parks Series of the late 1960s
- the importance of Neighborhood Planning Councils to the development of punk
- the activism that occurred on NPS land during the 1980s and 1990s
- the NPS's contradictory stance towards punk, often supportive but sometimes restrictive
Read this story in the photo gallery below, designed to resemble punk flyers and zines of the era, or by reading the full text on the webpage below.
Wanna See a Show? Do it Yourself.
“Wanna see a show?” Mark Andersen asks interested punk audiences in a 1991 edition of Crack DC magazine. Then “do it yourself."[1] But how would someone organize a show themselves? Andersen offered some advice. Apply for a permit with the National Park Service. If awarded, individuals could host a show on federal land for free without having to pay to rent a venue. This would be at a public park, though, so the whole show had to be free. Organizers couldn’t sell tickets for profit.
It was tough. More often, shows might operate at a loss or need funding by outside sources.[2] But if one managed to pay for the event, then the National Park Service (NPS) was a good resource. Andersen even provided the number of its Permit Office in his article.
As a concert promoter, Andersen had several years of experience at his disposal. In the mid-1980s, he moved to Washington, DC and started Positive Force DC. It was an organization affiliated with DC-area punks. Sometimes Positive Force sponsored benefit concerts. Other times it organized protests and community events in the area. In early 1991, Congress and President George H. W. Bush had agreed to go to war in Iraq. In response, Positive Force organized a protest in President's Park. There, protestors gathered right in front of the White House and played for 24 hours. They were pleased that their music inconvenienced the president. Bush allegedly complained that "Those damned drums are keeping me up all night."[3] This was just one of many stories of punk existing on NPS land.
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Punk at DC Area National Parks
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A zine exploring the emergence of punk in the aftermath of the Summer in the Parks Series of the late 1960s, the importance of Neighborhood Planning Councils to the development of punk, the activism that occurred on NPS land during the 1980s and 1990s, and the NPS's contradictory stance towards punk. All text appears at: https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/punk-in-dc.htm.
Courtesy of Fugazi live series.
National Planning Councils and the Beginning of Punk at Fort Reno
Punk was heard throughout DC-area NPS parks beginning in the 1980s. Most of it was played at Fort Reno Park, once the site of a Civil War fort and a Black middle-class neighborhood. However, the park in Northwest DC has since become hallowed land for local punk audiences. The list of bands that have played there is endless. Some of the famous names include The Slickee Boys, Rites of Spring, Fugazi, Jawbox, and Q and Not U.[4]
The story of how punk came to Fort Reno Park begins in 1966. That year, several government agencies founded the Neighborhood Planning Council (NPC). Its creation was intended to address contemporary race relations. Black urban areas across the country had recently witnessed uprisings. Some of these uprisings arose in the aftermath of police brutality. Others arose because of frustration over residential and economic discrimination. But almost all were the result of racism and segregation. In 1964 in Harlem, police shot and killed a 15-year-old boy named James Powell. In response, around 4,000 people destroyed property and looted buildings. Something similar transpired that same year in Rochester, New York. Watts, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, was the scene of one of the largest uprisings. Six days of unrest transpired in 1965. The protests resulted in 34 deaths and $40 million in property damage.[5]
These events resonated with several local and federal agencies. Staff at departments such as the Office of Economic Opportunity and DC Parks and Recreation were concerned. How could they preemptively prevent such protests from occurring? How could they help ease race relations in the capital? Many of these uprisings had taken place in July and August. Thus, staff had the idea of engaging youths during what would later be called the “long, hot summers.”[6]
After a series of local conferences, the NPCs were born. By 1968, there were 20 NPCs in neighborhoods across the city. Each council's leadership consisted of ten adults and ten teenagers voted in by the public. According to the bylaws, the goal of NPCs was simple.[7] They provided structure for the development of youth programming. They also ensured “the broadest possible participation in its programs and activities.”[8] Between the 1973-1974 fiscal year, NPC programming ranged anywhere from $3,000 to $24,000. They offered everything from sewing classes and job training to creative workshops. NPCs across the city also created youth-run coffee shops, day cares, and boxing camps.[9]
NPCs #2 and #3 were located in the neighborhoods surrounding Fort Reno Park. There, Barbara Luchs and Father George Dennis served as adult board members. With their support, youth published oral histories, walking tours, and local histories.[10] The two NPCs, which often combined their programming, launched afterschool programs and career coaching. In 1984, they supported an archeology dig at Fort Reno Park. Ten neighborhood youths took part. Such activities were impactful. “It’s a mature choice for summer work and will look good on their resumes,” said an NPC administrator.[11] But arguably the most impactful program was the Fort Reno concert series.
