ArtsMemphis is hosting a free party this Friday at 8 p.m. at the Broad Avenue Water Tower Pavilion. It's the 2nd Annual ArtsAccelerator Launch Party and there will be beer, food, art to experience and buy, danceable tunes and more…and it's totally free to attend.

The main attraction will be four Memphis artists (Coriana Close, Alex Paulus, Matthew Thomas and Niles Wallace) who are turning four trailers into "inviting environments for party goers to enter and experience". I can't wait to see what they come up with.

  
Photo from last year's ArtsAccelerator party. 

The whole idea is that the party is free to enter, so you can use your extra bucks to support the ArtsAccelerator and individual artists by purchasing the limited edition pieces that will be for sale. Wiseacre beer and truck-stop themed treats will be for sale (snow cones, popsicles, pickles, and pork rinds). DJ Zac Ives will spin some danceable tunes, and Five in One Social Club will do live T-shirt printing demonstrations.

Broad Avenue Water Tower Pavilion

If you're not familiar with ArtsAccelerator, it's an initiative by ArtsMemphis that provides grants to individual local artists. One of last year's recipients was Brandon Marshall, whose grant allowed him to establish the Orange Mound Mural Project. You can read more about last year's ArtsAccelerator projects here.

Go there:

The Metropolitan Bank Filling Station party
Friday, July 25 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Free, All Ages
Broad Avenue Water Tower Pavilion