{"id":18102,"date":"2025-04-23T12:52:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/?page_id=18102"},"modified":"2025-05-03T13:59:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T17:59:26","slug":"first-friday","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/first-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"First Fridays at BRUU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ballooonjohn.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18111\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ballooonjohn.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ballooonjohn.png 710w, https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ballooonjohn-420x268.png 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAfter COVID-19 kept everyone at home, BRUU re-opened gradually to in-person events.\u00a0 We started to gather outdoors at the corner of Church and Main streets once a month, and took advantage of the entertainment offered by the city of Manassas at its First Friday events.<\/p>\n<p>We continue to gather for First Fridays between 6:00-7:00pm.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a chance to mingle, talk, and visit casually for a few minutes before wandering to see street performances, listen to the bands, and get a meal at a downtown restaurant.\u00a0 \u00a0Look for the bubbles, and partake of some popcorn.<\/p>\n<p>At 7:00pm we shut down the bubble manufacturing machine, which is a magnet for children and dogs.\u00a0 That is often when the fire pit is ready for making S&#8217;mores and roasting marshmallows to a golden brown.\u00a0 Charcoal is popular too, based on the attention span of the person holding the stick&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The city has a <a href=\"https:\/\/historicmanassas.org\/first-fridays\/\">theme each month<\/a> for its First Fridays.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ff2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ff2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ff2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ff2-420x315.png 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ff.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18103\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ff.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ff.png 700w, https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ff-420x315.png 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/marshmallow.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/marshmallow.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"877\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/marshmallow.png 877w, https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/marshmallow-420x323.png 420w, https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/marshmallow-768x591.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ballooonjohn.png\"><\/a><br \/>\nAfter COVID-19 kept everyone at home, BRUU re-opened gradually to in-person events.\u00a0 We started to gather outdoors at the corner of Church and Main streets once a month, and took advantage of the entertainment offered by the city of Manassas at its First <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/first-friday\/\"><strong>&#8230; read more<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18102","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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