First Night Celebration Returns to Uptown Charlotte

Posted On: December 11, 2008 By: admin

Uptown Charlotte will welcome the 2009 First Night Charlotte New Year’s Eve celebration, an event that has been discontinued for over 10 years.
 
The celebration will be held at various locations throughout Uptown Charlotte, including InaginOn and Spirit Square., starting at 3 PM on December 31, 2008 and will continue until New Year’s Day morning.
 
Admission to the alcohol-free event is $10 and will feature activities for the entire family, including arts, music and fireworks.
 
The last First Night Charlotte celebration was held in 1995 and the last New Year’s Eve celebration held in Uptown Charlotte was in 2005, where several fights and arrests occured.
 
The Center City Partners along with the local Uptown Charlotte arts community are sponsoring the event.
 
First Night International, an organization that licenses and oversees the First Night celebrations worldwide, started the first celebration in Boston in 1976. The event is catered to families as an alternative to traditional New Year’s events.

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