✨ DECEMBER FIRST FRIDAY ✨
🗓️ Friday, December 5 | 📍 Benson Creative District
❄️ The holidays are quickly approaching, and Benson is ready for the final First Friday of 2025! It’s the perfect night to explore the neighborhood and pick up that one-of-a-kind, handmade holiday gift crafted by local artists.
🎄 And as always… keep your eyes peeled. Krampus sightings have been reported in Benson this time of year. 👹✨
Expect gallery openings, artist markets, seasonal surprises, and creative cheer filling the Benson Creative District!
🎨 December’s First Friday poster by Reese Mansfield @theymakemeraki
🖼️ Posters sponsored by @blick_omaha
🙌 Ongoing First Friday support from:
Mutual of Omaha @mutualofomaha • Ted and Wally’s @tedandwallys
🔴KRAMPUS IS COMING TO BENSON! 🟢
Bad kids of Benson, beware… Krampus is back for his annual BAD KID SCAVENGER HUNT this First Friday!
🟢 “Bad Kid” dolls have escaped and are hiding all across the neighborhood!
🔴 If you spot one, snatch it up and return it to Petshop (2727 N. 62nd St) by 9 PM on First Friday December 5th to claim your prize! Krampus will be most thankful for your help this holiday season!
🔴🟢 Join the hunt and help round up these Bad Kids this Krampusnacht in Benson!
🎄 BFF Artist Market
📍 Benson Theatre – 6054 Maple St.
⏰ 6–9 PM
Celebrate the season at the BFF Holiday Artist Market! 🎁 Shop local, support Omaha artists, and find one-of-a-kind handmade gifts from your favorite makers, creators, and BFFs—all inside the beautifully festive Benson Theatre.
BIG GAY CHRISTMAS
📍 Shakedown Street Tavern — 2735 N. 62ND ST.
9PM DOORS • 10PM SHOWTIME • DANCING TO FOLLOW
21+, $5 cover at the door.
Christmas is fast approaching, and Suzie Tooth must once again save the season!
With holiday music, cheer, and a touch of Christmas magic, Suzie sets out to make this Christmas the biggest — and the gayest — yet!
Narrated by Fudgy!, this timeless holiday spectacular stars Milo Nova, Vinyl the Clown, and Lola Valentino, led by Purris Stilton as everyone’s favorite holiday heroine, Suzie Tooth!
🎧 The BIG GAY CHRISTMAS celebration continues into the night with CTRL+ALT+DEL, featuring DJs $pencelove, Crabrangucci, and Grazy!
FRIEND OF BFF HAPPY HOUR
6:00 - 7:00
The Sydney
Celebrate the season of connection and community with a special First Friday Happy Hour at The Sydney!
Featuring a live performance by:
Lisa Bautista & Jason Domonkos
PLUS: You could win a FREE Friend of BFF Membership!
FIRST FRIDAY OPENING RECEPTIONS
C418 ALPHA presents new laser-cut paper works by Reagan D. Pufall, blending childhood landscapes, mythic imagination, and the Great Plains’ vastness into intricate cut-paper scenes framed in 3D prints
BFF Made a Maze
December 5 · 6-9pm
❤️ BFF Gallery (5901 Maple St.)
BFF Made a Maze is a community art project inspired by the movie Dave Made a Maze. Using absurdity and the power of some paint and hot glue to create a whimsical place where anything can happen.
Year of the Snake Invitational
📍 Ming Toy Gallery — 6066 Maple Street
🗓️ December 5–27
Friday, December 5 | 6–9 PM
The Year of the Snake Invitational explores the dual nature of the Snake in the Chinese zodiac—its wisdom, intuition, and charm balanced by secrecy and intensity. Artists interpret these traits through works reflecting intelligence, mystery, and transformation.
Live at The Bay at BCC
Omaha Girls Rock Showcase w/ The Cruel Idiots, Midusa, and The Agents of Apollo!
📍 Benson Community Center
🗓️ Friday, December 5
⏰ Doors 5:30 PM | Show 6–8 PM
🎟️ Free & All Ages
Live at The Bay is back on 12/5 for Benson First Friday! Pull up for an Omaha Girls Rock showcase featuring The Cruel Idiots, Midusa, and The Agents of Apollo. Doors at 5:30, show at 6. Free + all-ages!
Become a Friend of BFF and enjoy PERKS every First Friday!
Alley Cat Vintage: 20% off purchase
Benson Brewery: Half off draft beer (3-6 PM)
Beercade: $1 off all drinks
Burke’s Pub: Buy one apple pie shot, get another for a penny (3-6 PM)
Burrito Envy: Free cinnamon crisp with purchase
Central Skate Shop: 10% Off Purchase
Edge of the Universe: Free cookie with drink purchase
Jake's Cigars: Half off sangria on tap
Kai Tei: Buy one get one sake
Shaheen’s: 15% off any purchase
Snowy Sundaes: $1 off any drink
St. Andrew’s: $1 off tap beers until 7. $1 off Sangria all night
Star Deli: 10% off purchase
Ted & Wally's: Free scoop of ice cream
The Sydney: $1 off all drinks
Become a Friend of BFF HERE!
Thank You to Our First Friday Sponsors!
⭐ Ted & Wally's Ultra-Premium Homemade Ice Cream
Friend of BFF Business Members:
🔹 The Bay
🔹 Gregg Grossman, Inc.
🔹 Heather Tedesco, Realtor, BHGRE
🔹 Metropolitan Community College
🔹 Removery
🔹 Slowdown
🔹 Taco Co.
🔹 The Garage by the Grey House
BFF Omaha: Building Community Through Arts Engagement!