First Friday–Camden, Arkansas
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About First Friday

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About first Fridays in Camden

From it’s inception in May 2018, First Friday: Monthly Market has grown immensely into one of the area’s most anticipated events. As a nonprofit organization aimed at encouraging and revitalizing the vibrancy of downtown Camden, event-goers always enjoy an intimate, hometown, family-friendly variety of local talent and entertainment.

Whether it’s to try new cuisine or desserts, relax and listen to live music, peruse the local shops, discover new art, learn a new craft, gather information from other area businesses and organizations, let the kids play, or to just enjoy the fresh open air on a pleasant southern evening with friends and family, First Friday: Monthly Market truly has something for everyone.

Award Winning Event

In January 2020, the First Friday team brought home the Silver, 1st Runner Up ALFIE Award for the Event of the Year provided by Arkansas Festivals and Events Association. The team was very humbled by the honor and charged up to bring another exciting season full of new experiences for 2020. Look for our market each month from April through November.

In January 2019, the First Friday team proudly brought home the Bronze ALFIE Award for The Year’s Best New Event or Festival, provided by the Arkansas Festivals and Events Association. Funds from the events are used to further develop downtown Camden, supporting it in a positive, lively, and growing image, and promoting it as an exciting place to live, shop, play, and invest."

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OUR MISSION STATEMENT

First Friday is a nonprofit organization that hosts a monthly market aimed at encouraging and revitalizing the vibrancy of Downtown Camden. The market is a community collective, offering local small businesses, area organizations, makers of homemade goods, and a limited number of guest vendors, an accessible opportunity to share their products, talents, information, and resources with the public. Funds from the market are used to further develop a positive image of Downtown Camden and promote it as an exciting place to live, shop, play, and invest.

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Our Team

If you would like to be involved in any aspect of the market, please contact us. We look forward to seeing you at First Friday in Downtown Camden!

  • Rajveer Kaur Kang – Founder & Market Coordinator

  • Ashley Kriehn – Graphic Design & Marketing

  • Laura Raines – Artist, Business, Musician & Community Liaison

  • Charlotte Oliver Young – City & Public Works Liaison/Artist & Community Liaison

  • Sherri Steelman - Vendor Coordination and Liaison

  • Jana Garcia - Vendor Coordination

  • Cheri Emerson - Fundraising, Marketing

  • Kris Green - Treasurer

  • Anna Norrell - Marketing

  • Jill Steelman & Katie Reavis - Volunteer Coordination