Looking for the perfect way to celebrate the end of a long week? Well, we have just the event that will get you outdoors and keep you entertained for hours! Friday Nights is returning to The Mill Yard with delicious food, beautiful art, music and a beer garden for all to enjoy.
1. Friday Nights and The Mill Yard Grand Opening
While Friday Nights, sponsored by Made in Lowell, has been an ongoing event, this week’s festivity is going to be something you will not want to miss! With food trucks, local vendors and live entertainment, it’s the perfect setting for family and friends to enjoy this social event at a beautiful venue surrounded by mills and canal ways. Friday Nights begins at 5 pm, with the grand opening of The Mill Yard starting at 6.
In addition to Made in Lowell’s monthly Friday Nights celebrations The Mill Yard venue will serve as a prime outdoor location aimed at enhancing community engagement, offer space for entertainment, showcase local musicians and expand the city’s collaboration with food trucks.
The Mill Yard will provide the perfect setting for families, friends and foot-truck aficionados and will be available to host a variety of artisan markets and private functions. Come celebrate Lowell’s first ever community food truck park at the grand opening event tonight at 6 pm!
2. Art is in the Air
If you want a break from all the excitement at The Mill Yard, there is a lot to do in the surrounding area that will keep you entertained. The Mill Yard’s location is within sight of some cool public art. “Veils of Color,” created by artist Barbara Poole, fills the windows of a former mill wall with brightly dyed panels of fabric representing the dyes that used to be dumped in the canal when the Appleton Mills Dye House was operating. Nearby a pop up art park has been created from concrete blocks and jersey barriers, part of the City’s effort’s to creatively transform construction and security materials. When not being used for Folk Festival and other street closing security, they will be on display in the park, located across the Lower Pawtucket Canal in the Hamilton Canal District.
3. Mill NO. 5 and its many amenities just a footstep away
Photo: millno5.com
The fantastic thing about The Mill Yard is its centrally located right across the street from Lowell’s vibrant Mill No. 5. The quaint shops and weekly farm market in this renovated mill building are open all week long. Mill No. 5’s Luna Theater is always showcasing films and shows, with an upcoming comedy movie Band Aid this Friday night starting at 7:35pm. By expanding the use of The Mill Yard and making it an urban oasis for current and future district residents and businesses, local shops will be busier than ever!
4. The Breathtaking Western Avenue Studios
If you’re an art lover looking for something to do after grabbing a bite at Lowell’s new food truck park at The Mill Yard, the Western Avenue Studios located just around the corner is where art comes alive. The space has over 300 artists and 250 studio spaces for local artists and provides exquisite art for the public to see. The Western Avenue Studio is home to the largest artist’s community on the eastern seaboard of the U.S. The studio has art classes and art exhibits year round. The current Gallery show is The Cultural Artbeat which runs through July 30th.