Happenings
Firefly Bistro’s downtown Manchester location makes for the perfect place to gather, celebrate, and enjoy art in all forms. Check back regularly to see our upcoming events!
Seasonal
Open on Independence Day Weekend & an Upcoming Planned Closure
Firefly is open on the 4th of July from 11am – 9pm, and on Saturday and Sunday, July 5th and 6th, with our regular brunch and dinner hours.
We will be closed from Monday, July 7th through Wednesday, July 9th for a planned kitchen equipment upgrade. We apologize for any inconvenience, and thank you for understanding. We’ll see you on July 10th!
Pastoral Counseling Service Joins Us As Our July Community Partner
Join us on Tuesday, July 15 as we welcome Pastoral Counseling Services as our featured Community Partner! Firefly will donate 10% of our food and non-alcoholic beverage sales from this date (7/15) to support PCS’s mission of addressing the mental and emotional needs of the local community with compassion, acceptance and understanding.
Founded in 1979, PCS maintains a strong commitment to its mission to address the mental and emotional needs of the local community with compassion, acceptance and understanding. They honor each person’s journey, healing process and voice and ultimately, hope to restore each of the people they serve to a life that is emotionally, physically, and spiritually balanced.
PCS, Inc. is an independent, non-profit counseling and consulting center. Their staff includes pastoral counselors, psychologists, child and adolescent therapists, clinical social workers, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and substance use professionals. The mission of PCS is to promote healing and wholeness of mind, body, and spirit through psychotherapy, consultation, and education. They partner with social service, educational, faith, and business communities to further this mission.
Book your table at Firefly now for July 15, and help us support PCS’s important work in our community!
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Should we partner with your non-profit for a similar event? Drop us a line at hello@fireflynh.com to get more information about becoming one of our Community Partners!
Artists in Residence
Bruce Jones
Bruce Jones is a local artist from seacoast NH. His loose, bold, and unique paintings are on display in Firefly’s dining room known as the Art Room.
He learned the nuts and bolts of design and composition while attending the New England School of Art and Design in Boston, but he believes that his real education came from working with other professional artists. He was fortunate to travel and learn the art of plein air painting, which generates a lot of abstract qualities, lending itself to his natural expressive style.
He is a lifelong New Englander, and currently lives in Exeter, NH with his artist wife, Tracy, whose artwork is also on display in Firefly’s foyer.
Tracy R. Jones
Tracy was trained as an Art Educator at the Massachusetts College of Art where she had an emphasis in painting, and was influenced to examine, experience, and enjoy the process of creating while finding one’s own aesthetic.
Her large-scale assemblages and paintings explore the relationships between color and shapes while salvaging and utilizing oft-discarded materials and bold forms.
Live Music on our Patio
Firefly summer music series - 2025
Thursday – Saturday 5pm – 8pm
Sunday 11am – 2pm (Chuck Alaimo Residency)
Weather Permitting
Stephen Decuire
Chuck Alaimo
Dave Clark
Kat Ivy
Brian Gray
Chuck Alaimo
Community Partners
The Firefly community extends far beyond the walls of our downtown Manchester bistro. Here are some of the neighbors, near and far, that we support throughout the years:
March of Dimes
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
NH Food Bank/Share Our Strength
Concord Hospital
YMCA
Easterseals
Palace Theater
Webster House
Girls, Inc.
Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester
Animal Rescue League
Nashua Center
Goffstown Mother’s Club
Rights + Democracy Education Fund
Granite United Way
Dismas Home
CASA
NSquared Dance
Manchester True
Waypoint
