HARRISONBURG, VA (Rocktown Now) – 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)

The Arts Council of the Valley is located at 311 South Main Street in Downtown Harrisonburg.