Half Moon Bay’s 2023 Make it Main Street First Thursdays ~ Music, Speaker’s Space, Movies and Makers Marketplace
Thu. August 3rd @ 3:00pm - 7:00pm
An event every month that begins at 3:00pm on day First of the month, repeating indefinitely
Make It Main Street will be occur first Thursday beginning April, 2023.
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On the 1st Thursday of every month beginning in April, Make It Main Street presents surprising and entertaining experiences on five blocks of Main Street, and throughout Downtown Half Moon Bay.
From 3-7PM, residents and visitors are invited to discover a Makers Marketplace, take in an independently made film, catch an artist demonstration, listen in as Musicians, Poets, Writers & Storytellers perform among the eclectic array of Shops, Bookstores, Nurseries, Restaurants, Wine Bars, Cafes and Galleries that grace 5 blocks of Half Moon Bay’s historic Main Street.
Make it Main Street is an economic recovery initiative designed as a public/private partnership to elevate, promote and preserve the creative community of the Coastside. All events associated with Make It Main Street are free to the public.
Connect with us to find out more by dropping a note to: makeitmainstreet@coastside.net
Music
Professional Coastside musicians perform at various times and locations on Main Street. Stroll towards the sounds of a world-class jazz piano duo, down the street to a singer-songwriter, or be drawn towards a trio of bluesmen or a chamber ensemble. The lineup, genres and locations will vary every month.
Speakers’ Space
1ST THURSDAYS, 5-7 PM
Coastside writers, poets, and storytellers are invited to read their original works, or works that have inspired them, to an audience of listeners. Everyone has something to say and a desire to be heard. Join us to tell your story, and hear others at Speakers’ Space.
Make It Main Street Speakers’ Space is supported in part by Coastal Literary Arts Movement & and a grant from the San Mateo Country Arts Commission.
Movies on Main Street
ODDFELLOWS HALL – 526 MAIN STREET
Make It Main Street will screen an independent film with Q&A sessions with the filmmakers, producers and/or other associated principals following each film. Times of screenings will vary. Shorts open each film.
Makers Marketplace
MAKERS’ MARKETPLACE: 3 TO 7 PM
KELLY AVE, BETWEEN JOHNSTON & MAIN
RAIN OR SHINE
Coastside Makers of varied and beautiful objects offer their works for sale, and show you how they are made. Every month the Makers Marketplace will feature a demonstration with glass blowers, or potters, or plein-air painters, weavers or…
