Event recap4 min read
Our Fall Neighborhood Block Party on Hardware Ave
250+ neighbors, 19 local vendors, live music, and a DJ. A recap of our Fall Neighborhood Block Party on Hardware Ave in downtown Salt Lake City.
On Friday, November 6, we set up on Hardware Ave, between the Hardware East and West buildings, for our Fall Neighborhood Block Party. We hosted it with Salt Lake Crossing, 4th West, and Hardware Apartments, our neighbors around HAVN SLX, to bring together the people who live here and the local businesses that keep downtown going.
More than 250 people came out. There were 19 local vendors, live music, and a DJ once the sun went down.
Why we threw a block party
HAVN exists so nobody has to figure things out alone. Most of the time that happens inside the club: someone saying hello, a lunch that turns into an intro. But the people who live in the apartments around us are part of the neighborhood too, and so are the local businesses that fuel us every day. We wanted to create a space that tied them together, so the people who live here could meet the local businesses, artists, and makers who work around them.
So we took it outside. A street, some food, and good music is the easiest way we know to get people talking.
Hosting it with Salt Lake Crossing, 4th West, and Hardware Apartments is what made it work. It made the night belong to the whole neighborhood, and our apartment neighbors showed up for it.
The music
We wanted live music, not a playlist. The evening opened with jazz and rap artist @the.msngr and a full band set up on the sidewalk: keys, guitar, drums, and a saxophone in the mix.
As it got dark, @themrhouston took over on the decks and kept it going. The sax came back out on top of the DJ set, which was one of our favorite moments of the night.
The vendors
Nineteen local businesses set up along the street, and the mix was the point. Thank you to every one of them for coming out on a Friday.
Food and drinks. Tacos from Salty Baja Tacos and Thai food from Kin Kao Thai, both food trucks. Beer from Red Rock Brewing. Fruit in chocolate from Trü Frü. Coffee from Green Bike Coffee, plus Kopi Brews and Matcha Muse.
Fitness and wellness. Barry's, GoHybrid (personal training and nutrition coaching), Onward Physical Therapy, Fika (IV therapy and wellness infusions), and Hydrate28 (electrolyte and vitamin support for women).
Makers and more. Leather goods from Akasha Leather, candles from Apparition Wick Works, pottery from Jill's Pottery, and hats from the Fallen Sky Stone hat bar. Subconsciously Shay, Fanona Fineries, and Slow Saturday Goods rounded it out.
Thank you
To Salt Lake Crossing, 4th West, and Hardware Apartments for hosting with us. To every vendor, @the.msngr and the band, and @themrhouston. To Temple City Studios for every photo in this post. And to the 250+ people who came out.
What's next
If you scanned the QR code at the party for a free month at HAVN SLX, check your texts for the link to book a time to come in.
If you missed this one, the events calendar is the best way to catch the next thing we do. And if you want to see what HAVN is like on a normal day, book a tour. It takes about 30 minutes.
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