First Friday PTBO

Questions about First Friday PTBO? Please visit firstfridayptbo.com for our FAQ, community mission statement, monthly schedule, and event submission form. Thank you - The FF volunteer committee ✨

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Welcome 2025! 🥳 We didn't have very many submissions for January FF, so we'll see you in February! Be sure to sign up your shows via: firstfridayptbo.com/artist-submiss… and as always, you can find the 2025 monthly events info at: firstfridayptbo.com/art-crawl-sche…

Happy holidays from the First Friday volunteer crew! As we wrap up another incredible year of celebrating and promoting local art - we want to thank each and every one of you for being a part of it. We will see you again in 2025! firstfridayptbo.com/mission-mandat… 📸 @LukeBestPhoto

Show your support for our local arts community! Get your nominations in for the Peterborough Arts Awards, honouring excellence + outstanding achievement of professional artists, arts organizations, and arts supporters in Ptbo. Deadline: December 16, 2024 ecthree.org/program/peterb…

✨What a magical night Friday evening was! The energy downtown was next level. Our hearts are happy and full and we certainly hope yours is too 💖✨ Special thank you to @CF_GreaterPTBO for sponsoring this year’s market 🙏 📸 Photography by @LukeBestPhoto

There's so much to see at the @artspaceptbo Holiday Market! It's on until 5 today with a wide variety of work. Artspace is on Aylmer Street between Hunter and Simcoe sts. To learn more about Artspace or to purchase a fundraising print, visit artspaceptbo.ca #ptbonews

Wow! With 30+ studios and businesses opening their doors this Friday to local crawlers and art enthusiasts... We sure are feeling the love! The full list is on our website as usual. Find all our Outdoor Holiday Night Market vendors and info there too: firstfridayptbo.com/art-crawl-sche…

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✨ Neighbourhood Holiday Market ✨ The Neighbourhood Vintage & First Friday Ptbo are thrilled to invite you to the third annual Holiday Night Market taking place Friday, December 6th from 5-9pm in the Bankers Commons courtyard of the Commerce Building. #Ptbo #Holiday #ArtMarket

How much will the median taxpayer save next year as a result of the proposed cuts to arts and social service groups? About $7, according to our analysis. Here's our report on this week's rally against the cutbacks: peterboroughcurrents.ca/arts/community…

Downtown Holiday Night Market Hits Peterborough Dec. 6. ptbocanada.com/journal/downto…

Today we are celebrating local businesses & orgs that support the arts. We'd particularly like to thank our generous sponsor for our Dec 6th outdoor holiday market, Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough ❤️ Thanks so much for your contributions to our local arts community!

Su Ditta told the crowd that the city's staff-recommended budget for 2025 (which recommends a total of $411M in spending) cuts $287K to arts, social service and community orgs. "Shame! Shame that we can't find this money anywhere else!"

Rally planned for #Ptbo city hall this afternoon at 4:30pm to protest proposed cuts to community organizations. The city's draft 2025 budget proposes a 25% across-the-board funding cut affecting 75 arts and social services organizations. ow.ly/zqmx30sHTci

The Arts are the engine to our social infrastructure. They are not discretionary. They are a huge economic driver in our jewel of a city. They must be supported and invested in for our economic health, wellbeing and growth #nocuts2artsptbo #PTBO

We'll slowly be putting up the Nov 1 list and map today for you all to use this Friday! As always, find the up-to-date info here: firstfridayptbo.com/art-crawl-sche…

Tomorrow marks INTERNATIONAL ARTIST'S DAY! International Artist’s Day, on October 25, honours artists and all the contributions they make to add creativity and vitality to our world. Take a moment to think of what our world would be like without music, visual art or dance? 1/2

Seeking vendors and musicians! Please visit firstfridayptbo.com/seasonal-marke… and be sure to fill out the correct form. We'll be selecting artists as they come in, but keeping forms open until early November. Be sure to share this with someone you'd love to see participating at our market!

28 #Ptbo-area artists receive $57,143 in grants from Electric City Culture Council. City-supported grants for individual artist program funds new music, books, poems, circus arts, paintings, theatre, dance, film, and more. kawarthanow.com/2024/10/07/28-…

Tonight! Start your weekend with free Zumba Dance at Quaker Foods City Square, 5-6 p.m. & continue to explore downtown galleries, studios, shops & cafes with @firstfridayptbo.