2025 in riverfront park!
Punx With Purpose Presents:
salem, oregon
Sunday - August 31, 2025
Riverfront park and Amphitheater
2025 PUNX IN THE PARK is expanding!
Find us in riverfront park on August 31st
A resource fair and free concert
A FREE event open to the public at Riverfront Park and Amphitheater in downtown Salem, OR.
Free meals for youth ages 11-18 from amazing local food trucks.
Live Punk Show with local bands selected by our youth community.
Access to “Elder Punx” on site for mentorship.
An event rich with 50+ community resource booths.
Youth Speakers sharing lived experiences and personal success stories.
Free clothing closet for youth ages 11-18.
Band booths for meet and greets.
Build-A-Punk Hair Station
Battle Vest Creative Tent
Merch Booths and giveaways.
And so much more!
punx in the park in 5 minutes.
What is Punx In The Park? Why do we do it? Who does it serve? What’s the atmosphere like there? It’s all here in a quick 5 minute video put together by our friends at Capital Community Media.
ALL AGES FUN!
50+ RESOURCE BOOTHS!
SURPRISES!
6 LIVE PUNK ROCK BANDS!
BATTLEVEST CRAFT STATION!
BUILD-A-PUNK STYLE STATION!
LOCAL FOOD TRUCKS!
HAIRCUTS!
SKATE PARK!
FREE CLOSET FOR YOUTH!
GET INVOLVED!
ATTRACTIONS!
2025 in Riverfront Park
2025 in Riverfront Park
the day of the event
DATE: PUNX IN THE PARK will take place on Sunday August 31, 2025.
TIME: 11:00am to 6:00pm
PLACE: PITP takes place at Riverfront Park in the Amphitheater and surrounding area.
PRICE: Free. Freakin’ FREE!!!!
Here are some helpful tips for you for the day of the event to keep in mind.
the PARK AND SKATE PARK
The park will be open to anyone who wants to attend the event FOR FREE.
The Riverfront Park will be open for anyone to bring their skateboards, scooters, bikes, etc. and enjoy it.
Parking: there is public parking in the lot in front of the park, across the street in the parking garage downtown. , and just one block away at the Marion Parkade. There will be no parking onsite.
Public Transit: multiple bus lines will be available thanks to CHERRIOTS. Please check bus line schedules for more information. Youth may ride buses to PITP for free.
Loud rock music
We consider this to be a family freindly event for all ages. However, it is a punk rock concert with multiple bands that are high energy. Be mindful of the loud sound and the enthusiastic crowd! Little ones may want to use sound deafening ear protection.
Because of our mission to provide a positive environment, we have asked bands to avoid using lyrics that glorify drugs, alcohol and other potentially harmful themes.
FOOD AND DRINK
Local food trucks will be on site serving free meals to the youth in attendance. Youth may pick up meal tickets at the information booth.
Not a youth? Don’t worry! The food trucks will be open for business for you too at normal retail prices. Thanks for supporting them!
What you can bring
Sunscreen
Water bottles
Bags of any size
Pets (dogs are OK if friendly!)
Low back or low profile seats
what’s not allowed
We like to say: NO BOOZE, NO DRUGS, NO DRAMA. So please respect that. Here are the things you cannot bring to PITP. If you show up with this stuff, we might have to ask you to leave in order to keep it a safe environment.
NO Alcohol
NO Drugs
NO Fighting/violence
NO Weapons of any kind
NO Smoking onsite
NO unfriendly animals/pets
NO disrespecting people. That includes no racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, hateful speech or actions, discrimination, or anything that makes anyone feel unsafe.
NO vehicles parked outside of designated areas.
“if you’re somewhere near salem, oregon—you wanna be a part of that”
- mike h. (mxpx)
We gotta give a shout out to Mike Herrera (lead singer of MXPX) because he featured a little info about Punx In The Park on a recent episode of his podcast (The Mike Herrera Podcast). Thank you Mike for supporting us!
2025 lineup tbd
2024
1876, Keddies Resort, Aggro, Kids On Fire, The Wild Jumps, Teardown, and Redsun.
2023
The Doug Furys, Happy Death Men, Sunwell, Wild Ire, Boundless Joy, and Andromeda.
2022
Bazooka Sharkz, Toxic Zombie, End of Conflict, Circus Bone, and The Bad Places.
What the youth are saying
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"I loved the bands and the feeling of everyone coming together to help eachother, the support was amazing and I love seeing people give back to the community!"
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"The food vendors were amazing! Loved seeing everyone get a fresh cut too."
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"I loved everything about it and especially raising support & awareness for homeless youth and peoples' struggles in general."
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"I loved the resources available for people, the creative stations were a personal fav (free soda was also really cool with the free food)"
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"I enjoyed volunteering, it was so fun but the music and free clothes/toy drive for the houseless people, it was nice."
Support the event.
THANK YOU for your interest in sponsoring Punx In The Park! Your support is going to help us give our community’s youth a memorable and helpful experience.
All donations are tax deductible, and donors will receive a donation form for tax purposes.
