First Friday

Music Happening on September First Friday

Music Happening on September First Friday

Homeless Musician and Staple of Downtown Arts Scene Has Died

Homeless Musician and Staple of Downtown Arts Scene Has Died

Palabra Collective Is the Best Place in Phoenix to Hear Cumbia

By Carlos Reyes
Sep 4, 2014

Earlier this year, during the First Friday art walk, you would find a couple dozen people hanging out outside Palabra - Phoenix's up-and-coming hair and art collective. It wasn't that the people wanted to enjoy the fresh air (not with our weather), the former space simply couldn't fit the rising...
We Got Power Documents Arizona Punk Past and Present This Weekend

By Yezmin Villarreal
Oct 4, 2013

We Got Power, the fanzine, grew out of a desire to document the Reagan-era '80s hardcore punk scene as it was taking off in Southern California. Amy Young, the drummer of the now-defunct She*Riffs and of the garage-pop band French Girls (and a sometimes-New-Times contributor), brought the We Got Power...
Zia Records Chandler: Spinning Records and Wheels with Bandcycle

By Lenni Rosenblum
Nov 5, 2010

Documentary makers have given a new meaning to riding in style. A team of five filmmaking Brooklynites known as Bandcycle are biking across the country to make a rock doc of sorts. Bandcycle includes director Michael Kortlander, production coordinator Michael Mallette, and cyclists/producers Michael "Maj" O'Grady, Alex Aeschbury and Dan...
Peachcake, Tremulants, Man About a Dog, And Other First Friday Gigs Worth Attending

By Benjamin Leatherman
Apr 2, 2010

But then you'd miss all the live bands at the Art Institutes concert stage or the gravity-defying b-boys and breakdancers who are usually found at the intersection of Fifth and Garfield streets. (Not to mention the wacko performance artists walking the streets and sidewalks of Roosevelt Row, the poi-spinning dancers...
Art Detour: 5 Gigs Worth Checking Out

By Benjamin Leatherman
Mar 5, 2010

If there's any sort of credo applicable to the one-two punch of tonight's First Friday and this weekend's Art Detour, it would be William Shakespeare's well-worn aphorism that "all the world's a stage." That's because local musicians, DJs, and bands by the dozens will play in every conceivable setting in...
What's on Tap for Tonight's First Friday: What Laura, Train Tracks, and More

By Benjamin Leatherman
Feb 5, 2010

Did you miss out on the last First Friday? Don't be ashamed if you did, since January's edition of the monthly art walk extravaganza fell on New Years Day, which meant a lot of folks stayed at home dealing with a hangover rather than perusing pulchritudinous paintings and photographs. As...
What's on Tap for Tonight's First Friday

By Benjamin Leatherman
Dec 4, 2009

Jeezum crow, its gonna be cold this weekend. Really cold. Like in the 30s. So unless hypothermia is your bag baby, better throw on an extra sweater or down plenty of spirits when venturing out to tonight's freezing First Friday at the various and sundry art hotspots in and around...
To-Do List: First Friday at Phoenix Civic Space

By Becky Bartkowski
Dec 4, 2009

Before bar-hopping and gallivanting around Phoenix galleries at First Friday, be sure to mark the Downtown Civic Space Park on your map of destinations. Besides offering a golf-course-worthy patch of green, the park has a bevy of First Friday to-do's. On the live entertainment side: Shoegaze rockers Former Friends of...
What's on Tap for First Friday: Furious Styles Crew, Train Tracks, and Pop Art

By Benjamin Leatherman
Nov 6, 2009

It's been 16 years since the Furious Styles Crew first busted onto P-Town's cultural landscape back in 1993. And in that time span, the premier b-boy/hip-hop dance collective has been popping and locking up a storm. Their dances have become a major draw during First Fridays as well, drawing hundreds...
What's on Tap for Tonight's First Friday

By Benjamin Leatherman
Oct 2, 2009

Adaupto "Tato" Caraveo is one of the coolest mofos we know. Not only is the 35-year-old one of the most charming cats we've ever met, he also gets to tend bar at the Lost Leaf (one of hippest drinkeries in the whole Valley) and can pluck the upright bass with...
What's On Tap for Tonight's First Friday

