First Friday in May

I have never been to 1st Fridays in downtown Phoenix before and I am extremely happy that I went this Friday. I have heard many wonderful things about it in the past and now I have witnessed many great things myself.

Dustin and I went after dinner and ended up meeting up with my brother, Adam, and a couple of his friends later that night and he (being more experienced as he has been there many times before) helped to show us around and figure out where to go. It can be a little confusing when you are not familiar with the area and have never been before.

There are enough things to keep you entertained from amazing works of arts, old cars, and original music to freak shows and talents.

(Our future car)

At a place called the Fire House there was a show with girl and a hoola hoop lit on fire. She did amazing tricks and literally kept the hoola hoop going while jumping, on the ground, moving it throughout her body, and much much more.

(Girl and flaming hoola hoop)

There was another kid who called himself the Cut Throat Freak Show and he makes your stomach clench and your eyes stare. Dustin and I had to watch his show twice because it was pretty unbelievable. He was on the corner of one of the streets and he did things like walk/jump on glass, hammer a nail/screw into his face, and pick up a heavy weight with his eyes. After his show Dustin was asking him questions about what he does and he seems like a pretty normal and cool guy. I would definitely recommend trying to see this.

(after jumping on glass, his feet are rather cut up)

(ready to lift up the box with his eyes)

Also, there was a group of people who were dressed up and walking on stilts. It was pretty impressive to me! I don't think I would be able to stay stable enough to stay on stilts all night. I mean, I trip walking in my regular shoes so I definitely couldn't manage on a smaller lifted platform. We say some interesting tricks though.

(Trick #1)

(Trick #2)

One other show that we witnessed was a weird family circus sort of thing. A lady had 5 double sided razor blades and she swallowed them one by one. Once she swallowed those, she then swallowed some string and pulled out 1 razor blade at a time tied onto the string.

(hard to see but the razors are on the string)

The night was filled with suprises and entertainment. There is so much there for you to see that we only made it around to a few of the exciting events that were happening. I cannot wait until the next First Fridays in June.