The First Friday ArtWalk is celebrated on the first Friday of each month. It is a time to enjoy Downtown’s eclectic mix of restaurants, galleries, shops, and live music venues along your stroll! Enjoy amazing artwork, live music, delicious food, and local beer.

The FREE Emerald Express Trolley will run from 5:00pm – 9:00pm during all Downtown Greenville First Friday ArtWalks! Hop aboard our scenic trolley tour circulating through Downtown Greenville from Dickinson Avenue to ECU’s Main Campus, making a full ArtWalk route loop approximately every 20 minutes (construction may affect this timing). 

Park your car and ride the trolley to meet up with friends and explore your city. You can hop on and off at any stop!  

Next ArtWalk of 2025-2026 Season: Friday, November 7, 2025 from 5:00pm - 8:00pm

Mark Your Calendars for the 2025 - 2026 First Friday ArtWalk Dates:
November 7 | December 5 | January 2 | February 6 | March 6 | April 3 | May 1 | June 5

Download Emerald Express Route Map

Participating Partners

• 1717 Restaurant and Rooftop Bar at Hilton Garden Inn
  House Spirits Specials 
• 5 Points Plaza (5th and Evans Streets)
  Freeboot Friday: Live Music by The Bends and Dillon Fence from 5:30pm - 8:30pm
• 5th Street Hardware Restaurant & Taproom
  Live Music from 8:00pm - 11:00pm
• Aji
  Live Jazz Music from 6:00pm - 9:00pm 
• Alley Cat Records 
  Live Music and Live Art Drawings
• Black Rose Bottling Co.
• Silent Disco from 8:00pm - 11:00pm
• BohoWave
• Christy's Europub
  Live Music from 8:00pm - 11:00pm
• City of Greenville
  City Hall Light Show
• Cook's Closet
• Crush 
  Specialty Cocktail
• Dickinson Avenue Farmers & Makers Market
• ECU Gray Gallery at Jenkins Fine Art Building
  "Dear Dwight" Ceramics Exhibition
• ECU Burroughs Wellcome Gallery
• ECU Janice Faulkner Gallery in Joyner Library 
  18th annual SOAD Graduate Student Art Exhibition
• ECU School of Music
  Four Seasons Chamber Music at 7:30pm 
• ECU Proctor Yongue House (College of Fine Arts and Communication)
• CFAC Pirates on the Porch by local band Homeostasis
  + exhibition from the ECU Photography Guild: "Refracted; Spectrums of Process and Perception"
• ECU School of Theatre and Dance
  The Little Mermaid at McGinnis Auditorium 
• ECU Student Center on Health Science Campus
• ECU Student Center on Main Campus
• Emerald City Collective
  Drop in Collage
• Emerge Gallery & Art Center
• "“A Ruckus of a Retrospective in Clay” - Works by Chuck Chamberlain" in the Don Edwards Gallery
  "“Smothered, Covered and Topped” - The Maximalist Art of Jennifer Clifton" in the Harvey Wooten Gallery 
  10% off in the Sales Gallery
  NEW! ArtWalk Workshops ($10 per piece)
• Greenville Museum of Art 
  Pitt County Detention Center Art Exhibition Reception
  Exhibition on Display: Archiving Place
  October 3, 2025 - March 14, 2026 in the West Wing and Commons Galleries
• The Holistic Co.  
  Artist Market from 5:00pm - 8:00pm
• Jarvis United Methodist Church
• Nash Hot Chicken
• Live Music from 8:00pm - 11:00pm
• Pitt Street Brewing Company
• Pint Sized Artist Market from 6:00pm - 9:00pm
• The Scullery 
  Open Mic and Karaoke 
• Starlight Cafe
  Open for Business, Artwork on display
• Strangebird
  Open for Business,
• Uptown Brewing
  Open for Business, ECU School of Communications Alumni Gathering
• Wine and Design
     ArtWalk Pop-in & Paint

THANK YOU ARTWALK SPONSORS!

The Downtown Greenville ArtWalk and Emerald Express Trolley are organized by Emerge Gallery & Art Center - Home of the Pitt County Arts Council, Visit Greenville, NC, and the City of Greenville.