New Year's Celebration in Downtown Tacoma

Celebrate New Year's with us at the annual First Night festival in the downtown Tacoma theater district. This celebration is an affordable, alcohol free event that gives families an option to ring in the New Year with fun shows, events, and activities. Click here to check the band listings.

A First Night admission is $10 found online here or ($14 Day of Event) and children under the age of 10 are admitted free of charge. A First Night admission ticket also provides free access to skate rentals at Franciscan Polar Plaza, Tacoma Art Museum, as well as the Children’s Museum.

The main event starts at 6 PM with a parade of marching bands, costumes, and giant puppets. Following will be 20 stage events of music, fire dancers, then at midnight we celebrate together at the outdoor main stage to wish well the New Year. Click here to check the schedule of events.

The theme this year will be the Year of the Ram so watch out for how the featured activities, and local artists from the community utilizing the theme throughout their work! Hope to see you there to celebrate 2015 together starting it out right by supporting local artist’s downtown Tacoma.