38 Venues Join 2025 First Fridays of the Valley Program

HARRISONBURG, VA – Thirty-eight venues are on board for the Arts Council of the Valley (ACV) First Fridays of the Valley program in 2025. New Harrisonburg venues include: Chestnut Ridge Coffee Roasters, Fairfield Mediation Center, Friendly City Real Estate Services, JMU @ Harrisonburg Innovation Hub, Northwestern Mutual, and Three Notch’d Valley Collab House.

In Rockingham County, newcomers Bridgewater Retirement Community and Creative Art Studio and Event Center join returning Rebecca’s Well Gift Shop to provide three First Fridays arts opportunities for Bridgewater residents and visitors. And Stoney Run Artisans & Highland Designs continues its program presence in McGaheysville.

A list of venues, online map, and downloadable pdf (updated monthly) will be available by late December at valleyarts.org/first-fridays-of-the-valley. Kathy Moran Wealth Group is Exclusive Sponsor for the 2025 First Fridays of the Valley program.

First Fridays of the Valley locations (in Harrisonburg, unless otherwise noted) for 2025:

• Aristocat Cafe (111 N Liberty St)
• Arts Incarnate (75 N Mason St)
• Asbury United Methodist Church (205 S Main St)
• Bridgewater Retirement Community (210 Virginia Ave, Bridgewater)
• Chestnut Ridge Coffee Roasters (76 W Gay St)
• City of Harrisonburg (409 S Main St)
• Court Square Theater (41-F Court Square)
• Creative Art Studio and Event Center(423 N Main St, Bridgewater)
• Draime Fine Art Studio (1153 S High St)
• Duke Hall Gallery of Fine Art (820 S Main St)
• Explore More Discovery Museum (150 S Main St)
• Fairfield Mediation Center (590 Neff Ave Ste 3000)
• Frame Factory & Gallery (139 N Liberty St, Ste 101)
• Friendly City Clay & Art Center (1157 S High St)
• Friendly City Food Co-op (150 Wolfe St)
• Friendly City Real Estate Services (52 E Market St)
• Furious Flower Poetry Center (500 Cardinal Dr)
• Gaines Group Architects (141 W Bruce St, Ste 201)
• Gift & Thrift (731 Mt Clinton Pike)
• Harrisonburg Baptist Church (501 S Main St)
• Hess Financial (380 E Market St)
• Horizon Gifts (60 W Market St)
• Hotel Madison & Shenandoah Valley Conference Center (710 S Main St)
• JMU @ Harrisonburg Innovation Hub (25 N Liberty St)
• Look West Gallery @The Mark-It (125 W Water St)
• Mashita (105 N Liberty St)
• North Wing Gallery at Sage Bird Ciderworks (325 N Liberty St)
• Northwestern Mutual (83 S Main St)
• OASIS Fine Art & Craft (103 S. Main St)
• Pale Fire Brewing Co. (217 S Liberty St, Ste 105)
• Park Gables Gallery at VMRC (1491 Virginia Ave)
• Rebecca’s Well Gift Shop (405 N Main St, Bridgewater)
• Rootstock Wine Bar & Provisions (86 W Gay St)
• Smith House Galleries (311 S Main St)
• Stoney Run Artisans & Highland Designs (9945 McGaheysville Rd, McGaheysville)
• Ten Thousand Villages (181 S Main St)
• Three Notch’d Valley Collab House (241 E Market St)
• The Wing Gallery at The Perch (85 W Gay St)

Arts Council of the Valley is located at 311 South Main Street in Downtown Harrisonburg, Virginia. Programs are supported, in part, by 2024 Cultivating the Arts Platinum Sponsors: Eugene Stoltzfus Architects, James McHone Jewelry, Kathy Moran Wealth Group, Matchbox Realty, and Riner Rentals.

A 501(c)3 nonprofit, ACV is dedicated to cultivating the arts, creating experiences, and connecting communities throughout the City of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. Since it was established in 2000, ACV has grown into a multi-faceted community organization that fosters innovative partnerships among area businesses, civic organizations, schools, and artists. Today, ACV manages Court Square Theater and Smith House Galleries, funds local Advancing the Arts grant projects (awarding more than $510,200 since 2001), supports public art initiatives, and coordinates monthly First Fridays of the Valley community gatherings.

ACV is supported in part by the City of Harrisonburg, the Harrisonburg Redevelopment & Housing Authority, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. To learn more, visit valleyarts.org.

This press release was provided by Ann Leatherwood at Arts Council of the Valley.