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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  fireworks celebrated on New Years eve  Sunday   December 31st

They  are a family-friendly, alcohol free, town-wide celebration of the arts with over 70 performances and events.

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Adult buttons (age 12 and up) are $25.00
Children’s buttons (ages 3-11) are $5.00
Children 2 and under: Free

The First Night Chatham button is required for admission to almost all indoor performances and activities. Most outdoor activities, and a few indoor activities, are button-free.

Please note that all sales are final. There are no exchanges or refunds. Admission is not guaranteed, due to capacity limits.

Family friendly  Highlights include 

Brewster Bayside Skippers
Our goal is to bring more attention to the incredible sport of Jump Rope! We will provide demonstrations of various events that the team competes in, and we will be doing some group routines where everyone works together to achieve the same goal. Anyone and everyone can jump rope, and audiences will be invited to participate at the end of each session!
Community Center Gym at 2:00 PM
Community Center Gym at 3:00 PM

Bubble Wrap Stomp
A favorite activity of many parents, too! Watch the kids show joy as they break the bubbles and make lots of noise!

From 1PM until there’s no more bubble wrap to stomp.
Community Center Aerobics Room at 1:00 to 3:00 PM (Button-free)

Carnival Caper
A costumed road race, from the Chatham Squire to the Lighthouse and back, sponsored by the Chatham Squire. Register outside the Squire starting at 2 pm ($10); Costume judging at 2:30 pm; the race starts at 3 pm (a bit under 2 miles round-trip). You can’t miss the gorilla in charge. Race registrants get a Tee shirt, and beef stew served at the Squire after the race! Spectators line Main Street to cheer on everyone parading down the road in costume – you can run, you can walk, you can hop, skip or jump!
Outside the Squire at 2:00 to 3:30 PM (Button-free)

Cirque du Jour
Cirque du Jour is proud to once again bring top notch circus artists to First Night Chatham. They will dazzle and delight with traditional circus artistry that will include hand balancing, juggling, aerial displays, and those fun and funny purveyors of comedy. This year GiGi brings her friends Slappy (Tiffany Riley) & Monday (Dick Monday) to share center ring with her. Their brand of silly has been seen at the Big Apple Circus (where Tiffany was the first female featured clown) and beyond. Three performances this year.
Monomoy Middle School Large Gym at 1:00 PM
Monomoy Middle School Large Gym at 3:00 PM
Monomoy Middle School Large Gym at 5:00 PM

Trevor Pearson
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 with the juggling of clubs, rings, balls, boxes, plates, hats, rubber chickens and audience-suggested objects to boot. He might even juggle boots!
Monomoy Middle School Small Gym at 2:00 PM
Monomoy Middle School Small Gym at 3:00 PM

Rock N Roll Racing
Rock N Roll Racing is a mini-Nascar race track where you drive a car from the side with a steering wheel and throttle.
Monomoy Middle School Small Gym at 1:00 to 6:00 PM

Public parking is available at

• Monomoy Regional Middle School (Crowell Road). This is the largest parking area. The free shuttle buses can get you where you want to go from there.
• Town Parking Lot (Main Street, behind the Orpheum Theater)
• Elementary School (Depot Road)
• Oyster Pond Parking Lot (Stage Harbor Rd)
• Chatham Community Center Parking Lot (Main Street, west of the rotary)