By Benjamin Leatherman
Sep 4, 2009

First Friday has come a long way since its humble beginnings in the late 1980s. Just look at tonight's edition for example, which will feature Roosevelt Street getting blocked off completely for the first time ever. As little as a year ago, both city of Phoenix officials and representatives from...
Tonight's First Friday: Bob Dob, DJ Proper Villain, Revolver Records, and More

By Benjamin Leatherman
Aug 7, 2009

If attending myriad First Fridays have taught us anything, it's that the name of the game is truly "right place, right time." Example: You could spend the entire evening over on Grand Avenue gawking at the various pint-sized art spaces and boutiques that make up Paisley Town followed by a...
Universatile Music's Downtown Phoenix Gallery Raided on First Friday for Allegedly Selling Booze Illegally

By Benjamin Leatherman
Jun 8, 2009

Things got a little crazier than usual during First Friday in downtown Phoenix this past weekend after Phoenix police officers raided UM Gallery (the Fifth Street art space run by local hip-hop promoters Universatile Music) on charges of serving beer and wine without a permit. The incident started just after...
What's On Tap for Tonight's First Friday: Fixed-gear Bikers, Burlesque Babes, Devilish Artists, and More

By Benjamin Leatherman
Jun 5, 2009

It's pretty hard to miss the fixed-gear cyclists at First Friday. They're the skinny, tattooed cats you tend to see swarming around the intersection of Fifth and Roosevelt Streets, riding atop their stylish-and-sleek urban single-speed racing bikes. As I mentioned in my cover story from last summer on fixed-gear culture,...
First Friday in Photos

By Jonathan McNamara
May 3, 2009

Local music was the focus of First Friday on May 1, 2009. Back Ted N-Ted hit up Roosevelt Row for an outside gig, while local favs What Laura Says, and Dry River Yacht Club battled it out for band supremacy at Phoenix Art Museum. See more shots in our First...
What's On Tap for Tonight's First Friday: UFOs, Back Ted N-Ted, and DJs galore

By Benjamin Leatherman
May 1, 2009

Someone better call in Mulder and Scully, because there's gonna be a UFO sighting going down during tonight's First Friday in downtown Phoenix. Or at least, that's what the people at the Firehouse (1015 North First Street) are saying is gonna happen. According to Firehouse artist-in-residence Michael 23, the unidentified...
What's On Tap for This Weekend's Art Detour

By Benjamin Leatherman
Mar 6, 2009

Maybe it's just us, but doesn't it just seem like a really nice day outside today? Mild weather, cool breezes, and lots of clouds. Basically, the perfect kinda weather to be out all weekend on the sidewalks of downtown Phoenix. It's Art Detour weekend, which means Roosevelt Row, Grand Avenue,...
What's On Tap for Tonight's First Friday

By Benjamin Leatherman
Feb 6, 2009

Our favorite Friday of the month is upon us: First Friday. As usual, both Roosevelt Row and Grand Avenue will be packed with plenty of culture lovers and thrillseeking urbanites during the monthly art walk. And as always, we've assembled a list that details what the various galleries, restaurants, and...
Who's Performing At Tonight's First Friday: Andrew Jackson Jihad, FutureKind, Furious Styles Crew, and More

By Benjamin Leatherman
Dec 5, 2008

FutureKind is scheduled to perform at The Lost Leaf.It's probably gonna be a chilly one tonight, so be sure to bring a jacket or hoodie when you're out traipsing along Roosevelt Row and Grand Avenue in search of art during tonight's First Friday. Besides heading to Tammie Coe's or Conspire...
City Of Phoenix Orders HoodRide Tear Down Its Popular Tree House

By Benjamin Leatherman
Dec 5, 2008

The HoodRide treehouse. The intersection of Fifth and Roosevelt Streets has become one of the hotspots for the downtown Phoenix arts district. And one of the coolest parts of this cluster of galleries, boutiques, and coffee places was the HoodRide treehouse. Built into an olive tree in front of the...

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