This longstanding series has always relied on help from the National Park Service. In 1968, the NPS began their Summer in the Park initiative. Like the NPCs, Summer in the Parks was primarily designed for DC’s poor and minority youth. However, also like the NPCs, it engaged youth from many racial and economic backgrounds. The series offered free concerts, educational programming, and other community-based events across the district. It was easy to put on a show during the Summer in the Parks series, which lasted until 1976. Several parks were recently equipped with a stage. Many had dance platforms and modern outdoor stage lighting. Some even had easily accessible storage units and portable audio systems. The infrastructure existed. The NPC simply had to choose the bands.
In 1968, a concert series began. It worked like this. Every spring, community youth and youth members of the NPC met with the program director. They discussed their preferences in music and bands. They also organized staff duties, concert procedures, and police relations. Then, NPC youth reviewed audition tapes sent in by bands. They would then work alongside NPS rangers and city officials to bring music to the park. These shows at Fort Reno did not feature punk at first. Initially, concerts featured local jazz, Latin, and dance bands.[12] That changed by the early 1970s as rock groups like Claude Jones, The Razz, and The Nighthawks appeared.[13]
Not everyone appreciated the music. Some residents of Northwest DC feared an invasion of their neighborhood by “outsiders.” In 1969, older citizens of Glover Park successfully halted Summer in the Park programming.[14] The rock concerts at Fort Reno were equally controversial. For one, such bands did not always attract neighborhood people. Many did not like the music selection. Instead, they requested symphonic, jazz, and soul groups.[15] Furthermore, some found the concerts unruly. The concerts were also too popular and brought outside youth to Fort Reno. On June 19, 1972, around 900 people attended a show. In comparison, NPC staff only numbered two and could not adequately manage the crowd. An NPC newsletter mentioned that this discrepancy caused “certain problems.” As a result, “a certain amount of disorderly conduct was observed.”[16] One adult board member noted that popular bands “bring the wrong kind of crowds.” The same observer even noted the smell of marijuana on grounds.[17] In response, Park Police met with Barbara Luchs, Father George Dennis, and other NPC boards members. They gave the NPCs an ultimatum. The concert series was to begin in July when NPC could adequately staff the show. There was to be no drugs nor alcohol either. Finally, the concert’s noise level must not “disturb the surrounding community.” Failure to comply with the regulations would result in a serious consequence. The Fort Reno Park concert series would be permanently closed.[18]
Thanks to the support of adults like Luchs and Dennis, the concert series continued. It was a good thing since its existence inspired a group of aspiring musicians. For some, going to Fort Reno was an excuse to hang out on the grass and interact with “freaks."[19] Ian MacKaye, who later played in Minor Threat and Fugazi, first attended a concert at Fort Reno in the late 1970s. There, he heard a rock band called The Frogs. The "Fugazi Kids" were always at Fort Reno, according to guitarist Tommy Keane. Dave Grohl, the drummer for the punk band Scream and later a member of Nirvana, also attended.[20]
The fact the series took place on National Park land benefited aspiring punks. Keane’s band, The Razz, usually played at bars. But teenagers like MacKaye could not get into such clubs. Plus, those that were of age usually had to pay a cover fee to enter. The shows at Fort Reno were free and for all ages, though. The park’s proximity to Woodrow Wilson High School (now called Jackson-Reed) meant it was also accessible to students. Marshall Keith began attending Fort Reno in 1970 while attending Wilson High. In 1976, he helped form The Slickee Boys, an early punk group.[21] MacKaye was a student at Wilson. Jeff Nelson, his future bandmate in Minor Threat and co-founder of Dischord Records, attended as well. The two would hang out during and after school at Fort Reno and detonate homemade bombs.[22] On July 16, 1980, their first band, would schedule a show there.[23] It got rained out. But it would have been one of the first of many punk shows to appear at the park.
