By remembering and honoring experiences of gathering, dancing and celebrating life together, Playground dedicates its energies towards creating life inspiring, sustainable and family/community oriented dance gatherings throughout the year. Our efforts culminate yearly in the production of at least 3 outdoor free celebrations open to all ages and free of any admission.

Playground is based in Portland, Oregon and was given birth to on Sept. 9, 2007 at our first outdoor daytime gathering. Playground is a community based project involving the contributions of a growing multitude of friends whose energies are coordinated by: Jack, Manoj and Kris.

Here’s a little about your coordinators:

Jack aka Dj Jacaranda, aside from being an impeccable dj focused on his distinctive smooth but punchy sound has a heart of gold and was the initial drive in formulating Playground. Jack felt there weren’t enough family friendly events with good music in Portland and sought to remedy that situation. Jack provides all the logistical support for these events, Permits, venue deals, working with the city and general all around on-top-of-the-ball-ness.

Visit his website at http://www.stratiform.net

Manoj has witnessed, participated and flowed with the twists and turns of the NW electronic music community for almost 2 decades. Now becoming a father in the last few years, Manoj brings his energy to Playground because he feels more than ever that our local community needs gatherings which emulate the qualities of our most inspiring celebrations, while simultaneously offering them in a way that allows our children, elders and community to come together in healthy and balanced environments supporting the various unique lives we live. He contributes to Playground by offering the knowledge and resources that he has gathered throughout the years and the music that moves through him when he dj’s.

Kris aka Phidelity is a audio/visual nerd with a penchant toward the fractal side of things. He is a long standing member of many electronic communities and has been steady in the love for this scene & music since 1993. Kris is the web master, does graphic design and general bang-your-head-against-the-wall-because-this-isnt-working-the-way-its-supposed-to support.

Visit his website at http://www.phidelity.com
Hear his dj mixes at http://dj.phidelity.com

Use the form below to contact us if you have any questions or wish to contribute