A family plays drums together at the Englewood Forest Festival with the Colores de America band on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (HAILEY COOK/Salem Reporter)
Englewood Forest Festival brought together thousands on Saturday to celebrate art, enjoy live music and good food beneath the shaded canopy of towering trees in Englewood Park.
This year marks the festival’s seventh run, with over 80 vendors lining the park’s pathways, offering art, education and family fun. Workshops were held throughout the day, teaching kids how to paint, and make terrariums and Piñatas.
Groups like Salem Environmental Education, which brought costumes for children to dress up as pollinators, offered nature learning opportunities, while Chintimini Wildlife Center brought snakes, cockroaches, an American kestrel and a desert tortoise.
Lively crowds formed at both of the festival’s stages to watch dancing, poetry and musical performances. Eight food trucks kept attendees fed with Mexican, Indian, Ghanian and American cuisines.
Festival goers enjoys art and nature at the Englewood Forest Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (HAILEY COOK/Salem Reporter)A girl watches Colores de America play their drums at the Englewood Forest Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (HAILEY COOK/Salem Reporter)Sofia Mendoza (right), 11, helps Yasmeen Esquivel (left), 9, practice her choreography before the Casa de la Cultura Tlanese performance at the Englewood Forest Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (HAILEY COOK/Salem Reporter)Stacey Lund and Kyle Remington enjoy the Ty Curtis Band at the Englewood Forest Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (HAILEY COOK/Salem Reporter)Sammy Huang, 4, pets a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach held by Bree Hinricher, education co-director at Chintimini Wildlife Center at the Englewood Forest Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (HAILEY COOK/Salem Reporter)Eloy Rodriguez cooks fresh tortillas at the Red Apples Mexican Food booth during the Englewood Forest Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (HAILEY COOK/Salem Reporter)Lindsey Bogan helps her son, Quincy, 5, make a piñata, with the assistance of Amador Aguilar from the Enlace Cross-Cultural Development Corporation at the Englewood Forest Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (HAILEY COOK/Salem Reporter)Charlie, 5, frolics through the historic trees of Englewood Park during the Englewood Forest Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (HAILEY COOK/Salem Reporter)Dave Dahl, a tap dancer from the Premiere Academy of Performing Arts, performs for a lively crowd at the Englewood Forest Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (HAILEY COOK/Salem Reporter)Ty Curtis and a band member play together with the support of a large crowd at the Englewood Forest Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (HAILEY COOK/Salem Reporter)Vicky Sumoza helps a young Casa de la Cultura Tlanese dancer prepare for her performance at the Englewood Forest Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (HAILEY COOK/Salem Reporter)Toma Rohleder, 2, blows a trumpet with the help of his dad, Conrad and Kat Kem from the Willamette Valley Music Company during the Englewood Forest Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (HAILEY COOK/Salem Reporter)Rachel Bucci peruses colorful jewelry at the Firebreak Art booth while attending the Englewood Forest Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (HAILEY COOK/Salem Reporter)Camdyn Kropf, 4, swings on the monkey bars at Englewood Park while his dad, Merv, supports him during the Englewood Forest Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (HAILEY COOK/Salem Reporter)Finlay Louden, an education volunteer at Chintimini Wildlife Center, teaches a group of curious kids about Mo, the desert tortoise at the Englewood Forest Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (HAILEY COOK/Salem Reporter)Tap dancers from the Premiere Academy of Performing Arts entertain a crowd at the Englewood Forest Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (HAILEY COOK/Salem Reporter)Jenna Drozdz, owner of Copper Electroforming, chats with a customer about her art at the Englewood Forest Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (HAILEY COOK/Salem Reporter)Ben Ward, 12, takes a water break in the shade of towering, centuries-old trees during the Englewood Forest Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (HAILEY COOK/Salem Reporter)
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Hailey Cook joined Salem Reporter in 2025, following the completion of an internship through the University of Oregon’s Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism. She works as a reporter and photojournalist, with a focus on business and entertainment, among other topics.