Courtesy of Fugazi live series.
Xerox Machines and The Chesapeake House
Other government initiatives played prominent roles in developing punk. In 1979, Mayor Marion Barry created the Summer Youth Employment Program. It was a program that gave young workers a modest paycheck, among them several punk musicians. Drummer Brendan Canty got his first job through the program in 1979. He was 13 years old and was tasked with picking up trash at Fort Reno.[24]
NPCs #2 and #3 often helped coordinate this summer employment program. Their office was located at the intersection of Chesapeake, 41st, and Bell Streets. Here, at the “Chesapeake House,” youths could apply for jobs through the city or the NPC. It was also the office where they fulfilled some NPC-related employment. Emily Swartz served as director of NPC #2’s Community for Careers program. She recalls that local punk kids regularly “hung out in the back room at the NPC office.” Some of those kids like Canty and MacKaye went on to form Fugazi. They often skipped school and hung out at the office or the nearby park. “Nobody seemed to care,” she remembers.[25] Guy Picciotto, future Fugazi member, was one of these many local youths who hung out at the NPC office. He also played in Rites of Springs and utilized the NPC’s Xerox machine to make all his band’s fliers. Like his peers, he often used the back office to conduct business like booking shows.[26]
Chris Thomson was another punk who joined the NPC in 1984. He recalls the office being a "pit stop" of sorts. There, he met fellow musicians like Mike Fellows, Mike Hampton, and Amy Pickering.[27] In 1985, Pickering joined the NPC staff and worked with Thomson to make various promotional materials. Like Picciotto, they often relied on the Xerox machine. It was somewhat an odd choice, admittedly. Ironically, punk’s anti-commercialist stance and do-it-yourself aesthetic relied on such “corporate innovation.”[28] The visual output is nevertheless impressive. Homemade fliers and magazines were often designed to look like ransom notes. They frequently included spliced newspaper articles and cut out magazine photos. At the end, the resulting imagery was assembled and flattened into a photocopy.[29] These fliers and “zines”, as they were called, were then distributed around the region.
A new political and musical movement called “Revolution Summer” arose in this environment. It was Pickering’s idea. She was dissatisfied with the political apathy and machismo that had swept through the city’s punk scene. Violence was too common at shows. Meanwhile, South African apartheid and American military aggression were on her mind. Pickering wanted to do something and relied on the NPCs to help promote her idea. She and Thomson put their cheeks on the office’s Xerox machine then closed the lid. They then photocopied the resulting image of their smooshed faces.[30] The resulting document called for “Revolution Summer.” It circulated amongst punk bands and fans in the area and proved impactful. Musicians became more politically contentious. Shows doubled as protests. Zines began writing about feminism and vegetarianism and Andersen’s Positive Force DC emerged.
The Chesapeake House also supported the local punk scene in other ways. Ian MacKaye, like many of his peers, worked at the NPC. But, instead of designing fliers or using the space to book shows, he wanted a place to rehearse. One Friday he decided to leave a window unlocked before leaving from work. The next morning, he came back, climbed through the window, and unlocked the door. He and his band practiced in the building until the police showed up.[31]
The NPCs were so important to the scene that punk musicians often wanted to give back. On August 1992, Fugazi played a benefit concert at Fort Reno in hopes of keeping the local NPCs open. Despite their best attempts, they could not stop it from being shut down. Unfortunately, NPCs were the object of criticism since inception. In 1971, a school board member of Southeast DC felt insulted to receive NPC funds. “I think this money is being used as a bribe to keep the Black community quiet,” he said. “As a Black leader, I resent it.” [32] In 1983, the director of the DC Recreation Department argued the need for better accountability of NPC spending. One NPC leased expensive office machinery without city authorization. One committee chairman argued some of the programs have actually "contributed to juvenile delinquency.”[33] Already by the 1980s, NPCs were the object of funding cuts.[34] By the late 1980s, voter turnout to elect NPC youth and adult officers was at historic lows.[35] The bands and sound personnel who contributed to the 1988 concert series at Fort Reno were not paid until the following year.[36] By 1996, the NPCs had closed, and funding dried out. However, the Fort Reno Concert series remains. It is now entirely funded by private individuals.
