ATHOL — Thirty-eight vendors have signed up to date for the premier First Friday event of the season on May 3, to be held rain or shine, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
The street festival along Main Street encourages people to shop small business and “enjoy the spirit of our local community.” First Fridays is also scheduled for June 7, July 5, August 2 and September 6 with fun activities for all ages.
Signed up are: Thirty-One, Deja Vu Women’s Consignments, Sweet Cottage Farm, Willow Brook Creations and 4-H Group, Tintagels Gate, Thirty One/Perfectly Posh, Tupperware, Kathy Gardner-Wainrib (plastic canvas gifts and decorations), Nikki’s Rabbit Hole Co., Creative Crafters, The United Arc, Friendly Town Social & World Heritage Exchange, BBC Fitness/Be Dazzled, Monkey Factory, Traci Reid/Younique and Scentsy, Quabbin Valley Healthcare, 4-H, It Works Global, Lynrose Farm Essentials, Hope,Heart, Honor & Help 4-H Club, Pampered Chef, Athol Credit Union, Gail’s Sparkle Squad, LUK, Inc., DayDreamersCorner (Etsy), This and That Crafts, Marcy’s Gallery Expo, The Essential Oiled Life (Young Living Essential Oils), Marcia Berkall Art, LuLaRoe, Bella’s Bakery, Mathilde Duffy – Drawings and Photographs, Valuing Our Children, Scrafty Custom Signs, JCS Enterprises, Starrett Memorial United Methodist Church, Never Grow Up!, and North Quabbin Recovery Center.
Organizer Holly Young said vendors can sign up until the event starts. For more information, visit https://hollytempleyoung.wixsite.com/firstfriday, the First Friday page on Facebook, or email hollytempleyoung@gmail.com.