{"id":414714,"date":"2026-08-23T16:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T16:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/414714\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T16:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T16:54:18","slug":"first-thursdays-arlingtons-150th-birthday-bash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/414714\/","title":{"rendered":"First Thursdays &#8211; Arlington\u2019s 150th Birthday Bash!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"event-date\">Next date:\u00a0Thursday, September 03, 2026 | 05:00 PM &#13;<br \/>\n\tto 08:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>       &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"main-page-image full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787504058_845_articles-first-thursday-150th-themed.jpg\" alt=\"Historic photo of Main Street in Downtown Arlington with the City of Arlington's sesquicentennial logo in the top left hand corner and the Downtown Arlington Management Corporation's First Thursday logo in the top right hand corner. \" title=\"Historic photo of Main Street in Downtown Arlington with the City of Arlington's sesquicentennial logo in the top left hand corner and the Downtown Arlington Management Corporation's First Thursday logo in the top right hand corner. \"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/downtownarlington.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Downtown Arlington<\/a>\u2019s monthly <a href=\"https:\/\/downtownarlington.org\/events\/firstthursdays\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">First Thursdays event<\/a> will take on a special theme this September joining the citywide celebration of <a href=\"https:\/\/arlington150.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arlington\u2019s 150th birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The free event, held from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 3, 2026, will feature live music, family-friendly activities and downtown experiences, all centered on commemorating the city\u2019s sesquicentennial.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"192\" data-end=\"570\">Enjoy an evening of live music, local businesses, history and family-friendly activities throughout Downtown. Join the community for the 150th Birthday Drone Photo at the Levitt Pavilion, explore Knapp Heritage Park and its historic log cabin, take part in the 150th Birthday Sticker Scavenger Hunt, and catch Stealing the Spotlight: 150 Years of Arlington at Theatre Arlington.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"572\" data-end=\"718\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">With special activities and birthday surprises happening throughout the evening, there\u2019s plenty to explore as we celebrate Arlington\u2019s 150th year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arlingtontx.gov\/News-Articles\/2026\/August\/First-Thursdays-to-Spotlight-Arlington\u2019s-150th-in-September\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Click to open.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Learn more on all the activities you and your family can enjoy during the event<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                When<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThursday, September 03, 2026 | 05:00 PM &#13;<br \/>\n\t&#8211; 08:00 PM&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    Location<\/p>\n<p>Downtown Arlington,\u00a0Arlington, TX\n                    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Next date:\u00a0Thursday, September 03, 2026 | 05:00 PM &#13; to 08:00 PM &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Downtown&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-414714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}