Trolley Night kicked off with a bang. The March 31st event, the first of the season, was “the busiest Friday night we’ve had in years,” says South Main Association president Joe Simon. “Almost every shop and restaurant and bar was completely crowded. To where there were many stand-up areas, it was so busy.”
Trolley Night is held from 5 p.m. “until” on the last Friday of every month on South Main. People stroll up and down and drop in on establishments, some people buying, some just looking.
The only change this year was moving the starting time up to 5 p.m., Simon says. “Just to get an early start. Happy-hour style.”
They were “highly successful” with the time move, he says. “A lot of bars and vendors appreciate that. People getting off early on Friday, it gives them a chance to start the night early.”
Simon adds, “We’re still partnering with DMC [Downtown Memphis Commission] even with the trolleys not running. MATA says they’re going to have them back up and running by late summer.”
Brooke Starnes and
Tyler Mitchell
