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Our local merchants plan exciting, engaging in-store events including food and beverage tastings, local art exhibits, retail trunk shows, live music, family activities, and entertainment in a special and unique way you'll only find in Downtown Boise. Stop into your favorite establishment or check out someplace new!

Events typically run from 5–9pm, but each merchant creatively plans their own event so check each listing below for individual hours and details. 




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Chandlers Prime Steaks | Fine Seafood

981 W Grove St • (208) 383-4300

Food & Beverage  

Gather. Sip. Socialize.

Join us at Chandlers for Social Hour.
Monday through Friday at the bar/lounge from 4-6pm.
Gather and relax with handcrafted cocktails like
our Cosmo or Champagne Cocktail and savor with a
selection of sociable dishes, all offered at $10.

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Trillium Restaurant

245 S Capitol Blvd • 208-333-8002

Food & Beverage  

Join us every First Thursday in Downtown Boise to experience Live Jazz performed by The Ohadi Trio inside the lobby of The Grove Hotel from 6pm-8pm!

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The Flicks

646 Fulton St • (208) 342-4288

Music  

BILL COFFEY AND DAVE MANION LIVE-5:30-7;30
Grab your drinks and food from our Rick’s Café counter and head out to the patio to enjoy music by BILL COFFEY AND DAVE MANION. No cover charge, it is a gift to our Flicks fans!

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Acero Boards and Bottles

801 West Main Street • 208-801-6896

Food & Beverage  

Board & Bottle is making its First Thursday debut! Join us at Acero from 5-9 PM for our Board & Bottle special: enjoy a bottle of wine from our curated selection and a delicious bruschetta board of your choice for just $35. Sip, snack, and celebrate the night with us!

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Saltbrush

506 W. Grove • 208-717-2588

Food & Beverage  

Curated list of a $10 First Thursday cocktails! Let our mixologist wow your pallet

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Voodoo Cellar Boise

200 N Capitol Blvd • 2089180881

Food & Beverage  

$5 Craft Beer Flights Every First Thursday!

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The Lively

505 W Bannock St • 208.209.5503

Music   Food & Beverage   Kid-Friendly  

Kick off your summer with First Thursdays at The Lively—where the drinks are fabulous, the food hits all the right notes and the music sets the mood. We’re turning up the energy with live music and an extended happy hour to make your Thursdays anything but ordinary. Come early, stay late, and let the good times flow!

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The Warehouse Food Hall

370 S 8th St • 986-999-4081

Music  

Make The Warehouse Food Hall your First Thursday spot... grab a bite, sip on something good, and settle in for live music. Each month, a local artist takes the stage, setting the vibe while you kick back with craft drinks and plenty of flavor to go around.

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Eureka!

800 W Idaho St • (208) 286-4410

Food & Beverage  

All can enjoy this delicious deal every First Thursday of the month from 5pm - close
$14 Single Smash Burger served with signature fries & any beer from our permanent tap list.

Additionally, every Thursday we are pouring $10 Buffalo Trace Old Fashioneds, all day long!

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The Flicks

646 Fulton St • (208) 342-4288

Music  

BILL COFFEY & DAVE MANION LIVE ON THE PATIO 5:30-7:30
Grab your drinks and food at Rick's Cafe inside and head out to the patio for live music with Bill and Dave. No Cover Charge--it's a gift to our customers/!

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Matador Boise

215 N 8th St • 208-342-9988

Food & Beverage  

HOURS OF OPERATION
Sun-Thurs 11:00am-11:00pm
Fri & Sat 11:00am-Midnight
HAPPY HOUR 4pm-6pm & 10pm-CLOSE (daily)

Come in and be enveloped by our passion for the most daring of spirits. For brave, fresh Mexican flavors, and beautiful scratch-made cocktails. For the people and the culture of Mexico, where we forge friendships with tequila makers, listen to their stories, and bring them home to share with you, as we guide you through your tequila experience.

The Matador uses all-natural ingredients only, and that includes our carne, pollo, carnitas and seafood. We source the freshest, in-season vegetables and fruits available. Then we take those ingredients and cook them up into creative dishes that taste a bit like Mexico, a bit like the local area, and a bit like nothing you’ve ever tasted before.

Our newest Seasonal Menu was just released and features the following items:
* MEXICAN STREET CORN (gf/veg) - Fried corn cob, chipotle mayonnaise, cotija, cilantro, Chile-garlic salt, lime
* WATERMELON SALAD (gf) - Cucumber, queso fresco, mixed greens, Tajin, agave vinaigrette with watermelon
* STEAK & ELOTE TACOS - Served on flour tortillas with Mexican rice and beans. Chile-seasoned sirloin, flame-roasted corn esquites, French fried onions, garlic crema, cotija, cilantro
* GRILLED SHRIMP TACOS - Served on corn tortillas with Mexican rice and beans. Charbroiled shrimp, red cabbage curtido, guacamole, chipotle crema, queso fresco, cilantro
* WATERMELON MARGARITA - Milagro reposado, watermelon, lime, agave, Tajin
* WATERMELON COSMO - Weber Ranch Agave vodka, Grand Marnier, watermelon, lime
* WATERMELON GIN MOJITO - Las Californias Nativo gin, lime, watermelon, mint, soda water
* WATERMELON-LIME AGUA FRESCA - Watermelon, lime, agave, soda water

Situated on historic 8th St in energetic downtown Boise, the Matador has been a part of the city’s restaurant and happy hour scene since 2010. Within easy walking or biking distance from all downtown shops and sights, as well as the Greenbelt and the scenic Treasure Valley foothills, the Matador offers adventures in Mexican-inspired food and tequila when you need a retreat from your adventures outdoors or in town.

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House of Wine

1008 W Main St • 208-297-9463

Shop   Food & Beverage  

Come join us at House of Wine for our exciting “First Thursday” event in August!

For this night we’ll put aside our regular wine by the glass options and offer selections for a free three wine tasting from Proletariat Wine Company!

The festivities begin at 5pm and last until 8pm. This is a free event and no registration is required. We look forward to welcoming you!

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Idaho Building

280 N 8th St •

Art   Kid-Friendly   Activity  

Who: Third Shelf: A Placemakers’ Cooperative Library

What: Book Swap! Book swaps are opportunities for Third Shelf members to exchange books with each other, to browse some of our collecive placemaking library, and welcome new people to the community. All are welcome!

Where: Idaho Smart Growth 280 N 8th St. Suite #210

When: Every 1st Thursday starting March 6th 6-8pm

Why: Third Shelf was created as a resource sharing, agency building, and community networking infrastructure project for placemakers. Members use a booksharing app to connect and exchange their collective books becoming a physical library distributed on member bookshelves throughout the community.

Website: thirdshelf.org
Instagram: @third.shelf

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Cactus Bar

517 W Main St • (208) 342-9732

Food & Beverage   Activity  

Bingo Nights every First Thursday and every 3rd Thursday of every month. Free to play. Multiple games played in a night. Starts at 7 and ends roughly around 9 pm. Prizes to be won.

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Stretch Zone Boise

112 S 6th St • 208-993-7979

Activity  

Stop by Stretch Zone this 1st Thursday for a free stretch and feel the difference assisted stretching can make!

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