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Live music and performances, interactive art experiences, heritage and history exhibits, fireworks, anchor drop, and more!

First Night

Fireworks Show 

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The Unexpected Brass Band

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Lantern Decorating & Parade

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Fire Dancers

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On New Year’s Eve, or Ōmisoka (大晦日), it is a custom for Japanese to reflect on the past year and usher in the coming year, all while enjoying a bowl of hot soba noodles, called Toshikoshi Soba (年越し蕎麦), or year-crossing noodle. The long noodles also symbolize longevity. What better way to cross over a symbolic bridge than slurping up soba noodles!





On New Year’s Eve, or Ōmisoka (大晦日), it is a custom for Japanese to reflect on the past year and usher in the coming year, all while enjoying a bowl of hot soba noodles, called Toshikoshi Soba (年越し蕎麦), or year-crossing noodle. The long noodles also symbolize longevity. What better way to cross over a symbolic bridge than slurping up soba noodles! Jefferson County’s Noen Koen 農園公園 (Farm Playgroup) will prepare 500 FREE samples of Toshikoshi Soba with assorted topping for attendees to sample beginning at 4:30PM until the the last noodle is served! 


FREE Toshikoshi Soba

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Write down your hopes and dreams for the New Year and place your resolutions in the bottle. Keep it and reopen on July 25, 2022! 

Resolutions in a Bottle

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Equal parts uplifting, organic, and Clever!

Silly and sweet, The Harmonica Pocket's kids music is for everyone from age Zero to Grandma.

The Harmonica Pocket

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A neighborhood street side cafe within a restored vintage milk wagon.

Java Gypsies

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Scavenger Hunt 

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About

<h4>3PM - 7PM | Multiple Downtown Venues</h4><p><br></p><p><strong>Cotton&nbsp;Building</strong></p><ul><li>Lantern Decorating with Northwind Art</li></ul><p><strong>Museum of&nbsp;Art &amp; History</strong></p><ul><li>Resolution in a Bottle, Scavenger Hunt, Historic Puzzles</li></ul><p><strong>Brigid's Loft (<em>above Bazaar Girls</em>)</strong></p><ul><li>Circus Arts&nbsp;and Acrobatics Variety Show</li></ul><p><strong>Key City&nbsp;Public Theatre</strong></p><ul><li>Theatrical Performances, Musical Acts and Improvisational Party Games</li></ul><p><br></p><h4>7PM - 9PM - Outdoors on Madison Street*&nbsp;</h4><p><br></p><p>7:00 PM - Unexpected Brass Band &amp; Lantern Parade&nbsp;</p><p>7:30 PM - Fire Dancers &amp; Spinners</p><p>8:00 PM - Multi-instrumentalist <a href="https://www.eliasalexander.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(117, 139, 154);">Elias Alexander</a>**</p><p>9:00 PM - Fireworks</p><p><em>*Madison Street closed to vehicle traffic between Water and Washington streets, 6PM-9PM</em></p><p><em>**Performance begins on Madison, moves into Cotton Building</em></p>