Courtesy of Humanities Truck.
Protests and Police
The punk music played on NPS land was often political. Bands would host benefit concerts or use their show as an opportunity to speak about current events. The August 1992 NPC benefit concert at Fort Reno offers one example. Positive Force's protest of President Bush in 1991 provides another. In fact, Ian MacKaye remembers that he never applied for a permit with the NPS as a "musical performer." Instead, all the shows he played on federal land were because he possessed a "protest" permit.[37]
On the one hand, the NPS issued permits to local bands and offered them places to play. Yet, local law enforcement and Park Police also discouraged their public expression. In 1985, a 24-hour peace vigil took place during Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration. The NPS felt compelled to tame similar protests, though, and devised a plan. They would ban signs above a certain size. They also would require permits for gatherings larger than 25 people. Tomas Squip, an activist and lead singer of Beefeater, had the perfect retort. He manufactured 25 panels that were precisely under the size limit. Each panel contained a single letter painted on it. Then he invited 25 people and gave each person one lettered panel. When held up, they collectively spelled a gigantic but entirely legal sign. It read out "YOUR PRESIDENT IS LYING TO YOU." Squip organized the group to march single file to the edge of the park directly across from the White House. They then held up their panels. The Park Police quickly arrived. "You could really tell they were unhappy,” Squip said later, smiling. “But even by their own guidelines, there was nothing they could do.”[38]
Another notable attempt to discourage public expression on public land dates to 1979. That year, Bad Brains was scheduled to play a free gig in Lincoln Park near the US Capitol. But, when they were about to play, they were quickly encircled by police on horses. Despite pleas from members of the band, an officer came and turned off all their equipment. He then told the band and its fans to "get out of here. There ain't no show now!" Shortly after the cancelled show, Bad Brains recorded "Banned in DC." The song's clever title encapsulated how the musicians felt about their reception. “They just didn’t want us happening in DC,” bassist Daryl Jenifer recalled.[39]
The Rock Against Racism series, founded in 1970s Great Britain, was particularly contentious. Originally, the series protested the anti-immigration policies and racism of the National Front Party. However, in 1982, a zine editor based out of Dayton, Ohio had expanded the "Rock Against" movement. Included now were a host of "R"-related issues. Among them were Reagan, radiation, racism, the right, repression, registration, and recession.[40] These Rock Against Reagan (RAR) tours soon swept the nation. In 1983, RAR came to DC. There, the Dead Kennedys played at the Lansburgh Building in Downtown DC and on the National Mall.[41] The following year, local band Scream played RAR. They "busted us," vocalist Pete Stahl recalled. "They were just sitting around waiting for any excuse to bust people. And they film the whole show. I’m not sure why but I think it’s so they can go through and try to pick out radicals.” To make matters worse, Stahl recollected these thoughts during an interview on the steps of a church next to d.c. space. During the interview, Stahl and his interviewers were approached by police. The police then asked them to leave.[42]
Park Police, Metropolitan Police, and other law enforcement agencies routinely targeted punks. Yet, musicians felt they did this for no reason. They believed that whoever was being a disturbance at punk shows was rarely a "punk." In July 1985, for instance, Beefeater played at RAR. At the show, the band felt that the audience had been co-opted by "yuppies." When they took the stage, guitarist Fred Smith addressed the crowd. The band was there to "rock against racism and Reagan," he said. "It is not for your legalization of marijuana laws." To be fair, Beefeater members were not against legalization. But they remembered that "yuppies" were "doing bong hits and whatever in front of the stage." It's like "one big party right there out in the open." Such actions were "cool and all" but brought problems. Bassist Dug E. Bird felt that it "put Park Police on edge and brings them all in." Police were always looking for a reason to "bash heads in."[43] Bands like Beefeater did not want to give them one.
