The Dalles Main Street Hosting First Friday June 6th, 2025 - Celebrate Summer

Jun 5

Written By Columbia Community Connection

From The Dalles Main Street:

By Cynthia Kortge

The Dalles, Ore., June 6, 2025 — Main Street First Friday is Celebrating Summer this month as we kick off the hot weather season with Dads, Grads and all things summer. Join us downtown starting Friday evening for late openings at your favorite shops as well as hot eats and cool treats. The fun starts at 5 pm with a variety of music, specials, promotions and activities.

Skookum Outfitters & Wasco County Mercantile have some great gifts for Father’s Day and all the Graduates on your list.

New in the store are Oregon made Benchmade Knives and of course all the supplies for your fly fishing needs, but they have much more than that for all of your summer fun! Check out their sunglasses, sleeping bags, clothing, camping supplies, sunscreen and much much more.

Don’t forget the Reef sandals, Birkenstocks, Frye Boots & Sorel Shoes.

First Friday will have some special deals and of course Pizza The Gathering will be there with specialty pizza.

Down at Meraki Beauty PNW they are offering 10% off in store while just a few doors down at Vibe Consignment Kaahreena and her team have Banjovi performing and a special guest, style activist Judith Rizzio there to give personal styling tips for customers to celebrate Pride!

At the Artisan Market they are featuring local photographer Fred Loring who specializes in prints on aluminum, wood and postcard along with a selection of red sunflower starters for $3.00, fresh popcorn, water, treats and fresh flowers.

Luise at Lines of Design is introducing the first phase of a fabric store featuring apparel fabric and you can learn more about future plans along with ice tea samples from the Tea Travelers Nook!

Urban Paper is joining in on the fun with summer discounts showcasing new products and a make and take activity and Breezeway Antiques will be doing a raffle drawing for a $100 gift certificate!

Finally a big welcome to La Golosa Postres, one of our newest businesses downtown located next to 15 Mile Winery, where they will be offering up some of their delicious strawberry and creme specials and street dogs as we all Celebrate Summer!

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 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 line up of First Fridays and fundraising events in beautiful historic downtown The Dalles.