The Washington State Parks Foundation, the Friends of Lake Sammamish State Park, KEXP, Alaska Airlines and the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission invite the public to celebrate GO EXPO/Expand Your Playlist, Washington’s largest celebration of National Get Outdoors Day from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. June 10 at Lake Sammamish State Park in Issaquah.
GO EXPO/Expand Your Playlist will feature a wide range of outdoor activities and focuses on new outdoor users in particular. John Floberg, executive director of the Washington State Parks Foundation and co-organizer of the event, said that “with over 80,000 people moving to the Puget Sound region in the last year alone, GO EXPO provides many exciting new options for enjoying our parks and public lands, whether you’ve just moved here or have lived here all your life.”
The Expand Your Playlist theme extends beyond recreation to also explore local music, with KEXP DJ John Richards as emcee of the event, and also features popular local music from Sera Cahoone and Pazifica.
GO EXPO/Expand Your Playlist is taking strides to build grassroots connections and broaden the voice of the outdoor community.
“GO EXPO is driven by nonprofits for nonprofits, and represents the largest celebration in the state of outdoor nonprofits in support of one another,” said John Sherwin, president of the Friends of Lake Sammamish State Park and one of the event organizers. “With transportation solutions for people without cars, and offering a range of classes and demos for everyone from refugees to Microsoft engineers, we have an event that we think embodies the true Northwest spirit of inclusion.”
The public is invited to enjoy this free GO EXPO event that includes a wide range of activities, including presentations on recreational activities like fishing and camping, to local conservation, advocacy and nature study. In addition, there will be the excitement of ongoing activities such as a climbing wall, kayak and paddle board demos, pack animals, geocaching, outdoor gear giveaways, camping food demos and live music.
The outdoor expo will also feature educational displays offered by natural resource agencies, as well as nonprofit organizations and businesses that produce outdoor products and services. State Park access will be free for day-use on June 10 and does not require a Discover Pass.
Speakers will open the expo at 10 a.m. with brief welcoming remarks.
For more information, visit http://expandyourplaylist.org.