Schedule of Events

<h4>Brigid's Loft | 647 Washington St | 3PM-7PM</h4><h5><br></h5><h5>Circus arts and acrobatics variety shows begins at:</h5><h5><span style="background-color: transparent;">3:30PM | 4:45PM | 6:15PM&nbsp;</span></h5><h5><br></h5><h5><em style="background-color: transparent;">Doors open for Pre-Sale ticket holders 20 minutes before each performance.</em></h5><h5><em style="background-color: transparent;">General seating opens 10 minutes prior to each performance.&nbsp;</em></h5><h5><em style="background-color: transparent;">Each show runs approximately 40 minutes.&nbsp;</em></h5><p><br></p><p><em>NOTE: The Loft is located on the second floor of the new Bazaar Girls Yarn Shop (formerly the Jefferson Community School). This historic building does not feature an elevator and therefore ADA access to the performance space is limited. We apologize for an inconvenience. Please contact TPA two weeks in advance of the performance if you require assistance and we will do our best to accommodate. </em></p><p><br></p><h4>Featuring performances by:</h4><p><a href="https://www.upupupinc.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Sadye Osterloh and Poki from Up Up Up Inc</strong></a></p><p>Sadye Osterloh is a nationally and internationally touring performer, instructor and choreographer, with a passion for sparking joy and empowerment through movement and laughter. She enjoys dangling off of aerial apparatuses and other humans, dressing up like a hot dog, teaching Dorky Dance Fitness, eating crunchy food on stage and opening up jars that other people have previously loosened - and feeling triumphant about it.</p><p>Matthew “Poki” McCorkle creates mesmerizing and surreal spectacle. They spent six seasons performing in Germany’s finest dinner theatre shows with PALAZZO; joined Clowns Without Borders to perform for children in The Philippines (2013) and in Palestine West Bank (2019); and performed for three tours with The New Old Time Chautauqua to prisons, old folks homes, tribal reservations, and state parks. As well as the above, for Poki, pandemic time has meant beard growing and self reflection. And Sourkraut making. And mushroom hunting.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.pop-upmovement.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Sadie LeDonna &amp; Shawn Kellogg from Pop-Up Movement</strong></a></p><p>Sadie LeDonna and Shawn Kellogg have been teaching and performing together for over six years, having trained in aerial arts, acrobatics, handstands, hoop diving, juggling, dance, and clowning in San Francisco, Seattle, Brattleboro VT, and Quebec City. They have created and performed in several independent, full-length shows and with their own acts for a variety of events.&nbsp;In 2019, they founded Pop-Up Movement in Port Hadlock with a mission to facilitate connection by providing quality movement education and inspiration.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://travelingspectacular.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Tobias Weinberger of The Traveling Spectacular</strong></a></p><p>Tobias Weinberger has been performing magic and circus arts since the age of 11, and was a longtime member of internationally touring rock and roll vaudeville troupe, The Yard Dogs Road Show. For the past decade, Tobias has combined his love of magic, circus and surrealism to build his own show and mobile theatre called, The Traveling Spectacular. He and his wife Janne have two delightful children and are currently living in Quilcene, WA.</p>

Cirque du Premiere Nuit

<h4>Cotton Building | 607 Water St | 3PM-7PM</h4><p>Select from a variety of sizes and art supplies to create your very own paper lantern. No experience necessary! Everyone is an artist and creative volunteers from<a href="https://northwindart.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 204);"> </a><a href="https://northwindart.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(117, 139, 154);">Northwind Art</a> will be on hand to assist.</p><p>Adorn it with a colored LED bulb and join us on Madison Street for the Lantern Parade led by artist Thaddeus Jurczynski, creator of&nbsp;the First Night Anchor, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Unexpected-Brass-Band/100040190333785/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(117, 139, 154);">Unexpected Brass Band</a><span style="color: rgb(117, 139, 154);"> </span>at 7PM.</p>

<h4><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">Jefferson Museum of Art &amp; History | 540 Water St | 3PM - 7PM﻿</span></h4><p>Explore the <a href="https://www.jchsmuseum.org/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(117, 139, 154);">Jefferson County Museum of Art &amp; History</a>&nbsp;on a scavenger hunt and assemble puzzles inspired by local historic images. Plus, write down your New Year's resolutions and seal them with a wish in your very own miniature bottle. Stopper it and reopen next year to see if your dreams for 2023 came true!&nbsp;</p>

History & Heritage 

<h4><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">Key City Public Theatre | 419 Washington St | 3PM-7PM</span></h4><p>Join <a href="https://keycitypublictheatre.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(117, 139, 154);">Key City Public Theatre</a> for theatrical performances, musical acts and improvisational party games!</p><ul><li>3:00PM&nbsp;- Piano Duets with Lisa Lanza &amp; Michael Carroll</li><li>3:45PM - Button Accordion &amp; Guitar with Michael &amp; Vickie Townsend</li><li>4:30PM - Key City Artists Karaoke Pandemonium</li><li>5:15PM - Chamber Musicians with Matthew Daline &amp; Jennifer Chung</li><li>6:00PM -&nbsp;Improvisational Party Games</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Seating begins 10 mins before each performance. Shows run 30-35 minutes. 6PM show 50 minutes.</p><p>Lobby and Lobby Bar Open 2:30PM - 9:00PM with outdoor patio and indoor vestibule views of the fireworks. Snacks, hot beverages, and craft mocktails for all ages!</p><p><br></p><h5>NOTE: For ADA access to the performance space, please contact KCPT in advance and we will do our best to accommodate.</h5>

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Dec 31, 2023

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Sunday, December 31 | 3PM - 9PM | Multiple Locations

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