First Fridays: Game Night!

On Friday, October 6, 2023, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m Downtown Bristol businesses will host a Downtown Game Night! This collaboration of downtown businesses offers patrons the chance to play a number of tailgate style games, board games, party games, and more inside and out of various downtown businesses.

As with previous First Friday programming, participants are invited to stroll around Historic Downtown Bristol, stopping and enjoying all that our downtown has to offer. Guests may choose to make stops at all of our participating businesses, or simply find a game to play and hang out all evening! A winning photo will be selected from those who use the hashtag #FirstFridaysBristol.

First Friday fun doesn’t stop with the games afoot, either! Several retail businesses, including Wandering June and Misty Mountain Designs, will also be open late for after-hours shopping and some establishments will be offering special food and beverage specials throughout the evening. For visitors of downtown looking for live music and entertainment, there are also shows scheduled at Cascade Draft House, Michael Waltrip Brewing in Bristol, and Blue Ridge Comedy Club.

Downtown businesses participating in Game Night are:

> AR Workshop - Topple Tower & Corn Hole Boards

> Renaissance Center with Whimsicals, Matte Nail Bar & Helms Salon - Plinko & More!

> Pins & Friends - Twister sponsored by Muncy Chiropractic

> Cheap Thrills - PopDarts

> Axe & Ale House - Giant Beer Pong, Putterball, & Corn Hole Boards

> Machiavelli's - Giant Yahtzee & Corn Hole Boards

> Hollerhouse - Death Charades sponsored by First Horizon Bank

> State Street Brewing - Skeeball & Giant Connect Four

> Southern Churn - Hopscotch