Visit the Gallery of Shops for Downtown Adrian First Friday Fun!

Once a month the shops inside the gallery join other area businesses to bring the Downtown Adrian First Fridays. The themed festivities include music, parades, promotions, give away items and prizes. Take a stroll through the entire downtown Adrian, MI area by utilizing the free parking behind our 18,000 square foot building. For more event information, visit our Facebook page or follow us on Instagram.  

Thank you to Sara for playing & winning The Gallery’s Trivia Game during First Friday! She came in to claim her prize from My Cousin Vinnys Barbershop this week! Come back in October for a chance to win!

Thank you to Alexis for playing & winning The Gallery’s Trivia Game during First Friday! She came in to claim her prize from Hang Loose this week!! Come back in August for a chance to win!

Such a great turnout this year for our Annual Bikes & Trikes Parade!
Thank you to all of the kids & parents who signed up and participated in the parade.

  It was time to celebrate! during May! Hang Loose hosted the Downtown Adrian First Friday. Pictured here is the lucky winner. Thanks for playing our Gallery trivia game!   

The 2022 Chamber Business Expo was a blast! The Gallery was happy to attend and meet a ton of new faces. Winner of our drawing was happy to receive $20 in Gallery bucks!

Maple Shade Farms was at @Goodwill Blue Boutique during Adrian First Fridays this Friday. Winner was happy to receive a goodie breakfast basket!

CONGRATULATIONS to our March Adrian First Fridays First Friday game winner! Thank you to Bloom With Grace  for hosting the game!

The Sweethearts & Chocolates downtown Adrian First Friday held in February gathered a large crowd in our mini-mall!

Mon Amour Salon shared his winning Downtown Dempsey’s pizza with the friends and family that helped him decorate. 

Debbie was the winner of the 7′ stocking sponsored by Sieler’s Water Systems

The hallways of the Gallery of Shops were decked out for the Spectacular Christmas Extravaganza 2019! Here, an excited visitor got to meet Buddy the Elf! You never know what new surprises get planned for the Spectacular Christmas Extravaganza!

Thank you to Heather from Crea8ive Clicks Photography for taking FREE photos with Santa Claus during the Downtown Adrian First Fridays in December, 2019. 

Another small crowd gathered in the hallways here to listen to Pam play Christmas music on her dulcimer.   

Donna, Owner & Artist, from Make n Faces is here throughout the year during the Adrian First Fridays. She is sponsored by Sieler’s Water Systems

The hallways of the Gallery of Shops were decked out for the Spectacular Christmas Extravaganza 2019! Here, the crowd is working hard on their trivia game cards to win $50.00 cash! 

Have you signed up to receive our monthly ENewsletters? Amber is our October sign-up winner, she spent her Gallery Bucks at Yarn Hoppers. 

Congratulations to our November First Friday game winner! He received a copy of all of our local author books. Crea8ive Clicks Photography hosted.  

Linda Etter, a local author, was also signing her two publications. You can order her books at  www.etterlinda.com.

Another local author, Lynn Eckerle, sat with her new book ‘Wild Irish Rose’. To learn more about her, you can visit her website at

https://lseckerle.wordpress.com/

Rhonda from Goodwill’s- Blue Boutique hosted the game for the October downtown Adrian’s First Fridays. She is pictured here with Laura, the winner of the $50.00 Visa gift card. 

We had some early trick-or-treaters playing the game during the October downtown Adrian’s First Fridays. 

Kids were also able to pick up a free book from Goodwill’s- Blue Boutique and make a bat bookmark. 

Crea8ive Clicks Photography offered free Halloween themed pictures, more are available on her website. For Gallery of Shops First Friday photos, check our Facebook page. 

August brought the Dog Days of Summer in downtown Adrian, MI. Pictured here is Rob with his pet waiting for their Greek Pizza from Downtown Dempsey’s- Good Eats & Sweet Treats. Check out more pictures from Downtown Adrians First Fridays on our Facebook page. 

In June 2019, we welcomed Farmers Insurance Loveland Agency to the Gallery of Shops! We celebrated with the Adrian Chamber of Commerce with a ribbon cutting. 

Pictured here are owners Chad and Deborah Loveland with Bronna Kahle.