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.
ART HAUS BAR by KIN
999 W Main St •
Art Shop Music Food & Beverage Kid-Friendly Activity
NIGHT MARKET!
*State Fair Edition*
Come enjoy food, drinks, music, and over 20 vendors.
Featuring…
HOT ERIC HONEY
BANANA INK
FREE SPIRITS
FLYNN DAY POTTERY
CITY PEANUT
SHIFT BOUTIQUE
REDISCOVERED BOOKS
MAPS COFFEE
METAL & MALLET
CITY OF TREES REIKI & TAROT
SATORI SAKE
NOBLE HARDESTY
CITY OF GOOD
RACHEL TEANNALACH ART
AND MORE...
Lenses & Brushes
404 S 8TH ST, L100 • 2085902612
Art Shop Kid-Friendly Activity
The Found Camera Project – First Thursday Gallery Showing
Date: August 7, 2025
Time: 5:00 PM- 8:00 PM
Location: Lenses & Brushes
Discover the results of a community-wide photography experiment!
Over fourteen days, black-and-white disposable cameras were hidden throughout downtown Boise—each one waiting to be found, used, and returned. Participants captured moments, scenes, and surprises from their unique perspectives, creating a spontaneous visual diary of our city.
Join us for First Thursday to view the developed photos, and see how a simple camera can connect strangers and spark creativity.
Come celebrate curiosity, connection, and the unexpected beauty in everyday life.
Wassmuth Center for Human Rights
777 S 8th St • 208-345-0304
Art Shop Kid-Friendly
The Wassmuth Center will open its doors after hours to invite the public in to engage with the 28 pieces of our inspiring human rights art collection and catch our visiting exhibition, Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate, on its LAST night in Boise.
Whether you’re seeking reflection, conversation, or inspiration this is your chance to immerse yourself in human rights education through art and connection with our knowledgeable docents.
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Re-POP Gifts
210 N 10th St • 208-991-6112
Art Shop Kid-Friendly
Come celebrate your birthday with your friends at Re-POP! If your birthday is in August, or if you know someone who was born in August, bring them down to party it up this First Thursday!
If it's your birth month, you and your friend will receive a special treat - 15% off your entire purchase*!
And that's not all! As an extra bonus, if it's your birth month, you will also receive a birthday treat bag filled with surprises. So mark your calendars and get ready to celebrate your special day with us at Re-POP Gifts LLC!
*cannot be combined with other offers, some exclusions apply
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!
Art Source Gallery
1516 W Grove St • 208-331-3374
Art Shop Music Food & Beverage Kid-Friendly Activity
First Thursday opening reception of "Think Outside the Jewelry Box - Wearable Art", August 7, 2025 from 5:00 - 9:00 PM at Art Source Gallery, 1516 W Grove St. in Boise, in downtown Linen District. . Meet the artists and enjoy live music, snacks and great art. The exhibit will be open throughout the month of August.
“Think Outside the Jewelry Box - Wearable Art”, features six of the gallery’s jewelry artists. There will be a wide diversity of work showcasing individual styles. For this show each artist has created a completely unique and individual Jewelry Box that will be displayed along with displays of their jewelry.
Leap Photography
1020 W Main St • 208-703-7360
Art Shop
Life Changes - so should your HEADSHOT. Update Yours On First Thursday!
Leap Photography’s Headshot Special – August 7, 2025
Is your headshot outdated… or do you just dread being in front of the camera? We get it. That’s why Leap Photography is offering a quick and stress-free headshot special during Boise’s First Thursday event.
-15-minute session
-Multiple angles
-Choose your favorite image on the spot
-Just $120 (+tax)
Schedule your appointment today and get a fresh, professional headshot without the hassle.
Spots are limited! Book your session now.
Gallery 601 on The Grove
8th & Front on The Grove Plaza • (208) 336-5899
Art Shop
Jaialdi Hangover? Not us we're still in a "Festa" mood. Stop by our gallery on the Grove Plaza for all your Basque needs. We still have Market Totes, Coffee Mugs (to hide your Kalimotxos) a few T-shirts, coasters and prints. Plus a plethora of other artsy items. From our African jewelry collection to originals by John Horejs, Shalece Fiack, Will Bullas and Cassandra Barney.
Mixed Greens
213 N 9th St • (208) 344-1605
Art Shop Food & Beverage
Join us this week for 1st Thursday from 5-8 pm!
We will be sampling Noble Mick’s refreshing summer mocktails!
Flourish Bakery will be here sampling their delicious goodies, YUM!
Sublime Apothecary will be popping up with their tallow body products!
The Humane Society will be here promoting their “Toast for Tails” event!
And… with any terracotta pot and succulent purchase you can have one of our artists on staff personalize it for you at no extra charge!
City Peanut Shop
803 W Bannock St • (208) 433-3931
Shop Food & Beverage
Seltzi will be in-house for our Nuts+Cocktail pairings tonight. Come try the combinations we chose and sample other treats. City Peanut will also be hanging out at KIN for their Thursday Night Market. Wander around downtown and discover some new things.
Radio Boise
1020 W Main St • 208-258-2072
Art Shop Music Food & Beverage Kid-Friendly
Radio Boise is having an "Open Station" in the basement of the Alaska Center on Main St. between 10th and 11th St where we will give guided tours, have live DJs Wendy Fox and Jason D on the air, share snacks and generally chat about the station and community radio from 5pm-8pm. It is hosted by Nichole Marie of The Rapture and Geek Goddess from the Rebel Alliance. This month we are joined by Leap Housing who believe that everyone should have an opportunity to access safe, stable and affordable housing.
Boise Art Museum
670 Julia Davis Drive • (208) 345-8330
Art Shop Kid-Friendly Activity
Find inspiration and get creative at BAM during First Thursday! Admission is “pay what you can,” and the Museum is open late, until 7 p.m., to encourage Access for All. Experience BAM’s current exhibitions, including the recently opened “James Castle: Perspectives.”
🎨 Drop in from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. and get creative in our FREE Studio Art Exploration program in BAM’s Education Studios. Design an artwork that will help raise awareness about a cause that is important to you, inspired by “Julie Green: The Last Supper.”
Generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.
🎁Stop by the BAM STORE to find unique and creative gifts for all ages.