Grand Procession

"Look at You, Boston"

Procession Kicks off at 5:30PM from the Hynes Convention Center and goes down Boylston Street, turns left onto Charles Street and ends at the corner of Charles and Beacon Streets.

The Grand Procession is the heart of the First Night celebration, and it has been since the beginning in 1976. "Look at You, Boston," First Night's 32nd anniversary Grand Procession, will contain three sections. Each section, differentiated by colors, is lead by a different piece from the Back Alley Puppet Theatre and Puppeteers Cooperative, whose founders have participated in all 32 First Night celebrations in Boston. The sections are themed Elegance, Excitement and Color.

• Baton Twirlers Roberto Clemente 21 of New England
• Boston City Band
• Brother Blue
• Caribbean Bandleaders
• The Cycling Murrays
• Dinoman!
• Explicit Noise
• Geometric Progression
• The Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association
• Hawthorne Youth and Community Center
• The Hot Tamales
• Mary Baker Eddy Library
• Middlesex County 4-H Fife and Drum Corps
• New England Aquarium
• New Liberty Jazz Band
• New Magnolia Jazz Band
• Old Town Trolley Tours
• OPENAIR Circus
• Peg Preble/Gould Microcars
• The Puppeteer's Cooperative and the Back Alley Puppet Theatre
• Thomas J. Kenny School Marching Band
• Tony Barrie Marching Band
• Samba Tremeterra
• Spontaneous Celebrations