For most of the year, the shorthand for downtown Redwood City is Broadway between Marshall and Jefferson. From late May through early September 2026, that shorthand stops working. The city's 20th-anniversary summer series has spread the week across four separate greens, and the effect on a resident's calendar is bigger than any single opening on Broadway.
The thesis is simple. If you live here, your summer routine no longer starts and ends on the sidewalk in front of Courthouse Square. It moves west to Stafford Park on Wednesdays, holds Courthouse Square on Thursdays and Fridays, drifts east to Marlin Park on Saturday evenings, and by mid-August pulls south to Red Morton Park for the last three weekends of the season. The restaurant list you use to feed that circuit has also shifted, with two openings on Woodside Road and Broadway that reset the takeout math.
A week that no longer runs on one block
The Summer Series lineup published by the city and previewed in local coverage lays out a rhythm that is easy to miss until you write it down.
| Day | Place | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | Stafford Park | Music in the Park, 6–8 p.m. |
| Thursday | Courthouse Square | Movies on the Square double features, kids at 6, feature at 8:30 |
| Friday | Courthouse Square | Music on the Square, 6–8 p.m. |
| Saturday | Marlin Park or Red Morton | Sounds of the Shores; Pub in the Park; Shakespeare in August |
| Sunday | Red Morton Park | Shakespeare in the Park, weekends Aug. 15–30 |
Four of those five nights sit outside the Broadway core. That is the shift.
