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.
Idaho Art Gallery
702 W Idaho St • (208) 733-4134
Art Shop
Idaho Art Gallery GRAND OPENING!
702 W Idaho St #105
Celebrate the grand opening of Idaho Art Gallery’s brand new downtown location! Explore artwork from over 20 talented local and national artists and experience two all-new exhibitions debuting that evening. Meet the artists, mingle with fellow art lovers, and discover exceptional works!
Idaho Art Gallery also features a thoughtfully curated gift shop filled with smaller-scale artworks and locally made artisanal goods, perfect for unique gifts and home treasures.
Join us for an evening of art, community, and celebration in the heart of downtown Boise!
Idaho Art Gallery
702 W Idaho St • (208) 733-4134
Art Shop
Idaho Art Gallery GRAND OPENING!
702 W Idaho St #105
Celebrate the grand opening of Idaho Art Gallery’s brand new downtown location! Explore artwork from over 20 talented local and national artists and experience two all-new exhibitions debuting that evening. Meet the artists, mingle with fellow art lovers, and discover exceptional works!
Idaho Art Gallery also features a thoughtfully curated gift shop filled with smaller-scale artworks and locally made artisanal goods, perfect for unique gifts and home treasures.
Join us for an evening of art, community, and celebration in the heart of downtown Boise!
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.
Hemlock
500 S Capitol Blvd •
Food & Beverage
Join us at Hemlock for Happy Hour, every day from 3 to 6 PM!
Pull up a seat at the bar and enjoy $7 drafts, $9 wines, and $10 classic cocktails. Hungry? Go for the Hemlock Happy Meal, featuring Boise’s Best Burger and a cold beer for just $20.
Prefer something else? We’ve got plenty more snackable bites and small plates on the full happy hour menu.
Plus, free valet parking for all guests!
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!
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!
Treefort Music Hall
722 W Broad St. •
Activity
Adventure, deep powder and storytelling await. Join Winter Wildlands Alliance for their 21st Annual Backcountry Film Festival Premiere at Treefort Music Hall, featuring human-powered winter films, festival games, giveaways, live music, drinks, and more. Grab your friends and your tickets, and get ready to celebrate winter!
All proceeds support Winter Wildlands Alliance, a nonprofit organization working to empower and inspire people to protect America's wild snowscapes.
Plus: Backcountry Film Festival afterparty happening upstairs at Hap Hap lounge with bluegrass music from Magoo!
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
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.
Art Source Gallery
1516 W Grove St • 208-331-3374
Art Shop Music Food & Beverage Kid-Friendly Activity
Join us for the opening reception of "Wood You Believe" by featured artist, Cheri Henney, on Thursday, Nov. 6, 5–9 p.m., at Art Source Gallery, 1516 W. Grove St., Boise. The exhibit runs through November.
Cheri will be showcasing wood sculptures that reveal the hidden stories within both exotic and local lumber. A longtime Idaho artist and educator, Henney is known for her craftsmanship and expressive design.
Justin W John, Artist + Designer
928 W Main St • (208)794-1194
Art Activity
Wisdom College for Creativity & Design offers industry-focused programs in Fashion Design, Interior Design, Textile Design, and more—empowering students with creativity, skills, and hands-on experience to lead in the design world.
Voodoo Cellar Boise
200 N Capitol Blvd • 2089180881
Food & Beverage
$5 Craft Beer Flights Every First Thursday!
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.
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!
Prost! Boise
274 N 8th St • (208) 336.9395
Music Food & Beverage
Prost! will be offering $1 off Liters and providing live music on the patio between 5pm-8pm