This Week in Downtown Huntsville: Food Trucks, Fitness, and Giveaways!

In this edition of the Downtown Explorer, we are going to dish out all the details of this Friday's Food Truck Rally, the Fitness in the Park series, and the return of our "National Day Of" giveaways! You won't want to miss this insider look at what's happening in Downtown Huntsville.

This Friday, join us for the Food Trucks edition of Food Trucks VS Food Trailers, presented by Amanda Howard Sotheby's International Realty. We will be in Big Spring Park from 5-9 pm with Food Trucks and Tent Vendors! Our vendors include:

Tents
Forever Grateful, LLC
freethought coffee co.
Nanny's Old Fashioned Lemonade
Nothing Bundt Cakes
Piper and Leaf
Regale Cupcakery
Suzy's Pops
Amanda Howard Sotheby's International Realty
AT&T
Onin Staffing

Food Trucks

Badd Newz BBQ
Beast Mode
Betty Jo's
Fast Frankies
Fire & Spice
Get Loaded
Golden Years Ice Cream Parlor
Happi Pappi Beignets
Iceworks
Manic
What's Popp'N

View the map and get more updates on the event through our Facebook Event Page!

Fitness in the Park is here in Downtown Huntsville! Join Healthy Huntsville for a FREE group fitness class in Big Spring Park every Saturday until the end of June! Rain or shine!

Upcoming classes:
Saturday, May 22: POUND with 24/7 Health Club
Saturday, May 29: Dance Fitness with M.E.R.C. Fitness Asylum
Saturday, June 5: Dance Fitness with Hip Healthy Chick- Tasha Edwards
Saturday, June 12: Pure Barre with Pure Barre Huntsville
Saturday, June 19 (Big Spring Park West): Family Yoga with Righteous Wellness PRT Inc.
Saturday, June 26: BollyX with Rose Loves Fitness

Our "National Day Of" Giveaways are back! Every month we will be doing a special giveaway correlating with a fun "National day of..." theme! For example, today is National Be A Millionaire Day...no we are not giving away a million dollars! But we will be doing some fun giveaways very soon!

We will be announcing these giveaways through our Facebook Event Page so make sure you RSVP and turn on those notifications so you don't miss out!!!

Friday Night Art Walks Return to Downtown Huntsville!

Friday Night Art Walks are back in Downtown Huntsville! We reveal this Friday's details plus we unveil and discover everything about our newest addition to our Downtown Parks in this edition of the Downtown Explorer!

Friday Night Art Walks 2021, presented by Progress Bank, returns to Downtown Huntsville on the second Fridays of every month from May to October from 5 to 8 pm! The kickoff event will be taking place this Friday around the Historic Square!

We have over 50 vendors participating this weekend with local art, home goods, baked goods, activities, and much more! Progress Bank will be hosting a special giveaway and fun activities all night long! Hear more from Progress Bank on Friday Night Art Walks here.

We are also so excited to welcome the Greater Huntsville Humane Society (GHHS) as our official Art Walk charity partner for another year!

The weather is going to be fantastic this Friday, so come walk around historic Downtown Huntsville, check out the art and artisan goods, dine and drink local, and enjoy this beautiful evening!

This event is open to the public and FREE to attend! The vendor list can be found on our Facebook Event Page!

While you are out at the Friday Night Art Walks, you might notice that we have some new Adirondack Chairs out, sponsored by Lore Hislop, Averbuch Realty. We are adding in over 30 new chairs to the historic square and surrounding areas!

Grab a purple cup, shop around historic Huntsville, and relax with your friends this weekend!

Also new in Downtown Huntsville, is the Community Foundation Park on Pelham Avenue! This new urban park, beside the beautiful new Redstone Federal Credit Union building, adds more green space and art to Downtown!

At the park, you will find an art installation called “Travelers One". It is one of three art installations to be scattered throughout downtown Huntsville over the next year bringing more art around Big Spring Park!

The park has seating for passerby's to enjoy lunch or relax with friends. If you are interested in learning more about our other Downtown parks, click here!

Step Outside and Enjoy Downtown Huntsville!

The weather is perfect here in Downtown Huntsville and we want you to take advantage of it! In this edition of the Downtown Explorer, we step outside to enjoy the 2020 Downtown Open course, the soon-to-come 2020 Pop-Up Parks, and watch our new Explorer Vlog series to learn more about our beautiful and unique downtown parks!

Have you been out to enjoy our 2020 Downtown Open course presented by Crunkleton Commercial Real Estate Group? This 17 hole course can be found around the downtown square and surrounding areas. Putt your ball around corners, through tanks and houses, into cups, and much more on this unique course. 

The scorecards and more information about the course can be found on our website. We hope to see you out there putting a hole in one!

Coming soon: 2020 Pop-Up Parks! Downtown Huntsville is welcoming back our Pop-Up Parks for 2020, presented by Redstone Federal Credit Union. Move out the cars and bring in the people from October 15th through the 25th!  

There will be 7 parking spots around the downtown square converted into mini parks for you to enjoy. Some may include fun activities while others may be a relaxing conversational space! 

This 10-day event is free to attend and open to the public! RSVP to our Facebook Event Page!

Did you know Downtown Huntsville is home to many unique and beautiful parks? In our new Explorer Vlog series, we are exploring some of these parks to see what they have to offer. Already checked off of our list is the urban pocket park, Washington Park, as well as the splashpad park, Bicentennial Park! 

You can view these videos on our website and don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel. Join us each week to learn about more of our urban parks in Downtown Huntsville!

What do art, putt putt, and parks have in common? They are all in Downtown Huntsville!

As our 2020 Friday Night Art Walk comes to an end, Downtown Huntsville, Inc. is proud to announce the return of our Downtown Open Putt Putt course and our Pop-Up Parks this October! In this edition of the Downtown Explorer, we will give you exclusive details on these events so you can plan the perfect day in Downtown Huntsville!

We are proud to announce that our Downtown Open Putt Putt course, presented by Crunkleton Commercial Real Estate Group is making a return in 2020 on October 1st through October 11th! Play putt putt on this unique, urban course with 17 holes around the square over a 10-day period for FREE!

For the safety of everyone, we ask that you bring your own putter and ball to use for the course. You will be able to print your own score cards through our Facebook Event Page!

We hope this years course is safe and fun for you and your whole family! Don’t forget to tag us @DowntownHsv in all of your photos!

Come down to the square in downtown for our very last Art walk of 2020. Yes, you read that right! Our very LAST Friday Night Art Walk of 2020, presented by Amanda Howard Sotheby’s International Realty, is this Friday! So come to Downtown from 5-8pm and get your holiday shopping done early this year and snag some amazing Fall themed items. We also have some exciting new vendors joining us this Friday, so don't miss out!

The map and full list of vendors can be found on our Facebook Event Page.

The unique and quirky Pop Up Parks return to Downtown Huntsville October 15th through the 25th!

Pop Up Parks 2020 will feature 7 parking spots converted into mini-parks around the Downtown Square. The event's motto: "Move out the cars, bring in the people." Downtown Huntsville, Inc invites the community to come out, play on the mini-parks, and enjoy all the amazing things Downtown Huntsville has to offer. 
This 10-day event is free to attend and open to the public!

RSVP to our Facebook Event Page to see updates!