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Creative Greensboro Curates Festival of Lights Programming for First Friday

Post Date:12/01/2025 2:20 PM

Creative Greensboro will host its First Friday event at the Greensboro Cultural Center, 200 N. Davie St., during Downtown Greensboro’s Festival of Lights event starting at 5:30 pm this Friday, December 5. The public is invited to enjoy holiday shopping in the galleries and atrium, kid-friendly craft stations, a $2 hot chocolate and marshmallow bar, and several special exhibits. Live performances will begin at 5:30 pm in the second-floor atrium of the Cultural Center. All Creative Greensboro First Friday events are free.

 

Event Schedule (Friday, December 5, 5:30-9 pm)

Activities:

  • Vendor fair
  • $2 hot chocolate and marshmallow bar (CVA Gallery)
  • Holiday crafts (CVA; ArtQuest)
  • Parents Night Out: arts, crafts, and games (CVA classrooms; RSVP required)
  • Holiday shopping with local artists
  • Art gallery visits (2nd floor)
  • UNCG Interior Architecture design proposals (1st-floor atrium)
  • Gate City: Playable Space installation (GROW Studio)
  • Picturing Community exhibit and kids coloring station (African American Atelier)

Performance schedule:

  • 5:30 pm Piano studio of Allegra Gicla
  • 6 pm Dance Project
  • 6:20 pm Suzuki Talent Education of the Piedmont
  • 7:05 pm Kaloum Djembe and Souls of Beauty Dance
  • 8 pm Que the Music Academy