Celebrate First Friday in The Dalles: New Artisan Market, Food, Fun, and More
From The Dalles Main Street:
The Dalles, Ore., Feb. 28, 2025 — The Dalles Main Street is excited to announce the First Friday schedule for 2025 which kicks off with its first event on March 7.
Here’s what’s happening
This month we are excited to welcome the Artisan Market to its new location on 2nd Street with unique gifts, handcrafted items, and specialty crafts.
The Last Stop Saloon will have a drink and food specials and live music starting at 7 pm.
Leslie and her staff at Brick City Games are hosting Friday Night Magic the Gathering starting at 5 pm and will also have Girl Scout Cookies for sale to get your Thin Mint fix along with a 50/50 raffle to support the local Distinguished Young Woman program.
Westwind Frame & Gallery and Susan’s Sewing will be open late with fun discounts and sales.
Emma’s Bowtique will have special food and drinks along with a clearance sale for the Winter close-out.
The ladies at The Workshop are open late with a seasonal craft, specials from The Coffee Shop, and a pop-up shop with Monica from McLaughlin Lavender Farm.
Across the street,t Skookum Outfitters is also holding a Winter Closeout sale with items in the shop 40-50% off and the very popular Pizza the Gathering is back again!
Down at The Landing Smoke Wring BBQ and Dominos Pizza are teaming up to celebrate Read Across America Week.
Bring a new or gently used children/teen book to help build our new lending library.
Enjoy a night of family fun as they light the fire pits, break out the s’mores kits, and celebrate reading! Dress up in your best Dr. Suess outfit and receive a FREE slice of PIZZA. Donate a book or two and your s’mores kit is FREE as well, win-win!
To celebrate St. Patty’s Day we are also hosting a shamrock hunt throughout downtown on Friday evening with a grand prize “pot of gold” raffle for those that participate. Pick up your shamrock sheet starting at 4 pm at the Sunshine Mill, Freebridge Brewing, Klindt’s Booksellers, 15 Mile Winery, Breezeway Antiques & Gifts, The Workshop, Skookum Outfitters or Lines of Design, and then search throughout downtown, inside and outside, for shamrocks with the keywords. Full sheets can be turned into Freebridge Brewing at the end of the evening for a chance to win the grand prize pot of gold.
As TD Main Street continues is building on the success of First Friday events and is now set to hold one every month for the rest of the year in addition to other special events with a wide variety of live entertainment, monthly specials, unique shopping experiences and much more.
About TD Main Street
The Dalles Main Street is a community-driven organization dedicated to creating and maintaining a vibrant and thriving downtown. We foster community awareness of our unique history and work cooperatively with other organizations and businesses on projects that benefit The Dalles and the downtown core. The Main Street 4-Point Approach is a nationally recognized process to improve the health of the downtown area and create a prosperous community for all. Since its implementation in 2013, The Dalles Main Street has seen great success in a number of areas including community clean-up, beautification projects, historic preservation, and revitalization. Join us this year for a stellar lineup of First Fridays and fundraising events in beautiful historic downtown The Dalles.
