Frist Fridays 2025


We’re thrilled to announce Frist Fridays 2025! At these after-hours art parties, let our exhibitions inspire your attire for evenings full of art, music, and fashion featuring DJs, pop-up performances, specialty cocktails, and more.  

Group of young adults gathered in a group posing for a photo
Group of four people dressed up in the grand lobby
Five young women dressed up posing for a photo

2025 Schedule

March 7

Kick off our 2025 series with Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism. Don your Café Society couture and join us for a Parisian party.  

August 22

Savor the last sips of summer Mediterranean style set amid Venice and the Ottoman Empire

A young Paul McCartney holding a camera taking a photo of himself in a mirror

November 7

Twist and shout at the final Frist Friday of the year with a ’60s themed celebration on the opening weekend of Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–1964: Eyes of the Storm

Happy hour drink specials and themed menu items will be available in Café Cheeserie from 6:00–9:00 p.m.!

Know Before You Go 

Preregistration is required. 

Limited paid onsite parking is available. We strongly recommend using rideshare, as our lots may reach capacity before you arrive.  

No outside food or beverages are permitted. 


Exhibition images:
Victor Gabriel Gilbert. Le Carreau des Halles, 1880. Oil on panel; 21 1/8 x 29 in. Musée d’art moderne André Malraux, Le Havre
David C. Driskell. Five Blues Notes, 1980. Painting; 32 x 39 3/4 in. The David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland, College Park. Gift of Nene Humphrey from the Benny Andrews and Nene Humphrey Collection, 2010.06.020. © David C. Driskell/David C. Driskell Center, 2017. Photo: Greg Staley, 2018
Victor Gabriel Gilbert. Le Carreau des Halles, 1880. Oil on panel; 21 1/8 x 29 in. Musée d’art moderne André Malraux, Le Havre
Paul McCartney. Self-portraitLondon, 1963. © 1963-1964 Paul McCartney under exclusive license to MPL Archives LLP

DONATE. GIVE. SUPPORT.
Please consider supporting the Frist Art Museum with a donation. Your gift is essential to our mission of serving the community through the arts and art access in particular. We truly appreciate your generosity.