The Dalles Main Street Hosts First Friday on April 4, 2025
From The Dalles Main Street:
By Cynthia Kortge
The Dalles, Ore., April 3, 2025 — Main Street First Friday is back this week, Friday, April 4th, with another great night of specials, live music, sales, and new vendors for our Spring Release! Find great new inventory fresh for the season at all of your favorite stores and stock up for Easter with special discounts and delicious specials at your favorite restaurants.
The First Friday Spring Release kicks off as we welcome two new businesses to downtown!
The River City Saloon opened last week in its new location on the corner of 3rd and Kelly.
This Gorge favorite, formerly located in Hood River, has made its way east, bringing its excellent food and drinks, and we are excited to have another great live music venue in Little Music City.
Also, with a soft opening this weekend, is the new Firefly Clothing Boutique located across the street from Sigman’s Flowers & Gifts.
You may have seen their fresh new look and mural created by the very talented local artist Jessenia Santana Art out front, come check them out from 4-7 pm Friday. Speaking of art, The Dalles Art Center will be hosting a youth program, “Kids Paint Night” with exhibiting artist Kat Carroll, register on their website, there are only a few spots left! Emma’s Bowtique is offering snacks and beverages and 20% off the entire purchase.
Our friends over at Freebridge Brewing will be offering new spring cocktails, beers, and pub menu items, and Wines on 2nd will have a special tasting from Fein Vanilla Company.
Westwind Frame & Gallery is hosting a secret sale, and Lines of Design is offering Biscotti while celebrating the Italian heritage in The Dalles. Studio Fit will have the new Vuori Spring inventory and sales on items, while Vibe Consignment is in the middle of their store-wide Spring Sale this month, with 50% off, excluding yellow tags.
Merikai Beauty will have 10% off all items, and Breezeway Antiques will give away a gift to one lucky customer.
Skookum Outfitters and Wasco County Mercantile will have a sale on select goods along with Moonbeam Daydream in the store with new Spring products, and of course, specialty pizza from Pizza The Gathering.
Sigman’s Flowers and Gifts has lots of beautiful gifts for spring and Easter, along with fresh bouquets and plants to brighten your day.
Down at The Landing, La Fogata and Smoke Wring will be leaning into cherry season with spring-inspired specials. Over at the Artisan Market, they will be hosting a special guest artist along with fresh flowers for the ladies, spring treats for the kids, popcorn for snacks, and other surprises throughout the store.
Brick City Games has a table ready for all things Easter with tons of pre-made Easter Baskets and stuffers, along with freshly made Nana’s Freeze Dried Candies and Peeps. Lilo’s BBQ just launched their new Dole Whip and Acai bowls for a refreshing dessert or snack, and 15 Mile Winery has their very popular and refreshing rosé wine and fruit slushie Frosé back for the season!
The Workshop is hosting Little Slumbers with their DIY Hat Bar and Michelle Haggard Watercolor Cards, and we are all helping The Coffee Shop celebrate their 1st Birthday all day long with $1 drinks and a special ribbon cutting ceremony at 3:15 pm with The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce.
Finally, Little Music City has some great live music Friday with Al Hare at the Bargeway Pub, Aaron Judah at Last Stop Saloon, and Willie & Nelson at Zim’s Sports Bar.
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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.
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