
Summer Stroll featuring ArtWalk
August 1 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Summer is a special time of year for downtown. For August’s First Friday come celebrate the season with the downtown Billings community by joining us for an evening downtown at the Summer Stroll.
The Summer Stroll includes various downtown businesses, retail shops, and other activated downtown spaces with extended hours, end of season deals, chalk on the walk, live entertainment, specials, and loads of summer joy. Featured on this night is also the August Art Walk which celebrates fine art with local and regional artists, at nearly 30 art galleries and downtown locations.
View the August 1st Calendar of Events
DBA Member Resources
What do you have going on at your business on Friday August 2nd? Click the button below to submit your Stroll details.
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.
First Friday happens 12 months a year (with corresponding strolls coordinated in August and December). 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.
Sponsorships opportunities exist for both the Summer Stroll event and the Stroll Trolley itself. Click here to view sponsorship details.
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