A simple five-step diversity-oriented synthesis of 1-substituted 4-aryl-6-oxo-1,6-dihydropyridine-3-carboxamides was developed. Treatment of dimethyl 2-((dimethylamino)methylidene)-3-oxopentanedioate with twenty primary amines gave 1-substituted methyl 4-hydroxy-6-oxo-1,6-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylates. Transformation into the corresponding 4-tosyloxy and 4-chloro derivatives, followed by Suzuki-Miyaura arylations gave a series of eleven N-substituted methyl 4-aryl-6-oxo-1,6-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylates. Combinatorial screening was employed to establish suitable reaction conditions for Suzuki-Miyaura arylation of N-alkylpyridones. Hydrolysis of the esters followed by parallel solution-phase amidation of the corresponding carboxylic acids with primary and secondary amines furnished a library of seventeen final products.