First Night Boston

Join us on New Year’s Eve for First Night Boston. The celebration has gone virtual this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, featuring diverse local musicians and a spectacular ice skating performance. NBC10 Boston and NECN have worked with Conventures to recreate all of the fun we would have had in Copley Square. Watch continuous coverage of the First...

First Night Boston, New England’s longest-running New Year’s Eve celebration, has announced its full performance schedule for its New Year’s Eve broadcast, featuring an array of performers from Boston and beyond across all genres of music. Beginning at 6 p.m. on Dec. 31 and continuing until 2 a.m. on Jan. 1, a stream of musical and artistic performances will...

New England’s biggest New Year’s Eve celebration is going virtual as coronavirus cases surge across the country. First Night Boston announced Tuesday that it will not hold any in-person or live events as it transitions its annual Dec. 31 event to an online and broadcast format this year. NBC10 Boston, NECN and Telemundo Boston will air performances, interviews and...

First Night Boston announced Tuesday that it will not hold any in-person or live events as it transitions its annual Dec. 31 event to an online and broadcast format this year.

Monica Medeja shows us how music is saving our youth.

First Night Boston is the largest New Year’s Eve celebration in New England, and the 2020 show came through with some big moments. Here are just some of the hilarious, revealing, useful and even shocking highlights of First Night 2020.

Fireworks lit up the sky over Boston Common and Boston Harbor and music echoed through Copley Square as the First Night celebration rang in 2020. With ice sculptures, musical acts, fireworks displays and much more, it was the biggest New Year’s Eve celebration in New England. “We’ve lived in Boston our whole life, but this is our first time,”...

This is how Boston counted down the last few seconds of 2019 and began 2020. Fireworks burst over the harbor as Single By Sunday performed “Auld Lang Syne” at First Night.

From magic tricks and a special Blue Man Group appearance, here are some of the top moments of First Night Boston 2020.

It’s party time! NBC 10 Boston reporter Jackie Bruno was joined by the Blue Man Group during First Night Boston 2020 but valiantly continued with the broadcast despite their best efforts.

Here’s some good news: one of the workout trends for 2020 is simply to have fun, according to fitness trainer Ray Peleckas. He shares a quick, fun and convenient workout regimen that’ll get you results in the new year.

Magician Joel Acevedo wows us at First Night Boston with a magic trick involving a ripped-up playing card and a very real orange!

NBC10 Boston reporter Katherine Underwood learns the dance craze “The Woah” from some new friends at First Night Boston!

Wait another day on those healthy New Year’s resolutions and join Rob Michaelson on a food tour through First Night Boston 2020.

Massachusetts medium Maureen Hancock shared some predictions for 2020, including who will win at the upcoming award shows and what will become of some Kardashian relationships, during First Night Boston.

A scholarship fund has been set up in memory of a Massachusetts man who died while helping to set up Boston’s New Year’s Eve celebration. Brandon McSweeney, 34, was killed after a 3,500-pound ballast fell from a forklift and crashed onto his chest around 10 a.m. Saturday. He had been helping to set up a light tower for First...

Contractor Brandon J. McSweeney died days before First Night Boston while helping to prepare it. His family announced a scholarship in his memory.