First Night North will go live this year with eight hours of in-person family-friendly performances in twelve St. Johnsbury venues, celebrating a jubilant return to the event's street fair roots. As if gathering in person were not reason enough to celebrate after two years of virtual programming, this will be the festival's 30 th year.

Featuring nearly 200 artists in dozens of performances including longtime First Night North favorites like Bob and Sarah Amos, the Kingdom All Stars, Tritium Well, and Marko the Magician and Hypnotist. About a third of the acts scheduled are new to First Night North or haven't performed at the St. Johnsbury festival in several years. Some of these acts include Kotoko Brass, Patti Casey, Loud Moon, and the BelAires. The schedule includes music, dance, comedy, storytelling, improv, magic, hypnotism, and more.

The immensely popular substance-free family-friendly New Year's Eve attractions will include a variety of food trucks, the beloved pancake supper, and the Family Fun Fair (hosted this year by the St. Johnsbury Community HUB). Instead of fireworks, First Night North has added a midnight dance party as the ball rises.

Schedule of Events

The St. Johnsbury School Auditorium
4pm: Pitz Quattrone
5pm: Lyndon Institute Dance And Ncuhs Dance
6pm: Kingdom All Stars
7pm: Kingdom All Stars

6:40pm, 7:40pm, 8:40pm: Fire Artists, Phoenix Bazaar At Outside The St J. Fire Station

The St. Johnsbury School - Cafeteria & Gymnasium
4 - 8 Pm: Family Fun Fair

St. Johnsbury Academy - Fuller Hall
4pm: Dance Workshop And Trolls Bridge Theatre Troupe
5pm: Patti Casey And Colin McCaffrey
6pm: Marko The Magician
7pm: Kotoko Brass
8pm: Kotoko Brass
9pm: Valley Improv And Molly Stone
10pm: Marko The Hypnotist

St. Johnsbury Academy - Morse Center
4pm: The Nisht Geferlach Klezmer Band
6pm: The Belaires
8pm; Swing North Big Band
10pm: Tritium Well

St. Johnsbury Academy - South Church Hall
4pm: Hilltones, Academy Jazz Band And Academy Theatre
5pm: Islay Mist Ceilidh
6pm: The Rough & Tumble
7pm: Heather Pierson Duo
8pm: Dana & Susan Robinson
9pm: Blue Berry Blossom
10pm: Blue Berry Blossom

Catamount Arts - Cabaret
7:40pm - All Wheel For The Arts Raffle Drawing At Catamount Arts
5pm: Caledonia Jazz Ensemble
6pm: Shebang
7pm: Footworks
8pm: If You Must Know
9pm: The Rough & Tumble
10pm: If You Must Know
11pm: Footworks

Catamount Arts - Theater One
4pm: Hiroya Tsukamoto
5pm: The Chamberlain Sisters
6pm: Toussaint St. Negritude
7pm: Migmar Tsering
8pm: Hiroya Tsukamoto
9pm: Jon Gailmor
10pm: Alive And Well

Catamount Arts - Theater Two
4pm: Bobby Farlice
5pm: Barry Hayes
6pm: J.T. Turner, Storyteller
7pm: Alive And Well
8pm: Migmar Tsering
9pm: Michael Hahn Trio
10pm: Michael Hahn Trio
11pm: Barry Hayes

Catamount Arts - Masonic Hall
10am To Midnight: Arts Connect Juried Art Show Catamount Arts Fried Family Gallery
4pm: Loud Moon
5pm: Pitz Quattrone
6pm: Jason Tardy Comedy Show
7pm: Loud Moon
8pm: Jason Tardy Comedy Show
9pm: Jon Gailmor
10pm: Valley Improv And Molly Stone

Universalist Unitarian Church
4pm: The Chamberlain Sisters
5pm: Fifth Business
6pm: Taryn Noelle Trio
7pm: Va-Et-Vient
8pm: Fifth Business
9pm: Tod Pronto Trio
10pm: Tod Pronto Trio
11pm: Dance Party & Countdown To Midnight Ball Rise On Main Street

United Community Church
4pm: United Community Handbell Ensemble
5pm: Barbara Connelly And Paul Connelly
6pm: The Kowal Family
7pm: Bob & Sarah Amos Band
8pm: Patti Casey & Colin McCaffrey
9pm: Bob & Sarah Amos Band
10pm: The Barnyard Incident
11pm: Dance Party & Countdown To Midnight Ball Rise On Main Street

St. Johnsbury House
4pm: Victor Tremblay
5pm: Steve Parker & Susan Terry
6pm: Northern Vermont Songwriters
7pm: Toussaint St. Negritude
8pm: J.T. Turner, Storyteller
11pm: Dance Party & Countdown To Midnight Ball Rise On Main Street

Fairbanks Museum
5-7pm: Planetarium Shows
First Come, First Served
11pm: Dance Party & Countdown To Midnight Ball Rise On Main Street

Date: December 31, 2022

Time: 4pm to Midnight

Location: Various Venues in Saint Johnsbury, VT 05819.

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