First Night Boston 2025

Since 1976, 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. In keeping with this fantastic Boston tradition, the First Night celebration will open 2025 with an array of performances.

Event schedule:

Tuesday, December 31

• 10:00am EST How Do You See the World? Experience + Mapparium
  
• 11:00am EST Greenway Carousel
  
• 12:00pm EST Little Groove, Chu Ling Dance Academy, & Fuller and Friends Organ Trio
  
• 1:00pm EST Emancipation Proclamation Concert, Arts and Crafts Presented by Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association, & Performances by The Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association
  
• 1:10pm EST Boston Saxophone Quartet
  
• 2:00pm EST Hill House The Band & Puppet Showplace Theater
  
• 2:20pm EST The Lied To’s
  
• 3:00pm EST Boston Music Project, Frog Pond Skating Spectacular – Show 1, & Organ Concert
  
• 3:30 pm EST Chester Brezniak, Susan Jackson, and Adrian Jojatu
  
• 4:00pm EST Houston Bernard
  
• 5:00pm EST Koliba
  
• 5:30pm EST Frog Pond Skating Spectacular – Show 2
  
• 6:00pm EST First Night Parade
  
• 6:30pm EST Zuleica Rosário & Pipes and Pops Concert
  
• 7:00pm EST Family Fireworks Presented by The Mugar Foundation & The City of Boston
  
• 7:20pm EST Guess Method
  
• 8:00pm EST Pipes and Pops Concert
  
• 8:10pm EST Veronica Robles
  
• 8:50pm EST The Femmes
  
• 9:35pm EST DJ WhySham
  
• 9:50pm EST Nancia
  
• 10:15pm EST DJ WhySham
  
• 10:30pm EST STL GLD
  
• 11:30pm EST First Night City Hall Countdown
  

Wednesday, January 1

• 12:00am EST: Boston Harbor Fireworks Presented by Meet Boston
  

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