Amplify The Ave!

Support First Avenue businesses through an upcoming season of construction and join us for Amplify the Ave!: First Avenue Retail & Bar Crawl.

Thursday, October 29, 2026, from 4pm to 8pm along First Avenue from 3rd Street to 7th Street. Discover participating bars, restaurants, retailers, and local businesses. Locations will be offering food and beverage specials, activities, giveaways, games, live music, and more.

• The Loon Cafe: Food & beverage specials
• Hermine: Gift bags for the first 25 people (w/ purchase), live music (5-7pm)
• Smorgie’s Minneapolis: DJ music, 2-4-1s from 4-8pm, $5 Green Tea shots, Games

• Jackson’s Hole Bar & Grill: Check in location & traffic cone hat pick up
• Soundwoven Goods: Free beading activity with Meeshy Beads
• Madge Home + Market: Print vending machine

• The Depot Tavern: DJ Shane Kramer
• The Residency: Art make & take activity
• Gluek’s: Karaoke

• O’Donovan’s: Tarot Card Readers
• Kieran’s: Final prize wall stop and DJ

• The Last Call: DJ
• Kickernick Gallery

Start your crawl and pick up free swag and a map. Amp up the fun with a First Avenue scavenger hunt – visit 5 locations for a prize, or visit more for a chance to win gift cards to shop, dine, and be entertained from participating businesses. Wrap up your night at Kieran’s to claim your prize.

Scavenger Hunt Link: https://join.goosechase.com/238b7dbd-63f1-4db9-b05c-62211a41a7ac

Brought to you in partnership with the Minneapolis Renaissance Coalition and made funding provided in part by the City of Minneapolis to honor and celebrate community resilience.