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First Friday Holiday Stroll Featuring ArtWalk
December 6, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
December’s First Friday consists of the 23rd annual Downtown Billings Holiday Stroll, with events throughout the evening starting at 5pm. The stroll includes various downtown businesses, retail shops, and other activated downtown spaces with extended hours, holiday-centric events, specials, holiday beverages and snacks, and loads of holiday cheer.
Featured on this night is also the Holiday Art Walk from 5pm – 9pm, which celebrates the fine art with local and regional artists, at nearly 40 art galleries and downtown locations.
View the December 6th Calendar of Events
additional Stroll activities:
Young Entrepreneurs Market at Valley Credit Union (207 N. Broadway), 5pm to 8pm.
FREE Photos with Santa at Bravera Bank (123 N. Broadway), 5pm to 7pm.
Fire Pits sponsored by White Heating, on Broadway (between 1st and 2nd Ave. N), 5pm to 8pm.
Stroll Shuttle sponsored by TDS Fiber, Stops at Skypoint, Bar MT, Thirsty Street, & the YAM, 5pm to 8pm.
Live Music:
- Elana Hayden & Friends Live in the Hart Albin/DA Davidson Atrium (208 N. Broadway), 5pm to 8pm.
- Almeda Bradshaw at the DBA office (102 N. 29th Street), 5pm to 8pm.
- Montana Youth Fiddlers in the Northern Lobby , 5pm to 5:45pm.
- Ben Steele Jazz Choir in the Northern Lobby , 6pm to 6:45pm.
- Big Sky Chorus in the Northern Lobby , 7pm to 8pm.
- Carolers throughout downtown, 5pm to 8pm.
event Resources
Dec 2, 2022 – The 21st annual holiday stroll: Friday, Dec. 2
Jan. 2, 2020 – First Fridays continue in 2020 downtown (Billings Gazette)
Jan. 3, 2020 – Downtown Billings kicks off First Friday (KTVQ)
Is your downtown Business a DBA Member who has something planned for Friday, December 6th? Submit what you have going on at your business on Friday December 6th for Holiday Stroll/ ArtWalk to the downtown Calendar by clicking on the button below.
1) The DBA promotes and markets First Friday and the submitted events/promotions/activities with social media posts and email marketing. The real success of the event will be up to the commitment of participating businesses to be consistent and offer events, promotions specials.
2) We believe in the value of working with your other downtown neighbors to enhance the downtown experience. The DBA stands behind the concept of ‘abundance breeds abundance’. Meaning when First Friday falls in conjunction with an ArtWalk, or any other event hosted downtown it will only enhance and increase the downtown activity as a whole because it offers a variety of options to draw more of the community to downtown.
You bet ya! ArtWalk is an amazing member driven event that falls on the first Friday of every other month (6 times a year). The community looks forward to the opportunity to mingle and explore local and regional artists at various locations downtown promoted by the ArtWalk organization. The ArtWalk has been around for many years and has a wonderful momentum and following that participants really benefit from. For more information about ArtWalk email artwalkdowntownbillings@gmail.com.
First Friday happens 12 months a year. and is not your typical traditional event format, as it’s not located in a specific footprint. First Friday happens at ALL participating locations and the DBA will market and promote each location while also add little fun enhancements to draw more people downtown for the night. So being a part of both can only increase the amount of people your business is marketed to and interact with in a variety of ways.
The Holiday Stroll is coordinated by our Downtown Billings team and presented by White Heating & Air Conditioning and supported by event sponsors Valley Credit Union, TDS Fiber, Heenan & Cook Trial Lawyers, Bravera, and the Northern Hotel.
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