First Night Montpelier is a project of the Montpelier Downtown Community Association
visit their website at http://www.mdca.org for more information on first night button prices, venues, etc

Venue
Noon-3PM 3:00-3:45
4:00-4:45
   5:00-5:45  
6:00-6:45
7:00-7:45
8:00
9:00-10:00
10:00-11:00
11:00-Midnight
City Hall Auditorium
Sponsored by Onopn River Sports & The Shoe Horn
 
Green Mountain Youth Orchestra
Nisht Geferlach Klezmer Band
Marko the Magician
Marko the Hypnotist
Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra

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Dance Party and Midnight Countdown with
The Chrome Cowboys
Bethany Church Sanctuary
Sponsored by Booth Bros/HP Hood
Free Activities Around Town with your First Night Montpelier Button!
Sheefra
Windsong
David Kraus & John LaRouche
Patrick Fitzsimmons
Dave Keller & Ira Friedman
Willem Lange
   
Bethany Church Hall
Sponsored by Frank-FM
 Hat making Workshop with The ReStore
 
 
  Poetry Slam Competition
 
Christ Episcopal Church
Sponsored by Montpelier Downtown Community Assoc.
Woodchuck's Revenge
The Dear
Blue Fox
Jay Ekis
Spencer Lewis
 
 
Explosion 1: 5 K Road Race at 3 PM! Registration begins at  1:30 PM at the Pavilion Free ice skating 1-3 PM  at Civic Center   with First Night Button!
St. Augustine's Parish Hall
Sponsored by AAA Northern New England
 
Rusty Romance
Cold Country Bluegrass
Cold Country Bluegrass
Union School Auditorium
Sponsored by Heney Realtors
Ice Skating at the Central VT Civic Center Noon - 3 PM
PanAshe Steelband
Burr Morse
Oasis Middle Eastern Dance
Lewis Franco
Vermont Fiddle Orchestra
Union School Gym
Sponsored by Heney Realtors
No Strings Marionettes
No Strings Marionettes
Trinity Church Sanctuary
Sponsored by National Life Group
 
Anything Goes
Meg's Kitchen
Amapola
35th Parallel
35th Parallel
Unitarian Church
Sponsored by The Times Argus
Swimming at First In Fitness
1-3 PM
 Barn Band
The Earthman Band  
Kevra Duo with Alison Cerutti
Kevra Duo with Alison Cerutti
 Michael Arnowitt
 Michael Arnowitt Linda Radtke & John Lincoln  
Unitarian Church Vestry
Sponsored by The Times Argus
Bubble Bros. Soap Suds Circus
Bubble Bros. Soap Suds Circus
Lost Nation Theater Lost Nation Theater  
Kellogg Hubbard Library -
Sponsored by Unicel
 
Comics Club Workshop
3:30 - 5 PM
Jennings & Ponder
Tom Greene
Tom Vitzthum
     
Rec Dept Gym
Sponsored by City of Montpelier
 
Children Gather Round
Children Gather Round
 
Shidaa African Cultural Project
6:00 - 7:30 PM
     
City Center
Sponsored by The Point Radio
X-Country Skiing at Morse Farm
Noon - 3 PM
 
 
Great Brook Blues Band 5:30-7:30 PM
ALSO:
  • Visit the enVision Montpelier's Time Machine in the Lower Level of Montpelier City Hall
  • Check Out StoryWalk beginning at Kellogg Hubbard Library: Walk and read "A Hat for Minerva Louise"
Good Eats at First Night:
  • International Food Court in City Center 3-8 PM
  • Chili Supper in Bethany Church Fellowship Hall 4:30-7 PM (benefit for San Antonia Grande--Sister Church Program)
  • Lasagna Dinner in Trinity Methodist Church Fellowship Hall 4-7 PM