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Welcome to First Night Escondido


Join us for The Biggest and Best New Year's Eve party in North County San Diego!

6:00PM to Midnight, New Year's Eve 2008

Welcome to the 13th annual First Night Escondido – North County’s New Years’s Eve “Celebration for Families!” First Night Escondido is held in historic Grape Day Park, Escondido City Hall and renowned California Center for the Arts, Escondido.

Each year First Night Escondido presents an event that celebrates community, the arts, and the New Year with 12 stages of music and dance, the best of restaurant and vendor foods, hands-on art activities, and two dazzling fireworks displays!

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  • Gather at the Main Stage at Midnight for the Spectacular fireworks show!
  • Dance the night away under a laser-lit sky in Grape Day Park!
  • Buy fun & wacky New Year’s Eve novelties at family-friendly prices!
  • Turn a paper grocery bag into a top hat with pizzazz for FREE!
  • Feeling regal? Design & wear a crown with jewels, sequins and more!
  • Kids of all ages can make felt puppets for FREE in the Center’s Studio II
  • Enjoy a visit to the Escondido Children’s Museum during their extended hours, 6-10 pm.
  • See the amazing high-in-the-sky Walking Tree Man!
  • FREE Face Painting in the Conference Center’s Hallway!
  • Professional Balloon Sculptors will make wacky hat creations for FREE !
  • Giant Food Court Open All Night!
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  • An amazing laser light show will be overhead throughout the night at the Main Stage in Grape Day Park.
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  • Follow the amazing Chinese Dragon Parade starting at City Hall at 9pm!
Fireworks Extravaganza at Midnight

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Demonstrating Artists & Street Performers

  • Painting
  • Watercolors

Variety of musical performances

  • Pop
  • Classical
  • Funk
  • Bluegrass
  • Jazz
  • Swing
  • Blues
  • Country
  • Latino
  • Rock
  • Reggae
  • Polynesian
  • Folk & more!!
  • First Night Escondido is a "Pet Free" Event
    please: no pets