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First Friday Art Walk at Spotlight.

Q: When is First Friday in Greeley?

Greeley's First Friday Art Walk runs the first Friday of every month from 5 to 8 p.m. in downtown Greeley. Spotlight Café & Creamery at 802 9th Street is a stop. Next: Friday, October 2, 2026, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.. Scott Young opens on the wall.

Q: Is First Friday free?

Yes. First Friday Art Walk is free and open to all ages. Spotlight serves coffee, ice cream and 21+ cocktails during the walk.

Q: Who's on the wall at Spotlight?

Yes. The gallery wall at Spotlight Café & Creamery features a new artist every month, free to view during open hours. Arely Ahidali, a Mexican-American multimedia artist, stylist and poet, is on the wall through September 30, 2026. Scott Young, a Denver neon artist who bends every piece of glass by hand, opens on First Friday, October 2, 2026.

Spotlight is a stop on Greeley's First Friday Art Walk. Every first Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. the brick wall gets its opening night, the bar stays busy and downtown fills up. Free, all ages.

Next: Friday, October 2, 2026, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.. Scott Young opens on the wall.

See who's on the wall Get directions

Coming up

Next First Friday.

Fri, Oct 2

First Friday Art Walk: Scott Young opens

5 to 8 p.m. · Free · All ages

Opening night for Denver neon artist Scott Young on the Spotlight wall. See it lit, grab a drink, keep walking downtown.

See the work
Fri, Nov 6

First Friday Art Walk

5 to 8 p.m. · Free · All ages

Greeley's monthly art walk. Stop in for the wall, a drink and a scoop, then keep walking downtown.

About First Friday

Presented with the Greeley Creative District and Downtown Greeley. See the full art walk map on their site.

On the wall now · Through September 30

Arely Ahidali

Mexican-American multimedia artist, stylist and poet, and part of the Spotlight crew. Her work is mostly abstract and made from feeling: bold canvases and a wearable mixed-media piece, Love Blind (Amor Ciego).

See the show @arelyahidali on Instagram

Abstract canvas by Arely Ahidali in orange, blue and yellow on the brick wall at Spotlight Café

Painting by Arely Ahidali of a robed figure surrounded by roses and green flames

Love Blind (Amor Ciego), a pink faux fur wearable sculpture with a polka dot eyepatch, by Arely Ahidali

Black and white mural panel by Arely Ahidali with a skeleton figure and papel picado banners

Up next · Opens First Friday, October 2

Scott Young

Denver neon artist who bends every piece of glass by hand. Four large neon-on-canvas works take over the Spotlight wall this fall, and each one is for sale.

Every piece is for sale. Ask at the counter.

See the show

Neon script reading Let the @#$! burn over a painted highway and tornado, by Scott Young

Hell is Empty by Scott Young: a purple neon devil face with red neon horns over a painted canvas

Damien Hirst is a Bully by Scott Young: two neon arcs over painted spots

Always Forever Yours by Scott Young in blue neon script

What to expect

Art, a drink, keep walking.

Opening nightA new artist usually opens on the brick wall. Some work is for sale. Ask at the counter.

The bar is openEspresso, cold brew, Dole soft serve, Blue Bell scoops and 21+ cocktails. See the menu.

Free, all agesNo tickets. Walk in, look around, and keep going downtown.

Good to know

First Friday questions.

When is First Friday in Greeley?

The first Friday of every month, 5 to 8 p.m., across downtown Greeley. Next: Friday, October 2, 2026, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.. Scott Young opens on the wall.

Is First Friday free?

Yes. The art walk is free and all ages. Drinks and ice cream are on you.

Who's on the wall at Spotlight?

Yes. Our brick wall is a rotating gallery with a new artist every month, free to view whenever we are open. Arely Ahidali is up through September 30. Scott Young opens First Friday, October 2.

First Friday Art Walk at Spotlight.

Next First Friday.

First Friday Art Walk: Scott Young opens