third Friday Is Brewing Up Fun Downtown with “Weird Science” on October 17

SALISBURY, Maryland – Downtown Salisbury will come alive this Friday, October 17, for the month-to-month third Friday celebration, with this month’s theme centered round “Weird Science.”

Join us for “Weird Science”, a theme that invitations households and curious minds to discover hands-on experiments and inventive science actions led by native “mad scientists” from Minds in Motion Children’s Museum, Delmarva Discovery Museum, Salisbury University, and The Night Watch Childcare. Guests could make slime, create oobleck, extract DNA, and extra.

New this Fall: T.A.P.S. (To-go Alcohol in Public Spaces) permits adults 21+ to buy a to-go beverage from taking part eating places or bars and revel in it whereas strolling inside designated downtown occasion areas, enhancing the third Friday expertise and supporting native companies.

third Friday presents guests a night full of group connection, household enjoyable, and the distinctive allure of Salisbury’s small companies.

Road Closures Begin Friday, October 17:

• Road Closures Begin at 1 P.M.
• Downtown Plaza (Main Street from W. Market Street to Division Street)
• Division Street from Rt. 50 to Circle Avenue

Parking is free in Downtown Salisbury on nights and weekends with free 2 hour on road parking — simply plan forward and keep away from closed areas.

From 5 to eight p.m., the Downtown Plaza and Unity Square will probably be full of reside leisure, native distributors, and family-friendly actions. Adding to the joy, Feet of Fire! Dance Academy will current a particular spooky Halloween efficiency, and reside music will fill the air with performances by Rachel Jayne & Friends at Unity Square and Josh Pryor on the Plaza.

“Weird Science” guarantees a night stuffed with studying, creativity, and group spirit — good for households, college students, and anybody able to have a good time the season downtown.

This month’s third Friday is made attainable partly by the assist of WMDT, proud media sponsor of the 2025 season of third Friday in Downtown Salisbury.

Come discover, experiment, and see what’s brewing at third Friday: Weird Science!

For extra info, go to thirdFridaySBY.com and observe third Friday on Facebook for the most recent updates.

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About ABCD 

The Arts, Business and Culture Department is answerable for fostering Salisbury’s thriving financial local weather by supporting enterprise, increasing financial alternative, selling inventive expression, internet hosting distinctive experiences, and sustaining regional sights such because the Salisbury Zoo and Poplar Hill Mansion. By producing signature occasions, facilitating enterprise incentives, and collaborating with stakeholders, this division strives to make Salisbury a spot the place arts, enterprise, and tradition intersect and flourish. 

About the City of Salisbury, Maryland

Founded in 1732, Salisbury is the county seat of Wicomico County, a spot the place John Smith touched land in 1608 throughout his exploration of the Chesapeake Bay, bringing him involved with the Wighcocomoco or Wicomico, the Nause, the Kusk’arawack, and the Nantaquack or Nanticoke tribes who had lived within the area for a number of millennia. Situated on Maryland’s historic Eastern Shore on the crossroads of the Delmarva Peninsula, Salisbury is now one of many area’s largest cities, and serves because the capital of the Eastern Shore, a rural space outlined by its agricultural and maritime traditions, landscapes, and industries.

The Chesapeake Bay is central to this distinctive id. Though a comparatively small metropolis, Salisbury is the geographic and financial hub of one of many nation’s fastest-growing Metropolitan Statistical Areas. The City of Salisbury is working to construct its popularity as an arts and tradition vacation spot and is aligning its downtown growth and revitalization efforts with the humanities. Salisbury believes internet hosting the Maryland Folk Festival is the right catalyst to additional a cultural renaissance and concrete renewal.