Journal Staff
Sarnia’s First Friday cultural walkabout is greeting spring with with a full line-up of live music, art exhibitions and downtown shopping on Friday, April 5.
Many stores and galleries are open till 9 p.m., and street and lot parking downtown is free after 6 p.m.
JUDITH & NORMAN ALIX ART GALLERY - 147 Lochiel St., 6 p.m.- 9 p.m. Come Explore Chasing Vibrato, with Rita Letendre, who makes the surface of her works vibrate through dynamic tension between colour and form. Show closes April 14.
COFFEE CULTURE - 130 Lochiel St. – 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. - Live music with MACMUSIC.
PARALLEL JUNCTION - 176 Christina St. N. - Handmade gifts & décor, featuring Simply Soy, Haughton’s Hands, All Lathered Up and more. Receive a ballot with purchase for a chance to win a gift basket.
DOWNTOWN MARKET - 140 Christina St. N. - 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. - live music.
CHEEKY MONKEY - 130 Christina St. N – 7 p.m.- 9 p.m.- live music with Brother Leeds; art show & sale by Bill Walters - Pathfinders selling Girl Guide cookies.
SILHOUETTES BOUTIQUE - 125 Christina St. N – 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Spring has sprung with "Live Mannequins in the Windows."
COWBOYS & INDIANS - 121 Christina St. N - Open until 9 p.m. and featuring works by local First Nations artists.
THE LAWRENCE HOUSE CENTRE FOR THE ARTS - 127 Christina St. S – 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Landscapes: Windows to the World exhibition opening by the Sarnia Photographic Club. Photography by Jack Sebben and Rahim Gilani in the Turret Room - Doug Hacking at the Piano.
THE COVE WELLNESS - 140 Front St. S. 5:30 p.m.- 6:30 p.m. *Karma Class* - Gentle yoga flow featuring restorative stretch sequence, with Cassandra Smith, RMT. All welcome with minimum donation of $10 towards Noelle's Gift. Register to save your spot, 519-330-3060 or [email protected] - See us at Noelle's Gift of Fitness & Expo on April 27.
RIVER BANK & CO. - 172 Front Street N – 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. - Birds of a Feather paintings by Cathy Earle - New Art, New Vendors, New Look.
ONE TOOTH - 155 Front St N – 7 p.m.- 9 p.m. - Live Music to celebrate Spring - Covers & originals with Demi Krall.
CAFE YOGA: Sarnia Reiki, Meditation & Yoga - 150.5 Front St. N. Suite 7 – 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. - Intuitive live music with Annette Dillon. Art Exhibit: Taste of Haiti.
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION, Branch 62 - 286 Front St N. - 8 p.m. to midnight - Music and dancing with The Casuals.
BAD DOG SARNIA - 229 Christina St N – 8 p.m.to midnight, live music with Bren Dube.
UPS 'N’ DOWNS - 226 Front St N – 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. - live music with That Whaling Band.
REV-EL-REE NIGHTS - 148 Front St., 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. featuring Ainsworth & Young; then 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. with DJ Phatfingers - Doors open 5 p.m. No cover before 9 p.m., $3 cover after 9 p.m. Charitable partner for April’s event is The Lawrence House Centre for the Arts.
HAWG BAR - 117 Christina St. N - 9 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Live music with The Down River Band.
REFINED FOOL - 137 Davis St. Featured artist Trevor Jamieson. Inspired by Naomi Klein’s book, “This Changes Everything: Climate Change vs. Capitalism,” Jamieson creates paintings that juxtapose the urgency of climate crisis with familiar tropes of pop culture.
ALSO inside the Bayside Centre, Harmony for Youth Fundraiser, 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Music: This, That & The Other, featuring Paul Maguire, Rain Bo Light & Paula Arrowsmith. Trade Show and Vendor Event with 23 Vendors.