January 3rd First Friday!

Schedule

Fri, 03 Jan, 2025 at 05:00 pm to Sat, 04 Jan, 2025 at 02:00 am

UTC-06:00

Location

Downtown Benson | Omaha, NE

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New Year! New Plans!
Get your planners out and jot down these very important dates!
All this and MORE cominโ€™ your way in 2025!!
First Fridays 2025
January - 3rd
February - 7th
March - 7th
April - 4th
May - 2nd
June - 6th
July - 4th
August - 1st
September - 5th
October - 3rd
November - 7th
December - 5th
First Friday Pride - June 6th
New American Arts Festival - August 1st
PETFEST 2025 - August 16th
BFF Ball and Art Auction - November 14th
PLUS so much more to come! Be the FIRST to know whatโ€™s up by becoming a Friend of BFF! Sign up at the Friend of BFF Happy Hour this January and get some BFF merch!
๐—™๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ
๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: (๐Ÿ• - ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ฉ๐ฆ)
โค๏ธ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ (2727 ๐˜• 62๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ต)
CLOSED FOR JANUARY
โค๏ธ ๐Œ๐š๐Œ๐Ž ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ (South lot of Petshop Gallery)
CLOSED FOR WINTER
โค๏ธ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž.๐ง๐ž๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ (๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ - 2729 ๐˜•. 62๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต)
DIY Synth Exhibition
โค๏ธ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ก๐ž๐ž๐ง'๐ฌ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐‚๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž (6121 Maple St.)
โค๏ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ค๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐› (6117 Maple St.)
๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต: gregfoldspaper
โค๏ธ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ž ๐๐š๐ง๐ค (5015 Underwood Ave)
OurStory: Creating Aging-Ready Housing
Gallery Talk 5 - 7 PM
โค๏ธ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง (6061 Maple St.)
โค๏ธ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ (6059 ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘ก)
๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต:
โค๏ธ ๐“๐ž๐ & ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ'๐ฌ (6023 Maple St.)
To Go Kits - ALL MATERIALS PROVIDED!
FREE Scoop of Ice Cream for ALL Friend of BFF members EVERY #firstfriday
โค๏ธ ๐’๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ž๐ฌ (6015 Maple St.)
โค๏ธ ๐‘๐š๐ข๐ฅ + ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ (6013 Maple St.)
โค๏ธ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ'๐ฌ (2814 ๐‘. 60๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘†๐‘ก.)
Free Little Arts Center + To-Go Art Kits
Open Studios ft. Authento Creative, 2Neuro Grotto, No Hand Outs Clothing & Mood Studios
โค๏ธ ๐‘๐š๐๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ (5915 Maple St.)
Closing Reception: โ€œInheritanceโ€ by Jaden Estes Carlson
https://www.facebook.com/events/1110771250587802
โค๏ธ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ (5917 Maple St)
โค๏ธ ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ (5905 Maple St.)
โค๏ธ ๐Œ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐‹๐จ๐๐ ๐ž (5903 Maple St.)
โค๏ธ ๐๐…๐… ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ (5901 Maple St.)
CLOSED FOR WINTER
โค๏ธ ๐Œ๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐ญ. ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ (5901 Maple St.)
โค๏ธ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฒ๐๐ง๐ž๐ฒ (5918 Maple St.)
Friend of BFF Happy Hour 6:00 - 7:00
โค๏ธ๐Ž๐ฆ๐š๐ก๐š ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‹๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ (6015 Binney St.)
Reading Challenge Kick-Off Party! 6:30 - 8:30
โค๏ธ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ž (6054 Maple St.)
โค๏ธ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐จ๐ฒ ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ (6066 Maple St.)
Brad Marr | Murmurations
https://www.facebook.com/events/927482119515626
โค๏ธ ๐„๐๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž (6070 Maple St.)
โค๏ธ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข (6114 Military Ave)
Featured Artist: Leah Bevington
โค๏ธ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐ญ ๐•๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž (6132 Military Ave)
โค๏ธ ๐‰๐š๐ค๐ž'๐ฌ ๐‚๐ข๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ (6206 Maple St.)
Featured Artist:
โค๏ธ๐๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐š ๐€๐ˆ๐ƒ๐’ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ (6220 Maple St.)
โค๏ธ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ๐ƒ๐š๐ณ๐ž (6601 Maple St.)
Open by appointment!
โค๏ธ ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ! ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ! ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ! (7052 Maple St.)

