First Night® Martinez Entertainment

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First Night® Martinez 2008 Entertainment Highlights For 12/31/07 Schedule & Map click here
People Procession Parade 6:00-6:30 Walking, Mardi-gras style procession. Carry one of the tall puppets. Anyone can participate! NEW STAGING LOCATION! 5:45 -Staging on Castro St. between Main & Ward St. Near La Tapatia Mexican Restaurant. 6:00- Parade begins from Castro St. up Main St. Ends at Main Stage - Court St.
The Unauthorized Rolling Stones! 10:45pm-12:15am Main Stage - Court & Main St. Stay late to rock out and ring in the new year with this fabulous Stones tribute band. 12:00 Countdown to midnight and fireworks show!
Tesoro Ice Rink! 3pm-11pm Court St. between Main St. and Escobar St. 1,800 Sq.Ft. of fun! Rink holds up to 60 skaters per session. Sessions are 15 minutes. Skates are provided. Kids under 10years must be with an adult. First Night® Martinez admission Button required!
Laser Tag 3pm-12am Court St. between Main St. and Ward St. Enter a futuristic, action-packed game-scape. 1,400sqft. fully enclosed fantasy world of interconnecting portals, crawl spaces, flashing, colored beacons and black lights. Up to 10 players per game session. First Night® Martinez admission Button required!
Dave Land and the Downtowners 8:45-10:15 - Main Stage on Court & Main St. Dave Land and the Downtowners combine a variety of original Rock, Folk, Country and Blues styles resulting in their unique Country Rock sound.
Hands-on Recycled Art 6pm-11pm 603 Main St. Kids will have a plethora of items to decorate recycled First Night® Buttons into works of art! First Night® Martinez admission Button required!
Karaoke 6pm-11pm 802 Main St. Sing all your favorite songs. All ages. First Night® Martinez admission Button required!
Drum Circle 6pm-11pm 524 Main St. (new location this year) "There is no audience - Everyone is part of the musical experience, There is no rehearsal - The music ... is improvised in the moment There is no right or wrong - The Drum Circle is a safe, permissive explorational environment. There is no teacher - Instead, the drumcircle is lead by a facilitator who has the dual focus: to build musicality of the group while also building the sense of community and connection." First Night® Martinez admission Button required!
Kent Family Magic Show 7:30pm, 8:45pm & 10pm 930 Ward. St.(Veterans Hall corner of Ward and Main St.) The Kent Family is a real family made up of six very talented individuals performing an exciting illusion-based variety show with juggling, bull whip tricks, escapes, unicyling, side-show stunts, bunnies, doves, and a trained chicken, the world's youngest mind-reader First Night® Martinez admission Button required!
Paper Bag Hat Art 7-10pm 720 Main St. (Upstairs at Alley Cats Collectibles) All ages. Design your own party hat out of a paper bag, markers, festive sparkles and more. First Night® Martinez admission Button required!
Got talent? We’re looking for talented comedians, jugglers, mime, a cappella groups, puppet shows, etc. to perform at First Night Martinez on New Years eve. This is a non-paid performance that may lead to future opportunities with First Night Martinez. All performers are encouraged to have tip containers available during their act. For a registration form click here All interested performers must be registered in advance by Oct. 1, 2006. All performers must be pre-qualified and have a family-friendly, performance suitable for all ages.