FIRST FRIDAY : 7th Annual Opalka Gallery Pop Up Beer Garden and Neighborhood Block Party

Start: Friday, September 5, 2025 6:00PM
End: Friday, September 5, 2025 9:00PM

The 6th Annual Pop-Up Beer Garden and Neighborhood Block Party Series is upon us! Join us back on the Russell Sage Campus at the Opalka Gallery for a variety of music, art, craft beer, food trucks, make-your-own screenprints, and more! FREE and Open to the Public! FIRST FRIDAY! | September 5, 6pm-9pm BANDS: Super 400 wsg/ Buggy Jive BREWERS: Druthers | Frog Alley FOOD: Dotty Lou's BBQ | West Avenue Wood Fired Pizza | Kona Ice All this and so much more! Thank you to our partners for the 2025 Beer Garden series! Promotional support for the Fall 2025 Pop-Up Beer Garden series comes in part from a grant from Discover Albany and The Michele L. Vennard Hospitality Grant Program of the Albany County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Fund, a fund of the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region. And of course, Chet and Karen Opalka. Special thanks to our promotional partners: First Friday, Metroland NOW, WEXT Radio 97.7/106.1, ACE! Upstate Alliance for the Creative Economy and The Dishing. Event Production: Corey Aldrich for 2440 Design Studio Photo Credits: Victoria Mawdesley @citrusforward - West Avenue Pizza