Boston’s Biggest New Year’s Eve Party!

Since 1976, Boston’s First Night® has been a New Year’s Eve celebration of artistic performances 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.

Schedule of Events:

10:00am: How Do You See the World? Experience + Mapparium

11:00am: Greenway Carousel

12:00pm:
Little Groove
Chu Ling Dance Academy
Fuller and Friends Organ Trio

1:00pm:
Emancipation Proclamation Concert
Arts and Crafts Presented by Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association
Performances by The Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association

1:10pm: Boston Saxophone Quartet

2:00pm:
Hill House The Band
Puppet Showplace Theater

2:20pm: The Lied To’s

2:30pm: King of the Instruments

3:00pm:
Boston Music Project
Frog Pond Skating Spectacular – Show 1
Organ Concert

3:30pm: Chester Brezniak, Susan Jackson, and Adrian Jojatu

4:00pm: Houston Bernard

5:00pm: Koliba

5:30pm: Frog Pond Skating Spectacular – Show 2

6:00pm: First Night Parade

6:30pm:
Zuleica Rosário
First Night Concert - Show 1

7:00pm: Family Fireworks Presented by The Mugar Foundation & The City of Boston

7:20pm: Guess Method

8:00pm: First Night Concert - Show 2

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

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