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First Friday Includes an Arts Festival

CHAMBERSBURG – The Downtown Business Council (DBC) and Council for the Arts of Chambersburg will present First Friday: Taste of the Arts on Friday, May 3rd from 5-8pm.

Sponsored by Noelker & Hull, the event will feature restaurant specials throughout downtown.

Starting off the evening will be the annual inauguration of Chambersburg’s Memorial Square Fountain, followed by the annual “fundraiser” for Women in Need (WIN), Walk a Mile in Her Shoes.

The walk will bring hundreds of men in red high heel shoes to Main Street, walking from King to Washington and back, to highlight their support of Women in Need.

The Foundry Artist Co-op, 100 South Main Street, will feature a special exhibit of members’ artwork, “Seeing Red”, with several works – three depicting red shoes! – being offered for sale to benefit WIN.

With Courthouse construction underway, First Friday events will be centered on the southwest and southeast quadrants of the Square.

Activities will be centered on the SW quadrant, in front of the 11/30 Visitors Center and Central Presbyterian Church, where Noelker & Hull will have a display of several of their community architectural projects and a free craft for kids.

DBC will offer free face painting and a kids craft and will have an entry box for the First Friday Prize Package, containing contributions from many downtown businesses.

Also on that quadrant will be live music by The Negley Brothers; Sweet Rollers and Pap’s Dog Stop food vendors.

Young artists from DBC’s Kinder Market WILL ALSO BE FEATURED.

The F&M (SE) quadrant will feature adult artists and a group of young artists from Shalom Christian Academy.


For more information about First Friday, call 717-658-4372.

Tyrone Adam Baltimore Sr. 1940-2026

Guided by a lifelong interest in logistics, he attended both Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Richmond to study transportation.

Robert D. Hamsher 1939-2026

Robert was a United States Navy Veteran and retired with over 30 years of service with the United States Navy Reserves as a Chief Petty Officer.

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