First Night First Day Boston Celebration 2025
| Dates: | Sat, Sun from 12/31/24 - 1/1/25 |
| Hours: | 11:45am - midnight |
| Ages: | Infants, Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor, Outdoor |
| Cost: | Free |
| Category: | Holiday |
New Englanders will once again ring in the New Year in style: First Night Boston will return to the city for a series of in-person celebrations on Dec. 31, 2024.Since 1975, Boston’s First Night has been a New Year’s Eve celebration of artistic performances, the wonders of the season and the beginning of a new year.
Starting at noon on Friday, Dec. 31, many of the beloved traditions of First Night’s past will continue, including cultural and musical performances, fantastic ice sculptures, light displays, and 2 fireworks displays. (7:00pm family fireworks on Boston Common & 12:00 midnight at Boston Harbor).
The First Night Boston Parade will once again march from City Hall Plaza to Boston Common with a spectacular line-up of participants on New Year's Eve. The parade starts at 6:00 p.m., and once the performers pass by, the public is invited to walk along to the Boston Common, where fireworks will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Event Highlights
Waterfront Ice Sculpture Stroll Presented by: Boston Harbor Now
Get ready to count down to 2025 with over TWO dozen ice sculptures hosted by businesses and cultural sites across the Boston waterfront – the largest Waterfront Ice Sculpture Stroll ever!
When: December 31, 1pm – 4pm
Family Fireworks
Immediately following the show, the Mugar Family Fireworks will take place on Boston Common at 7:00pm.
And lots, lots more!
A full schedule of events can be found on the First Night website.
General Schedule
11:00am - How Do You See the World? Experience + Mapparium
12:00pm - Little Groove at Greenway Carousel
1:00pm - (1) Chu Ling Dance Academy | (2) Emancipation Proclamation Concert | (3) Arts and Crafts Presented by Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association | (4) Performances by The Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association
1:10pm - Boston Saxophone Quartet
2:00pm - Hill House The Band
2:20pm - The Lied To’s
2:30pm - Puppet Showplace Theater
3:00pm - (1) Boston Music Project | (2) Frog Pond Skating Spectacular – Show 1 | (3) Organ Concert
3:30pm - Chester Brezniak
4:00pm - Houston Bernard
5:00pm - Koliba
5:30pm - Frog Pond Skating Spectacular – Show 2
6:00pm - First Night Parade
7:00pm - Family Fireworks Show at Boston Common!!
7:20pm - Guess Method
8:10pm - Veronica Robles
8:50pm - The Femmes
9:35pm - DJ WhySham
9:50pm - Nancia
10:15pm - DJ WhySham
10:30pm - STL GLD
11:30pm - First Night City Hall Countdown
Wednesday, January 1
12:00am EST
Boston Harbor Fireworks!!
Events are free and no registration is necessary. Performances will take place around Copley Plaza, Boston Public Library, Boston Common, and nearby churches.
Join us and NBC10 Boston, NECN, and Telemundo Boston for our signature midnight Countdown pyrotechnics show.
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Copley Square, Boston, MA, 02116 map
Phone: 6174397700
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- First Night First Day Boston is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit. If you would like to ensure that this Boston tradition continues for many years to come, please donate on the website.
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