Editing Concord, California (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Don Salvio Pacheco Adobe 1.JPG|thumb|right|The [[Salvio Pacheco Adobe|Pacheco Adobe]], built 1835 on [[Rancho Monte del Diablo]]]]
Concord is the home of the annual [[Concord Jazz Festival]] and was the home of the [[Concord Records]] jazz record label until it was bought in 1999. Jazz musician [[Dave Brubeck]] was born in Concord<ref name="City of Concord news release">{{cite web |date = May 4, 2006 |title = Reception honors Concord native son, jazz great Dave Brubeck |url = http://www.ci.concord.ca.us/about/citynews/releases/2006/05-04-06-brubeck.htm |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000204/http://www.ci.concord.ca.us/about/citynews/releases/2006/05-04-06-brubeck.htm |archive-date = September 28, 2007 |access-date = January 15, 2007 |website = City of Concord }}</ref> and in 2006 a park adjacent to Concord High School on Concord Boulevard was renamed in his honor.

Concord is also home to the 21-time World Champion [[Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps]]. The corps is made up of talented musicians from around the world. The Concord Blue Devils are the most decorated drum and bugle corps in the history of [[Drum Corps International]].<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.dci.org/news/diamond-anniversary-yields-gold-for-undefeated-blue-devils |title = Diamond anniversary yields gold for undefeated Blue Devils |website = www.dci.org |access-date = February 4, 2020 |archive-date = February 4, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200204180059/https://www.dci.org/news/diamond-anniversary-yields-gold-for-undefeated-blue-devils |url-status = live }}</ref>

The [[Concord Pavilion]], a 12,500-seat outdoor amphitheater designed by [[Frank Gehry]], hosts concerts and community events, beginning with the Concord Jazz Festival in 1975.<ref>Helix, Dan. [https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/08/06/viewpoints-by-dan-helix-concord-pavilion-has-been-home-to-decades-of-music/ "Concord Pavilion has been home to decades of music"], ''[[The Mercury News]]'', San Jose, August 6, 2013. Retrieved January, 2, 2024.</ref>

The [[Public-access television]] channel is operated through [[TelVue Virtual Television Networks]].

The headquarters of the Kabul Soccer Club is located in Concord.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.kabulsoccerclub.8m.com/about.htm |title = Kabul Soccer Club |publisher = Kabulsoccerclub.8m.com |access-date = July 5, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130809191935/http://www.kabulsoccerclub.8m.com/about.htm |archive-date = August 9, 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

===Matteo's Dream===
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Matteo's Dream is an all-abilities playground in an [[urban park]] in Concord, named for Matteo Henderson, a boy with serious disabilities including blindness, [[cerebral palsy]], and cognitive development.  Persons with disabilities are able to drive their wheelchairs directly onto the structure. Features of the playground are specially engineered to accommodate people with various disabilities.<ref name="2007 launch">{{cite news |last1 = Jones |first1 = Carolyn |title = A playground for all to play on / Matteo's Dream is a place for the disabled to slide down slides, wheel to a tree house |url = http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/CONCORD-A-playground-for-all-to-play-on-2562822.php |accessdate = November 7, 2017 |work = SFGate |date = April 28, 2007 |url-status = live |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170316143925/http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/CONCORD-A-playground-for-all-to-play-on-2562822.php |archivedate = March 16, 2017 |df = mdy-all }}</ref>