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Submit An Event

Are you a downtown storefront business interested in hosting a First Friday event or special? To participate, your business could host an art or culture-based program, offer a food & drink special, offer a discount, invite local artists to exhibit their work in your establishment, host musicians in front of or inside your business, or invite local artisans to sell their handmade goods in your store. 

To submit an event, you will be asked to register an account and must verify it via email confirmation; if you did not receive a confirmation, search for "Citylight" or check your Junk folder.

Once you are registered, you will be able to submit your events for DRA's General Calendar and First Friday Calendar. Your submission will then be manually reviewed by a DRA staff member. If your event meets the specified guidelines and there are no questions, it will be automatically added to the events calendar. Once registered, you will be able to go back as often as necessary to submit events.

Important:

  • Downtown Raleigh Alliance maintains full editorial control over all submitted events, including the right to exclude events as necessary.
  • Please allow up to 1-2 business days for your event to appear on our site. We do not review events after 5pm on Fridays and before 9am on Mondays.
  • You cannot change your account email after creating one. If you need to change the attached venue or email, you'll need to make a new account.
  • If you submit an event for First Friday after 12pm the Thursday before, we cannot guarantee inclusion in the First Friday Newsletter.

Submit your event or special through our portal here.