First Friday
First Fridays is a community-driven collaboration where venues can showcase artwork made by local artists. The event takes place on the first Friday of each month across multiple districts in Peoria, featuring galleries, studios, restaurants, and creative businesses. The First Fridays Amplified initiative aims to strengthen connections between these spaces while increasing visibility, participation, and economic impact.
First Fridays take place on the first Friday of each month across multiple districts in Peoria, featuring galleries, studios, restaurants, and creative businesses. The First Fridays Amplified initiative aims to strengthen connections between these spaces while increasing visibility, participation, and economic impact.
participating december first friday venues
🎵 marks First Fridays Amplified venues
- ARTFUL JOURNEY GALLERY: Artful Wonderland Gift Shop
- ARTSPARTNERS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS:
- BABIN.SPACE @ 812 LOFTS
- CASA DE ARTE: feat. artist Courtney Bacon
- CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER: feat. artists Keith Cotton & Fisher Stolz
- FOSTER GALLERY
- LIT. ON FIRE BOOKS & MY WRITING SHED
- MICHAEL'S ITALIAN FEAST: feat. acoustic open mic with James Herr
- THE OLD SYMPOSIUM BOOKSTORE
- PEORIA ART GUILD
- RIVER CITY READING ROOM: feat. artist Joe Virbickis
- SOULSIDE HEALING ARTS
- STUDIOS ON SHERIDAN AT THE SUNBEAM BUILDING:
- WESTMINSTER COMMUNITY CENTER: feat. Toboland: the Art of Bob Doucette & music by Sarah Marie Dillard
- Artful Journey Gallery
- ArtsPartners
- Babin.Space @ 812 Lofts
- Casa de Arte
- Contemporary Art Center
- Foster Gallery at First United Methdoist Church
- Lit. on Fire Books + My Writing Shed
- Michael's Italian Feast in Germantown Hills
- The Old Symposium Bookstore
- Peoria Art Guild
- River City Reading Room
- Soulside Healing Arts
- Studios on Sheridan at the Sunbeam Building
- Westminster Community Center
Downtown Peoria
Contemporary Art Center
(5pm – 8pm)
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Exhibitions: Collected/Constructed by Keith Cotton + Fisher Stolz
A Small Wonder Gift Shop
Foster Gallery at First United Methodist Church
(5pm – 8pm)
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Peoria Art Guild
(5pm – 8pm)
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Exhibitions: “ImPRESSive Surface ImPRESSions” by Cathie Crawford, Patricia Whalen Keck, Angela Risinger & “Sinking into Self” by Cejae Tayten
Greater Peoria
Artful Journey Gallery
(5pm – 8pm)
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Artful Wonderland Gift Shop
Featuring artwork by 22 resident and non-resident artists at gift-giving prices
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Michael’s Italian Feast in Germantown Hills
(6pm – 9pm)
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Featuring Pop-Up Artist, Michelle Guzman
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Music: James Herr Acoustic Open Mic and Roger Kelch
Warehouse District
Babin.Space @ 812 Lofts
(5pm – 8pm)
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Featuring artwork by Babin.Space, Artjeb, and Nobel Stabbings
Soulside Healing Arts
(5pm – 8pm)
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Featuring Pop-Up Artists, Sarahi Munoz & Kaitlyn Satterwhite
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Music by Guild by Association
West Bluff
ArtsPartners’ Follow Your Arts Gallery
(5pm – 8pm)
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Featuring “Convalescence” by Daniel Nagel
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Music by Roy Ponce
Lit. on Fire Books + My Writing Shed
(5pm – 8pm)
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Featuring artwork by Foxglove Oddities
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Music by The Highway Kind
Studios on Sheridan at the Sunbeam Building
(5pm – 8pm)
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Featuring photography by Steven Marx
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Music by Roundstone Buskers
Westminster Community Center
(5pm – 8pm)
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Featuring photography by Steven Marx
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Music by Roundstone Buskers
map of participating venues
Information for Artists and Venues
Musicians who want to participate in First Fridays Amplified, please apply through this form.
Are you an artist living in Tazewell, Peoria, or Woodford county hoping to participate in First Fridays? We may have pop-up opportunities for you to set up a table for sales. Apply here.
Venues interested in hosting a First Friday event, please apply here.
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