๐‘ณ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฌ ๐‘ต๐‘ฐ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฏ๐‘ป - ๐•’๐•—๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ ๐Ÿก ๐•ก๐•ž
โค๏ธ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ค๐ž๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐’๐ญ. ๐“๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง (2735 N. 62nd St.)
CTRL + ALT + DELETE: a BFF Dance Party
โค๏ธ ๐‘๐„๐•๐„๐‘๐ (6121 Military Ave.)
Head Change
https://www.facebook.com/events/1710098879587979
โค๏ธ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‹๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ž (6212 Maple St.)
Viscerous: Eviscerate CD Release Shownwith Reign of Eris, Ungoliant and Molten
https://www.facebook.com/events/1189306549045519
โค๏ธ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฒ๐๐ง๐ž๐ฒ (5918 Maple St.)
Haunted Gauntlet with S1SW and UK DJ

๐๐„๐‘๐Š๐’!
Donโ€™t forget! Friends of BFF receive special PERKS every First Friday! Become a member at bffomaha.org/friend and enjoy these perks!
โ— ๐—”๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ // 20% off Purchase
โ— ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† // Half off draft beer (3-6)
โ— ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ // $1 off tap beers until 7. $1 off Sangria all night
โ— ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ // Pub BOGO for a penny apple pie shots (3-6)
โ— ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐˜† // Free cinnamon crisp w/ purchase (dine in)
โ— ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป // Buy one get one TACOS
โ— ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ // free cookie with drink purchase
โ— ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ // Half off Sangria on tap
โ— ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ถ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ถ // Buy one get one SAKE
โ— ๐—ฆ๐˜. ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ // $1 off Tap Beers until 7. $1 off sangria
โ—๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ // 10% off your purchase
โ—๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฑ & ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†'๐˜€ // FREE scoop of ice cream
โ—๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† // $1.00 off all drinks
๐’๐€๐…๐„๐“๐˜ ๐…๐ˆ๐‘๐’๐“ ๐…๐‘๐ˆ๐ƒ๐€๐˜
Get reacquainted with the ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž.
BFF Omaha's "๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž.," states that your establishment will encourage, expect, and strive to maintain a safe environment, with a zero tolerance policy towards harassment and assault.
If visitors feel unsafe at any time while in your establishment, staff or someone of authority will promptly take steps to address the situation, or if necessary remove the person(s) responsible and/or notify the proper authorities.
Keep and Eye Out for our ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ buttons worn by BFF volunteers and decals in business windows. In the event you need help, look out for the ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐š๐๐ ๐ž or ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž. This person and/or business will be able to help!
For more information and to sign the pledge on behalf or your business, please visit bffomaha.org/about
Let's keep each other safe!
๐™ฑ๐™ต๐™ต ๐š‚๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐š๐šข ๐šƒ๐š’๐š™๐šœ
๐Ÿ”ด Never walk alone after dark - ask a friend, area staff, or BFF staff/volunteer to walk you to your car
๐Ÿ”ด Donโ€™t drink and drive - call a safe ride, take the bus, phone a friend!
๐Ÿ”ด COVID-19 is still afoot - please get vaccinated, be safe, wear masks, and do NOT attend First Friday if you are feeling ill.
๐’๐‡๐Ž๐ ๐๐…๐… ๐Ž๐Œ๐€๐‡๐€! ๐๐”๐˜ ๐…๐‘๐Ž๐Œ ๐…๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐๐ƒ๐’!
Support BFF in our mission of building community through arts engagement by purchasing official merch from the BFF Shop!
Visit shopbffomaha.myshopify.com and add some things to your cart!
๐“๐‡๐€๐๐Š ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐“๐Ž ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐…๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐๐ƒ๐’ ๐Ž๐… ๐๐…๐…!
First Friday Sponsors!
โญ Mutual of Omaha
โญ Ted & Wally's Ultra-Premium Homemade Ice Cream n Benson
โญ Union Pacific
Friend of BFF Business Members!
๐Ÿ”นBenson Brewery
๐Ÿ”นBenson Mill Apartments
๐Ÿ”นBlue Line Coffee
๐Ÿ”นBuildertrend
๐Ÿ”นDahlia House
๐Ÿ”นGregg Grossman, Inc
๐Ÿ”นHeather Tedesco, Realtor, BHGRE
๐Ÿ”นJake's Cigars
๐Ÿ”นMaven Social
๐Ÿ”นMetropolitan Community College
๐Ÿ”นMing Toy Gallery
๐Ÿ”นNebraska AIDS Project
๐Ÿ”นNocturnal Eats Food Truck
๐Ÿ”นโ€‹โ€‹Omaha Roller Derby
๐Ÿ”นOmaha Steaks
๐Ÿ”นRAIL + STEAM
๐Ÿ”นShipment Vintage
๐Ÿ”นSnowy Sundaes
๐Ÿ”นSoundarte . net
๐Ÿ”นStar Deli
๐Ÿ”นStudioDaze Omaha
๐Ÿ”นTaco Co.
๐Ÿ”นThe Garage by the Grey House
๐Ÿ”นThe Sydney
๐Ÿ”นVeg.Edible
แดกแด‡ สŸแดœแด  สแด€!
โค๏ธ
สส€ BFFs
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