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Josh Brewer has owned Auricle for over 10 years and moved in 2018 to a downtown Township location.
Meanwhile, it is noticeable that the attendance of the first Friday attracts other people from the center to activities, events, businesses and to their own rock music exhibitions and dance parties.
However, Brewer agreed it was time to rename the event, refine it and step up efforts to spread the word and attract more visitors.
“I totally agree,” he said. I think you want it: any smart business model, technically, is established to replace brands and replace things every 3-5 years anyway, because other people will have a tendency to lose interest Array. . . if it’s the same over and over again. “
Brewer said he was thrilled that First Friday was reorganized under the leadership of Lynn and Dave Shimko, who own and run Events through 720, which includes 720 Market in downtown North Township and 720 SidestreetMKTS in Oakwood Square in Plain Township, plus special occasions. , adding a barbecue-themed occasion on August thirteen in Northern Township.
Lynn Shimko said it was an honor to help with First Friday and the local arts community.
“It’s like when you’re too close to something, you have to look at anything with a whole new look, and we think we have a whole new look with this event,” he said.
Art, music, circle of relative activities, entertainment and special themes are on the go. However, visitors to this Friday’s birthday party will notice new colorful banners designating businesses and outlets as supporters and participants of the first Friday.
New First Friday cards can also be obtained at DoubleTree through Hilton and downtown tourist spots. The new barricades in the streets are more visually pleasing as they direct other people to the first Friday festivities.
“Things are happening and since it’s hard to find it, we need to help people,” Lynn Shimko said of the occasions on the first Friday.
New activities for the family were added, adding oversized games on Fourth Street NW. Parklets were added: an outdoor state domain where other people can drink, eat, and socialize.
Also coming are new attractions with Comet Wanderer Studios’ “Kid Disco,” with lighting and music fixtures on Court Avenue NW between Fifth and Sixth Streets.
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The themes stand out even more, adding live music for the activities on the first Friday of this week. “ROCK’N” The schedule for the first Friday is 5:00 p. m. at 9:00 p. m. , businesses and restaurants are open before and after that time.
“The live music is huge,” said Lynn Shimko. “None of that has changed, but it’s about communication and (getting the word out) and letting other people know, ‘This is where to go through live music. ‘”
The animation of this Friday Chris Higbee at 18:30h. at Centennial Plaza along Market Avenue N and Court Avenue NW.
Live music at 4:30 p. m. with saxophonist Tyrel Kimbrough, followed at 5:30 p. m. m. with Moon Cactus and at 7 p. m. with The Modernes, all on the Kempthorn level at Fourth Street and McKinley Avenue NW.
Moon Cactus is a trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist from Ohio. Les Modernes are an Akron indie rock/surf band.
External vendors and food trucks will be present. Buzzbin Art
Art galleries and shops, as well as the Canton Museum of Art, continue to be an integral component of First Friday, said Lynn Shimko. Families and kids can make crafts to go in the downtown arts district on the first Friday of this week. she said.
“I think it’s just about showcasing the arts and business downtown and giving other people something to do on Friday nights,” he said. that detail back, so that other people feel welcome when they come to the city center. “
Downtown art offerings Friday come with the one-night exhibition “The Dreamers” featuring the works of more than 15 Ohio artists presented by Kat Francis at Silo Arts Studio; the exhibition “Unbreakable” through star artist Kaila Bigler; an exhibition in the gallery featuring the art of Marcie Kinast from 6 p. m. at nine o’clock in the evening at the Strauss Studios; “Face” via Scott Alan Evans at The Hub Art Factory; and a painting demonstration by the artist BZTAT at BZTAT Studios.
The Canton Art Museum has extended its operating hours from 10 a. m. m. a 8 p. m. on Friday with free admission for all visitors. Four new exhibitions are presented, “Witness to War: The Painted Diary of Takuichi Fujii”.
Lynn Shimko said David Whitehill, president and CEO of ArtsinStark, learned of his works with the events at 720 Market. ArtsinStark signed a contract with the couple to oversee and coordinate the first Friday.
The sponsors of the first Friday are ArtsinStark, Visit Canton and Downtown Canton Special Improvement District.
“With Canton’s Centennial Plaza and other downtown advancements, there’s a lot of power motivating the desire to lift up the first Friday by rethinking our spaces and finding new uses,” Whitehill said in an email.
“Our goal is to create spaces that serve a diversity of activities,” he said. “Spaces where other people can combine and blend, strategically striking groupings of furniture, soft fixtures and greenery. “
The Shimkos attending with First Friday late in 2021.
“But our effort has been for the summer season,” Lynn Shimko said.
Whitehill said the first Friday had evolved since its debut more than 15 years ago as “an art walk with a handful of participants. “
Years later, he said, the loose occasion for all ages attracts thousands of attendees in several blocks. Whitehill said the first Friday remains the center’s flagship occasion.
Improving entertainment activities and family circles on the first Friday “will bring a new urban power to the city center,” he added.
Social media and online efforts are also being updated. A new First Friday online page was recently introduced in https://cantonfirstfriday. com. First Friday also has a new Facebook page in https://www. facebook. com/firstfridaycanton/.
Although first Friday has been around for more than a decade, Lynn Shimko believes that some citizens of Stark County, as well as those in the surrounding areas, do not know about it, or possibly have a negative belief about the center of the municipality that it has long been obsolete and false.
“I think it’s more about bringing families back to the center,” he said.
Brewer, from the headset, hopes the efforts will work.
“We need to see more people in the center and keep them interested before they come on the first Friday,” he said.
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This article was originally published in The Repository: Canton First Friday kicks off summer with a new look, live music, and games.