Experience Art After Dark

Art After Dark (AAD), hosted by SLO County Arts, is a monthly event held on the First Friday of each month. Participating businesses transform into vibrant creative spaces, showcasing local art, music, performances, and more in a free, community-centered walking tour that highlights the artistic heart of San Luis Obispo.

AAD Locations: November 7, 2025

  • Art Central Art Supply and Gallery

    1329 Monterey St. SLO

    Experience the annual Little Treasures Holiday Show. This exhibit features pieces priced $100 or less from talented local artists! Art After Dark at Art Central ends at 7pm.

  • Blackwater

    705 Higuera St. SLO

    Blackwater is a gift and plant shop in downtown San Luis Obispo, offering a curated selection of home decor, unique gifts, and lush greenery. The shop transforms seasonally, creating a warm and inviting shopping experience.

  • The Bunker SLO

    810 Orcutt Rd. SLO

    Art For All at The Bunker SLO is a gallery full of local art. Come and start your art collection and support local artists this holiday season.

  • Central Coast Wines

    712 Higuera St. SLO

    Featured artist Deborah Good left a career as an art director to pursue her lifelong love of both painting and photography. She’s participated in group and solo exhibits in Santa Cruz, and the Monterey and San Francisco Bay areas.

  • Corazon Cafe

    847 Higuera St. SLO

    Join Corazon Cafe for an exhibit of work by Ursula Black and other local artists Raul Eulogio, Helen Yáñez and Geno Franco. The cafe will be open for drinks from 5 to 7pm.

  • Drew Davis Fine Art

    393 Pacific St. SLO

    What makes Drew’s art experience truly special is his one-of-a-kind studio gallery. Visitors are greeted not only by Drew’s stunning artwork but also by his charismatic cats, Picasso and DaVinci, who add a playful and welcoming touch to the space.

  • EDNA Contemporary

    967 Osos St. SLO

    Solo show by Scott McMillan, whose sculptures are influenced and inspired by the overwhelming importance of the car in Southern California, and are in fact composed entirely of salvaged auto body parts—mainly hoods, doors, fender panels, and pick-up beds.

  • Hands Gallery

    777 Higuera St. SLO

    Featuring vintage holiday headbands crafted by Debra Feltman. Stop by to get in the holiday spirit and enjoy some wine!

  • HumanKind Fair Trade

    947 Monterey St. SLO

    Featuring handcrafted holiday ornaments, including a very special collection of felt ornaments made by women in Nepal with the Danish brand, Gry & Sif. Each piece is a tiny work of art consisting of felted wool, knit wool, and embroidered details.

  • JunkGirls

    870 Monterey St. SLO

    Dr. Terri Quinn has created a series of Mixed Media pieces inspired for positivity and healing. 100% of the proceeds of her art will be donated to Lumina Alliance.

  • Making SLO

    751 Higuera St. SLO

    Making SLO is a local makers' store, we feature local makers and artists that create everything from art & apparel to jewelry & gifts. We're connecting our community by collaborating with and celebrating the diversity of our local creatives.

  • Mee Heng Low Noodle House

    815 Palm St. SLO

    Mee Heng Low Noodle House’s featured artist for the final Art After Dark of the year is Athena Wilde.

  • SLO Gallery

    1023 Broad St. SLO

    SLO Gallery is on Broad Street, across the street from SLOMA. They have moved a few feet to front the creek, and will be upgrading that walkway as an art venue. Their spacious and airy gallery focuses on work by SLO County artists, in all its variety!

  • SLO Museum of Art

    1010 Broad St. SLO

    Art, music, and wines provided by regional winery partners. Admission is free and open to the public.

  • Tigerlily Salon

    659 Higuera St. SLO

    Tigerlily Salon’s final featured artist for the end of the 2025 season is Giovanni Ortega, an emerging multidisciplinary artist living in SLO. Their work explores themes of displacement and autonomy in the queer body.

  • Two Broads Ciderworks

    860 Capitolio Way, Suite B, SLO

    Colleen Marlow presents a special collection of her paintings completed between 2006 and 2010. The art shown explores her observations of the human experience from the perspective of her inner landscape and subconscious.

View all of this month’s locations on the AAD map! Virtual and printable options available.

View the Art Walk Map