Adrian First Fridays

10/09/2026

Thank you, Alpha Sigma Alpha! 💛 These Adrian College volunteers helped us set up October’s First Friday.

We love when community groups team up with First Friday, especially in the months when we close the streets and there’s lots of set up and tear down. Want your group to join for the 2027 season? Send us a message!

10/08/2026

Downtown Adrian is celebrating five years as a Michigan Main Street community! 🎉

Since joining the program, our downtown has welcomed 22 new businesses, completed 8 building and façade improvements, and logged 4,483 volunteer hours and $225,000 in private investment.

Every number is a neighbor who showed up. Thank you to our business owners, volunteers, residents, and partners. Take a stroll through downtown this week and see what you helped build!

Read the full announcement from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation: https://www.michiganbusiness.org/news/2026/10/four-michigan-main-street-communities-achieve-milestone-anniversaries/

Adrian, Coldwater, Old Town Lansing and Rogers City are celebrating milestone Michigan Main Street designation anniversaries in 2026

10/03/2026

Big trucks, big smiles. 🚒 First Friday: Touch a Truck brought kids, families and neighbors downtown last night!

Huge thanks to the community organizations and local businesses who came out to make it happen. This is what First Friday is all about: a downtown that's for everyone. Tag a friend who was there! 💛

Thanks to our event sponsors TLC Community CU Hungry Howie's Pizza Dynamic Industrial Supply and Adrian Sign Shop
Also thanks to the following organizations & businesses for participating: Adrian Township Adrian Police Department Lucas County Sheriff's Office Adrian Fire Department City of Adrian Parks & Recreation City of Adrian DPW Raisin Township Fire Department Xfinity Affordable Towing Bell Ford Lincoln M&R Motors First Student Madison Township Fire Department and Stevens Disposal & Recycling Service, Inc.

09/30/2026

Fire trucks, police cars, big rigs and more. Twenty vehicles are rolling into downtown Adrian this Friday, Oct. 2, from 5 to 8 p.m. You'll find them lined up on West Maumee, East Maumee and North Main streets.
Grab dinner from the food trucks on South Main, browse local vendors on North Main and let the kids join a scavenger hunt for a prize. Stop by the DDA tent for details.
Thank you to this month's sponsors Dynamic Industrial Supply, Adrian Sign Shop TLC Community CU, Hungry Howie's Pizza

09/24/2026

Trucks of all kinds are taking over Maumee Street in Downtown Adrian 🚒 for First Friday "Touch a Truck" Friday, Oct. 2, from 5 to 8 p.m.!

Kids can take photos, and peek inside and meet the local folks who drive these rigs for a living. Grab a bite at a Downtown restaurant or food truck and bring the whole crew downtown for First Friday. Big thanks to Dynamic Industrial Supply and
Adrian Sign Shop for sponsoring the event!

Tag someone whose kid NEEDS to see this 👇

08/07/2026

"We'll see ya under that big 'ol tent" - Jere Righter

It's Family Reunion Day and we are SO 👏INCREDIBLY 👏EXCITED 👏

The fun begins at 4pm and you can still join us! This is a free community event and the full event schedule can be found at www.croswell.org/160

It's time to celebrate 160 years and the people who have always been the heart of the Croswell...YOU!

08/05/2026

🎭First Friday: Life is a Stage is almost here!

Come hungry and spend the evening exploring all that Downtown Adrian has to offer this Friday, August 7 from 5PM-8PM! Please see below for all of your dining options!

💙Local Spots:
Sauce Italian Grill & Pub
Hooligan's Grill
Pizza bucket
Frosty Boy of Adrian
Downtown Dempsey's - Good Eats & Sweet Treats
The Buzz Cafe and Marketplace
Nutrition 365
The Brick Wall Pub & Grill
Chomp Burger
Maumee Street: taproom+ kitchen
Musgrove + Company
Mandy Makes N' Bakes LLC
AMVETS POST 1957

🚚Food Trucks rolling in:
Hannah’s Hawaiian Shaved Ice
Fade To Black BBQ
Bussin’ Bowls
Monahans Meat Shack and Crispy Cluckin’ Chicken
Funky Dawgs LLC
Natures Squeeze
Rock Yo Taco

08/04/2026

Happening during First Friday, this Friday August 7th! Celebrate The Croswell Opera House's 160th Anniversary with a self-guided walking tour through Downtown Adrian! Pick up your map at the Croswell Family Reunion tent on East Maumee Street, then explore participating businesses featuring unique Croswell memorabilia displays.

The Croswell Family Reunion is happening this Friday, August 7th, and with the help of some of our amazing downtown businesses, we have a walking tour for you!

Pick up a map at the reunion and take yourself on a self guided tour as you view Croswell memorabilia in each business. We tailored each display to fit the vibe of the location so show these spots some love all weekend long as you take a walk down memory lane.

What will you see? Well, you'll just have to follow your map... but here's a few clues 😉

Participating businesses:
Lana’s Kitchen
Maumee Street: taproom+ kitchen
Chaloner's Cigar House
Musgrove + Company
Tropetastic Books and Gifts
Mandy Makes N' Bakes LLC
Maggard Razors
Rad Raptor Comics
Wildflowers Emporium
Hang Loose Boutique & Hair Salon
Adrian District Library
The Buzz Cafe and Marketplace
Candy
Lenawee Historical Society

Maps can be used all through the month of August!