Events
In 2025, Community Forklift commemorates 20 years as a local resource for secondhand home and building materials! Join us for our fun events, celebrate the reuse community that you’ve helped build, and reflect on our nonprofit’s impact as we plan for the future.
First Friday: September Edition and Edmonston Car Show
Friday, September 5, 2025: 5–8pm
Enjoy the live music, food, local vendors, and deals on salvaged materials that you’ve come to love at our First Friday events, PLUS a courtyard car show sponsored by the Town of Edmonston! Visit our reuse warehouse to celebrate salvage and the community that makes it work. We’ll be open late for shopping and donating materials as well! Alcohol available for purchase at First Fridays to those 21+.
FOOD TRUCK: Aunt Titty’s American Street Food
DESSERTS: Kreative Ice
DRINKS: Maryland Meadworks
LIVE MUSIC: Tritone Jazz Trio
LOCAL ARTISTS AND VENDORS
FREE FACE PAINTING
BICYCLE DONATION DROP-OFF
Learn how Bikes for the World makes affordable, good quality bicycles available to low-income people in developing countries and donate your unneeded bicycles to support their work.
FIRST FRIDAY: OCTOBER EDITION
Friday, October 3, 2025: 5–8pm
Celebrate salvage and the community that makes it work! Visit our reuse warehouse for live music, food and drink for purchase, local artists and vendors, a face painter, discounts on secondhand materials, and more. We’ll be open late for shopping and donating materials as well! Alcohol available for purchase at First Fridays to those 21+.
FOOD TRUCK: The Burger Shop
DESSERTS: I C Dream
DRINKS: Streetcar 82 Brewing Co.
LIVE MUSIC: Lab Monkey Rebellion
LOCAL ARTISTS AND VENDORS
FREE FACE PAINTING
TICKETED EVENT: 20TH ANNIVERSARY SALVAGE SOIREE
Thursday, October 16, 2025
6:30pm (Tickets On Sale Now!)
Join Community Forklift for a salvage-studded evening at the warehouse to commemorate 20 years of service through reuse! Proceeds from the event support Community Forklift’s mission to divert usable materials from the landfill and redistribute them to the community. Included with your ticket:
TEXAS-STYLE BBQ
2025 RAMMY Award winner 2Fifty
BLUEGRASS MUSIC
progressive stringband Cherry Blossom Special
OPEN BAR
Plus: salvaged materials, a silent auction, & more!
20TH ANNIVERSARY COMMUNITY CELEBRATION
Saturday, October 18, 2025: 12–3pm
Celebrate Community Forklift’s 20th anniversary at our free public Community Celebration featuring food for sale, free anniversary cake (while supply lasts), art activities, a preservation workshop (stay tuned for more info and registration), a Goodwill clothing dropoff, and more!
POP-UP CAFE Emma’s Torch
FREE ART WORKSHOP Pyramid Atlantic Art Center (printmaking)
FREE ANNIVERSARY CAKE (while supply lasts)
CLOTHING DONATION DROP-OFF
Community Forklift does not accept clothing donations, but Goodwill Greater Washington does! Learn more about their mission to transform lives and communities through education and employment and drop off your unneeded clothing with them for reuse.
SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY MARKET
Saturday, November 29, 2025: 12–3pm
Support the local economy at our holiday pop-up shop featuring salvaged holiday décor and gifts along with local vendors and artists, live music, food, drinks, and more.
HOLIDAY DÉCOR POP-UP SHOP
Shop modern and vintage holiday décor collected through our donations throughout the year! Materials will be on sale starting November 29 while supply lasts.
MUSIC
O’McPub Band
LOCAL ARTISTS AND VENDORS
Vintage Glam Tea Party
3 Peas Handmade Soaps
Silver Quill Studio
My Weird Aunt’s House
The Reuse Queen
Nessa’s Pets
By taking part in Community Forklift events, attendees grant permission to Community Forklift to use photographs and/or video of attendees taken during events at Community Forklift in publications, news releases, social media, online, and in other communications related to the mission of Community Forklift. Thank you!
Event Partner Application
We’re always excited to hear from local artists, musicians, experts, tradespeople, and community members interested in joining our events and supporting our community outreach. Learn more about our events and how to get involved!
