First Night Chatham New Year Eve 2021-22
First Night Chatham is a family-friendly, alcohol-free celebration of the Arts, with entertainment and activities for children and adults all day from noon until the 530pm fireworks celebrated on New Years eve Friday December 31st
This year’s celebration will be all outdoors. Most of our traditional outdoor activities return, plus some outdoor extras to make this year’s First Night Chatham feel like a Main Street festival. Kick off First Night Chatham with the Town Photo, and this year’s culmination will feature the return of the Early Fireworks at Veterans Field.
First Night Chatham starts at noon with the Town Photo, and ends with the finale of the Early Fireworks.
Most other activities will take place between 12:30 and 5 PM (the start of the Noise Parade).
Collectors Buttons
A Collectors Button is available for purchase online.
This is a Collectors Button; there are no activities this year that require a Button!
Wear your button on the 31st to show your support of First Night Chatham.
Brewster Bayside Skippers
There are two exhibitions of jump rope skills this year, outdoors in the Town Hall parking lot, at 12:30 and 1:30. Start your afternoon on Main St. watching this exciting group of young jumpers.
Since 1993, the Brewster Bayside Skippers have been promoting the sport of jump rope while teaching the value of self-motivation, physical fitness and teamwork. Started by Coach Paul Mullin and now coached by John Hammond, the team has grown from a handful of elementary students into a team of national and international champions. They have jumped in parades all over the Cape, and have also had 3 members jump in a group in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2013 and 2015.
Chatham Town Hall Parking Lot at 12:30 PM
Chatham Town Hall Parking Lot at 1:30 PM
A favorite activity of many parents, too! Watch the kids show joy as they break the bubbles and make lots of noise!
This year it’s outdoors, on the hard surface of St. Christopher’s Church courtyard. Will jumping up and down on the bubble wrap keep you warm? Come and find out!
Ice Carvings by Chip Koser
Ice sculptor Chip Koser will carve multiple beautiful sculptures from large blocks of ice. In 2011, Chip and his team took home a bronze medal at the World Ice Art Championship held in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Chip will be carving early in the afternoon, then all ice carvings will be on display and spotlit all afternoon and evening. Stroll by or drive by.
Cape Cod 5: In Front
Chatham Town Hall Side Lawn
Eldredge Public Library Front Lawn
St. Christopher’s Church Front Lawn
Build with giant life-sized LEGOS! Create life sized structures like rainbows, robots, club houses, thrones, mazes, and more! Only limit is your imagination. Fun for all ages!
First Methodist Church, 12:30 to 4:00 PM
Yo-Yo’s, Music and Dance with Ooch
Brett “Ooch” Outchcunis combines three of his favorite activities — yo-yo tricks, cool music and sweet dance moves – for a fun, interactive and high energy afternoon for families of all ages.
The show is part yo-yo tricks and part dance party. Ooch performs some of his favorite yo-yo tricks that will dazzle the audience. In Ooch’s world “dance” can mean many things – like follow-along dance, popular line dances such as the Cupid Shuffle, Cotton Eyed Joe, or Cha Cha Slide, body percussion, Freeze Dance and even Hula Hoops to music . . . all to popular songs requested by the audience.
Town Hall Parking Lot at 2:30 PM
Town Hall Parking Lot at 3:30 PM
Trevor Pearson, Juggler
Trevor has been a regular at First Night Chatham. He will do a short performance on the Town Hall lawn at 2, but before that you’ll find him engaging visitors along Main St from 12:30 until 2.
Trevor Pearson’s interactive juggling show combines hilarious antics and visually spectacular, award-winning juggling skills with a message of self-empowerment. Fun for all ages! Trevor grew up in Brewster and it was there that he learned to juggle as a teen. He’s been juggling professionally for over 15 years, performing and instructing throughout New England, and beyond. Trevor has been inspiring and amusing First Night Chatham audiences for over a decade.
Roaming Main St., from 12:30 – 2:00 PM
Town Hall Lawn at 2:00 PM
Pirates of the Cape will be on Main St. during the afternoon! They love to have their pictures taken, with you in the picture too if you dare get that close. Be sure to get the names of any pirates you encounter – some of them are called Capt’n Kindle Burns, No-Mercy Marcy, B. Side Burns, and Dr. Jim Bones. There are more, so be on the watch for them.
Roaming Main St. from 1:00 to 4:00 PM
The Placeholders
The Placeholders will entertain at the Gazebo in Kate Gould Park. Enjoy the music as you play mini-golf or grab food in the parking lot, or bring a chair and stay a while.
The Placeholders are a fresh, young, talented four-piece rock band from Harwich & Chatham. They play impressive rock covers from the 60’s through today, with quality harmonies and song arrangements, many featuring the Hammond organ. They’re all students of either music or production. You will be captivated and pleasantly surprised not only with their musicianship but also with the sound and production. The band has played at First Night Chatham, and on the Main Street programs of both Harwich and Chatham.
Kate Gould Park, 12:00 to 2:30 PM
Mr. Vinny
Mr. Vinny will do a show for the kids at 1 on the Town Hall lawn; then he’ll be roaming along Main St. from 2 to 3:30. Meet Hodge Podge – is he as scary as he looks? Probably not!
Mr. Vinny’s show will feature Hodge Podge plus huge bubbles that float through the air and interact with the audience.
Town Hall Lawn at 1:00 PM
Roaming Main St., from 2 – 3:30 PM
Noise Parade
Live on Main St this year, but early – starts at 5PM. Join the raucous fray! Make noise any way you want.
A police escort leads the parade and no one will be cited for too much noise. Great fun for kids and adults, who often wear silly hats. Start at the corner of Cross and Main at 5 pm, walk to rotary, then continue on to the Chatham Community Center to see the early fireworks!
Town Hall Corner (Main & Cross Streets) at 5:00 PM Early this year!
Early Fireworks at Veterans Field
Spectacular fireworks after the Noise Parade will be presented as a special treat for the young and young-at-heart. The show is at Veterans Field and viewing is from the surrounding area behind the Chatham Community Center.
Veterans Field at 5:30 PM Early this year!