Law enforcement did not always ban punk music outright. Sometimes they simply behaved in intimidating fashion. In 1990, Positive Force sponsored Fugazi at Dupont Circle Park. When the band began at 5:15, six police cars and a police-dog van immediately appeared. They were ensuring that the event ended no later then 6:00pm, per the permit's rules. Like Beefeater, Fugazi did not want cause trouble unnecessarily. They ended their set precisely at 6:00pm. Immediately after playing, MacKaye turned to the crowd. "Go home before you all get arrested," he encouraged them.[44]
Such experiences on NPS land made the police the target of snide remarks in local zines. In Chow Chow Times, Gordon Gordon recalled seeing a metro cop “bitching this lady out." All she was doing was "eating an apple on the train." Gordon followed up the report with "see they get paid to do something."[45] Such comments were not atypical. Punk is a cultural movement that is anti-hierarchical, anti-establishment, and anti-authority. Naturally, it would not always exist in accord with governmental institutions.
Courtesy of Fugazi live series.
Punk and the National Park Service Today
Beginning in the 1990s, the punk scene in National Parks unfortunately lost momentum. A city budget crisis in 1993 meant that the Fort Reno concert series no longer had federal funding.[46] However, that did not entirely stop programming. Thanks to Amanda MacKaye, who has organized the series since 2005, shows still go on.[47] Fugazi played there every year between 1988 and 2003. To be sure, it has not been an easy task. MacKaye has had to pay for the permit out of her pocket. Furthermore, the NPS requires park security for its series. Security alone costs an additional thousands of dollars. In the mid-2010s, the series stopped for a few years. But with the help of outside funding, it has restarted again.[48]
Several likeminded individuals are responsible for continuing punk’s legacy. John Davis is a curator in the Special Collections Library at the University of Maryland, College Park. There, he has been amassing an impressive collection of punk materials since 2013. In 2014, the DC Public Library opened DC Punk Archives. It contains photographs, published materials, sound and video recordings, and other ephemera. Individuals like MacKaye and Davis have helped keep DC punk alive. But credit also goes to several underappreciated and overlooked individuals. They include everybody from professional and amateur musicians, fans, disk jockeys, to journalists. Collectively, they have ensured that the city's punk history continues to be appreciated.
The history of punk in DC is a multifaceted history. It tells the story of public space being utilized for public and sonic good. These were spaces that local youth could readily access. They were not subject to cover fees like at other local venues. Nor were they turned down at the door for not being of age. The history of punk in DC also tells a story of spaces where DC residents could meaningfully protest. Punk shows on public land were not just musical events. They also allowed residents to discuss apartheid, homelessness, and foreign military intervention. The relationship between punk and the NPS was occasionally fraught. However, at its best, it was a productive relationship. It is a pleasant reminder of a particular era. Federal programs gave youth and musicians opportunities to work, recreate, listen and play. Such an era does not need to be merely history, though, but can be part of our present and future as well.
Further Reading
Garland-Jackson F and Lattanzi Shutika D. 2020. Summer in the Parks (1968-1976); A Special Ethnohistory Study. NCRO 800 174935A
Roxplosion photography.
End Notes
[1] Mark Andersen, “Want to See a Show? Do It Yourself,” Crack DC, August 1991, 13.
[2] Ryan Little, “Fort Reno’s Oral History: (A Lack of) Money,” The Washingtonian, August 5, 2011.
[3] Mark Andersen and Mark Jenkins, Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation’s Capital, sixth edition (New York, NY: Akashic Books, 2009), 301–4.
[4] Ryan Little, “[Your Band] Played Here,” The Washingtonian, August 5, 2011.
[5] Peter B. Levy, The Great Uprising: Race Riots in Urban America During the 1960s (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2018).
[6] Barbara Luchs, “A Brief History of the Neighborhood Planning Councils,” January 1979, Barbara Luchs Collection, DC Public Library.
[7] “Constitution and By-Laws of Neighborhood Planning Council,” Senate Hearings Before the Committee on Appropriations: District of Columbia Appropriations, H.R. 15581, Fiscal Year 1975, 332.
[8] “Constitution and By-Laws of Neighborhood Planning Council,” Senate Hearings Before the Committee on Appropriations: District of Columbia Appropriations, H.R. 15581, Fiscal Year 1975, 332.
[9] “FY 1974 Appropriated Programs,” Senate Hearings Before the Committee on Appropriations: District of Columbia Appropriations, H.R. 15581, Fiscal Year 1975, 343.
