Celebrate Monday, December 31, 2012 from 3 PM through Midnight. In Historic Downtown Monterey – Over 22 performance sites, most venues are indoors. First Night Monterey goes on “Rain or Shine”!

This year’s theme is “Celebrate Monterey!” and you are invited to a very special party as they transform the streetscapes, buildings, theaters, churches and concert halls throughout Historic Downtown Monterey into a fun, informative and unique way for the community to experience multiple forms of art on an evening where we celebrate our uniqueness, our commonness and the coming of the New Year!

Red Beans & Rice

Activities begin at 3:00PM with the Opening Ceremony staged on Colton Lawn stage on Pacific Street. Kids Night Out! begins at 3:30PM with interactive art activities face painting, henna tattoo artists, puppet art theater, folk music and magic show will entertain children of all ages. Grand Finale starts at 11:15PM.

Join everyone  for the Twilight Procession at 5:30 as we process down Alvarado Street. Commit your New Year’s resolution at the interactive resolution sculpture.

From Classical to Hip Hop, Jazz to Reggae, Dance Venues to the Written Word and a whole lot of art! First Night Monterey brings in musical heavy hitters to ring in the New Year’s Eve 2013.

 Monterey Bay Property Management
Wishes You A Very Happy New Year!!!


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First Night Monterey is a non-profit 501c3 dedicated to providing Monterey Peninsula with a free, inter-generationally programmed, family-friendly, alcohol-free, public celebration, showcasing the unique culture of Monterey County through expressive, creative traditions of performing and visual arts. First Night Monterey 2013 in partnership with the City of Monterey, offers artists opportunity to use Monterey’s historic downtown as a broad canvas. First Night Monterey is a public celebration of the arts that revives the ancient tradition of marking the passage of time with art, ritual and festivity. It is an annual family-friendly, inter-generationally programmed, non-alcoholic New Year’s Eve celebration in Historic Downtown Monterey.