Thursday, December 31, 2009
6:00 p.m. to Midnight
Celebrate the New Year with friends and family in downtown Columbia, Missouri and the Stephens College Campus! Entertainment includes more than 60 performances plus activities and art at numerous venues in Downtown Columbia. Doors open at 6:00 pm. Entertainment begins at 6:30 pm.
Event-goers will travel from one location to the next enjoying great entertainment such as dance bands (old-time, Irish, Cajun, swing), rock, children's performers, guitarists, deuling pianos, bluegrass, Irish, rhythm & blues, fiddling, magic, folk and more. A venue is planned just for teens!
Make a mask, crown or noisemaker at the Children's Art Area, participate in the 5K Run/Walk at 4pm or dance the night away. A Children's Procession at 9:15 will end with a fireworks display. At 11:30, the People's Procession will lead revelers to the finale at Courthouse Square with entertainment and fireworks at midnight.
Original Artwork by Elizabeth JordheimAdmission Buttons
Early Button Sales - $8 for those 8 years and older until 4 p.m. December 31. - Buy your button early at Parks and Recreation (except Dec. 26/27), the ARC, Streetside Records and Gerbes Supermarkets beginning December 16. Early button sales will end at 4 p.m. on Dec. 31.
At the Door - $10 - On December 31, buttons will be available at Stamper Commons after 5:30 p.m. The Armory, First Christian Church and the Missouri Center for the Arts will begin selling buttons at 6:00 p.m.
Come back for more information. Volunteers receive free admission.
Stay overnight in Columbia on New Year's Eve!
Visit the Columbia Convention & Visitors Bureau web site for hotel and dining information.Activities & Entertainment
First Night 5K Registration: Columbia Track Club Registration Form
First Night entertainment and activities
will be located at:
Armory Sports Center (teen venue) • Boone County Courthouse Square • Columbia Art League • CyclExtreme (5K Run/Walk) • First Christian Church • Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts • Missouri United Methodist Church (3 venues) • Stephens College Campus (Stamper Commons, Helis Center-Windsor Auditorium and Kimball Ballroom–Lela Raney Wood Hall) • YouZeum
Thanks to our venue locations for opening their doors for First Night.
Great Food
The Food Court in Stamper Commons at Stephens College (SE corner of
Broadway and College) will open at 5:30 pm for dinner and the grill will be
open late into the evening. Stop by and have a great meal as you enjoy
entertainment and performances in the dining area.
Contact
First Night Columbia
PO Box 1284,
Columbia, MO 65205
(573) 874-7460
Tracy Lane, Director of Operations
Jane Accurso, Director of Entertainment
Board of Directors
Greg Ahrens, Judy Campbell, John Patton, Karen Ramey, John Warner, Kathleen Weinschenk, Glen Ward