[10] Neighborhood Planning Council, “Origins I,” 1974; Neighborhood Planning Council, “Origins II,” 1976; Neighborhood Planning Council, “Footsteps: Historical Walking Tours,” 1976.
[11] Courtland Milloy, “Digging Up the Past,” Washington Post, August 3, 1984, C3.
[12] “Neighborhood Planning Council Area 3 Newsletter,” July 28, 1972, Barbara Luchs Collection, DC Public Library.
[13] Little, “[Your Band] Played Here.”
[14] “‘Summer in Parks’ Program Relocated,” Washington Post, July 4, 1968, B2.
[15] “Evaluation of Fort Reno Night Time Program,” n.d., Barbara Luchs Collection, DC Public Library.
[16] “Neighborhood Planning Council Area 3 Newsletter.”
[17] “Evaluation of Fort Reno Night Time Program.”
[18] “Neighborhood Planning Council Area 3 Newsletter.”
[19] Little, “[Your Band] Played Here.”
[20] Little, “[Your Band] Played Here.”
[21] Little, “[Your Band] Played Here.”
[22] Andersen and Jenkins, Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation’s Capital, 18.
[23] “Teen Idles Concert Flier - Fort Reno Park, Washington, D.C., July 16, 1980,” Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, University of Maryland Special Collections in Performing Arts, https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/4/digital_objects/11186
[24] Little, “[Your Band] Played Here.”
[25] Emily Swartz and Timothy Hannapel, Chevy Chase Desegregates and the Neighborhood Organizes Youth Services: Nephew, Aunt Tell of Experience, interview by Carl Lankowski, September 24, 2016.
[26] Little, “[Your Band] Played Here.”
[27] Tony Rettman, “Interview: Chris Thomson Pt. II,” No Idols, April 7, 2021.
[28] Alex Houston, “Xerox and Roll: The Corporate Machine and the Making of Punk,” JSTOR Daily, October 22, 2023.
[29] Rettman, “Interview: Chris Thomson Pt. II.”
[30] Rettman, “Interview: Chris Thomson Pt. II.”
[31] Little, “[Your Band] Played Here.”
[32] Bart Barnes, “Summer in the Streets,” Washington Post, July 18, 1971, C1.
[33] Susan Schmidt, “City Seeks Control of Programs for Youths,” Washington Post, November 2, 1983, DC1.
[34] Nellie Oberholtzer, “NPC, Recreation Officials Trade Charges over Program,” Washington Post, March 30, 1983, DC1.
[35] Richard Amacher, “The Other Council Elections,” Washington Post, October 12, 1989, DC1, DC3.
[36] Tom Johnson, “Summer 1988 Fort Reno Concert Band Payments,” January 30, 1989, Barbara Luchs Collection, DC Public Library.
[37] Ian MacKaye, in person interview by Rami Toubia Stucky, April 1, 2024.
[38] Andersen and Jenkins, Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation’s Capital, 223.
[39] Andersen and Jenkins, Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation’s Capital, 45.
[40] Kevin Mattson, We’re Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan, and the Real Culture War of 1980s America (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2020), 151.
[41] Mattson, We’re Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan, and the Real Culture War of 1980s America, 152–53.
[42] Gordon Gordon, Dan Smoke, and Pete Stahl, WDC Period, 1985, 14.
[43] Gordon Gordon and Dan Smoke, WDC Period, 1985, 43–44.
[44] Andersen and Jenkins, Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation’s Capital, 288.
[45] Gordon Gordon and Dan Smoke, WDC Period, 1984, 18.
[46] Little, “Fort Reno’s Oral History: (A Lack of) Money.”
[47] A Conversation with Musician and Fort Reno Concert Series Organizer Amanda MacKaye, June 7, 2018. https://medium.com/kickstarter/a-conversation-with-musician-and-fort-reno-concert-series-organizer-amanda-mackaye-71bad7052f6e
[48] Ally Schweitzer, “Popular Fort Reno Concert Series Cancelled,” Wamu, June 27, 2014. https://wamu.org/story/14/06/27/popular_fort_reno_concert_series_canceled/