First Night Boston

Thousands of people are coming to Boston for a day of musical and dance performances, improv, ice sculptures and the First Night Boston Parade. Events kick off at 11 a.m. 13 hours of events all leading up to the countdown to 2024, a performance by hip hop artist Sammy Adams and midnight fireworks over the Boston Harbor. For the first…

Thousands of people are coming to Boston for a day of music and dance performances, improv, ice sculptures and the First Night Boston Parade.

Thousands of people will gather in Boston to usher in 2024.

First Night Boston 2024 is finally here. And for the first time, it’s being held at City Hall Plaza instead of the usual location in Copley Square. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to visit the city for the 49th annual New Year’s Eve celebration, enjoying musical and dance performances, improv, ice skating, arts and crafts, the First...

Part of Boston’s ‘First Night’ celebration is a parade and, this year, there’s a new route. Parade director Alex Mrusek gives us the scoop.

Boston’s New Years Eve celebration, ‘First Night’ is going to be full of fun activities, including events at City Hall Plaza, Improv Asylum, the Rose Kennedy Greenway, and more. Derek Zagami heads into the city to learn all about it.

First Night Boston is less than two weeks away. We’ve already learned who the headliner will be — platinum-selling hip-hop artist Sammy Adams. But what does the rest of the schedule look like? First Night Boston announced its full schedule of performances on Tuesday. Beginning at 11:11 a.m., artistic and musical performances kick-off at the Main Stage with Hyde...

First Night Boston announced Thursday that platinum-selling hip hop artist Sammy Adams will headline this year’s New Year’s Eve festivities. The Massachusetts native will help ring in the New Year following 12 hours of free entertainment, light shows, ice sculptures and other family-friendly programming. With the illuminated and historic Boston City Hall as a backdrop, Adams will take the...

We have more mild temperatures running well above normal for this time of the year.

We’re ringing in 2023 the way we left 2022: with more mild air. Rain has departed, and the drier air will work in on the heels of a gusty northwest wind. The wind backs off tonight, but only slightly cooler air will dip in tomorrow. All looks bright and (somewhat) balmy for the Winter Classic at Fenway, but even tomorrow…

New Year’s Day Today (Sunday): Partly cloudy, patchy fog. Sun breaks out, breezy. Highs in the 50s, 40s north. Overnight Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, colder. Lows in the mid 30s. Monday: Mostly sunny. Highs around 50.

“Feeling so good,” said Mohmoad Kalifa Kamara, bandleader of local afro-beat group Koliba in the midst of the parade kicking off. “Excited to have fun with the crowd. I’ve been in Boston for over thirty years, so this is my hometown.” This year marks the 48th annual First Night Boston, a nearly half-century long celebration in the city for...

Showers continue to fill in today to wrap up 2022.  The new year doesn’t mean we wrap up with the warm temps, however.  Mild air is here to stay for the first several days of 2023.  Cloudy skies, fog near the south coast, and scattered showers will be off and on through early afternoon.  By mid afternoon the rain...

The year will end on a high note, with record breaking temperatures of Friday carrying into New Year’s Eve for New England. Temperatures will run 10-15° above average, with most areas of Southern New England reaching the mid 50s. Saturday will start with cloudy conditions across the region, as a weather system approaches. Those clouds will prohibit the region...

Friday night: Partly to mostly cloudy. Lows in the 40s, 30s north. New Year’s Eve: Cloudy, midday and afternoon showers, evening and First Night rain. Highs in the 50s. New Year’s Day: Any early showers depart for breezy breaks of sun. Highs in the 50s, 40s north.

Did December fly by or is it just me? Actually – 2022 seemed to move at turbo speed in the Noyes household! As we ring in the New Year – our weather will feature remarkably mild temperatures, and some wet weather – but no significant storms in the forecast.  The rest of our Friday features temperatures in the 50s under a…

Warmth has arrived to New England. Whether this mild air is a spring preview or autumn redux is up for debate. But, certainly the idea of a January thaw has been elevated in recent winters, with temperatures into the 50s and 60s something that – at least for a few stretches each winter – has almost become expected in New England,…

A busy holiday weekend is ahead in Boston. City Hall Plaza has turned into the home of the NHL for the next couple of days. A fan festival is taking place there ahead of the Winter Classic at Fenway Park. The game between the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins is sold out, but the festival is free and open to…

Mayor Michelle Wu joined city leaders and event organizers on Wednesday morning to discuss preparations for this weekend’s First Night Boston festivities. The city is a partner of the New Year’s Eve event, which is managed by Conventures. In addition to Wu, public safety officials, the city’s tourism director and Conventures President Dusty Rhodes all spoke. This year’s festivities...

It’s time to say goodbye to 2022 and ring in 2023 with the longest running First Night celebration in the world. First Night Boston is pulling out all the stops, with events running from New Year’s Eve right into New Year’s Day.