Green Day Celebration | May First Fridays
Friday, May 5, 5 – 9 p.m.
Choose your outdoor adventure at this First Fridays environmental extravaganza featuring a multitude of green events. The event includes live music with Goshen elementary school choirs followed by live bands. In addition, win a free tree sapling giveaway to the first 100 people. Bring your family to discover, see, and touch local animals.
And May’s Green Day Celebration marks the glorious return of eating and drinking in the great outdoors!
This environmental extravaganza, in collaboration with the Goshen Shade Tree Board and The Environmental Resilience Department, features many celebrations of the outdoors and sustainability awareness events and is centered on the Courthouse lawn.
Enjoy live music with Goshen elementary school choirs, followed by BEE! the Band and the Tom Adamson Band.
Free trees: Free tree sapling giveaway to the first 100 people. Find a variety of family-friendly activities, including touching live animals!
Our events operate with the love and help of many volunteers. Join us!
Food and Drink
Whether you’re looking for something healthy, plant-based – or just the color GREEN, downtown restaurants have options. In addition to our bricks and mortar establishments, you can find quick eats with food trucks and a beer and cider garden.
- Bounthanh’s Egg Rolls
- Golden Star Kettle Corn
- Jake’s Foods
- Kona Ice
- LifePoint Church
- Rico Sauve
- Rulli’s Pizza
- Sweazy Q
- That Guy’s Gourmet Ribs
- Tropicana Ice Cream
- Wiener Shack
You can also get beer or cider from the First Fridays Beer Tent on Main Street between Lincoln and Washington. Proceeds go to help keep First Fridays free!
Kids Activities
Kids will love this opportunity to discover, see, and touch local animals on the Courthouse lawn. Many interactive booths and kids’ activities teach about the outdoors and enjoying Goshen’s many natural beauties!
Downtown Goshen Member Promotions
Downtown merchants have environmental, sustainable, fair-trade, and upcycled items to meet your needs.
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Thank you May First Fridays Sponsors!
Downtown Goshen Inc. and First Fridays are here to celebrate Goshen and the wonderful arts and community that we share. That means that if you attend an event in downtown Goshen, your image might appear in a future celebration of that event or a promotion of one of our future events. This is because our community is the most essential part of First Fridays! We pride ourselves in being an organization that celebrates everyone and will do our best to present you in the best way possible. We are incredibly proud and happy that you enjoy our events and that you are part of our fantastic community! Thank you for joining us at First Fridays and having fun in downtown Goshen.
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