Supporting the Arts on First Night Chatham
Keeping the First Night Chatham Spirit Alive;
First Night Chatham On Ice
First Night Chatham On Ice
Virtual First Night Chatham
Participate, but don't Congregate!
First Night Chatham On-Ice Activities. Get out and have some fun, masked and at a distance. Activities designed for participation without gatherings.
First Night Chatham On-Ice Activities. Get out and have some fun, masked and at a distance. Activities designed for participation without gatherings.
Collectors Buttons
Collectors Buttons
A Collectors Button was designed and was available for purchase online.
A Collectors Button was designed and was available online.
This is a Collectors Button; there were no activities this year that required a Button!
Wear your button on the 31st to show your support of First Night Chatham.
This is a Collectors Button; there were no activities this year that required a Button!
Wear your button on the 31st to show your support of First Night Chatham.
Virtual Town Photo
Virtual Town Photo
A composite of individual family pictures will make a Town Photo to remember!
Individual photos will be assembled into a collage Virtual Town Photo. Wear your Collectors Button to show your FNC spirit.
Start First Night Chatham with a wave at the camera and a smile on your face. The collage photo will be available at the Chatham CVS store for purchase. A panorama deep-zoom photo will also be posted on the First Night Chatham website.
Full details on the Virtual Town Photo page.
Start First Night Chatham with a wave at the camera and a smile on your face. The collage photo will be available at the Chatham CVS store for purchase. A panorama deep-zoom photo will also be posted on the First Night Chatham website.
Full details on the Virtual Town Photo page.
Ice Carvings by Chip Koser
Photo: David Jordran
Ice Carvings by Chip Koser
Come see the ice sculptures carved by Chip Koser and his team.
Come see the ice sculptures carved by Chip Koser and his team.
Cape Cod 5: In Front
Chatham Town Hall Side Lawn
Eldredge Public Library Front Lawn
St. Christopher's Church Front Lawn
Chatham Town Hall Side Lawn
Eldredge Public Library Front Lawn
St. Christopher's Church Front Lawn
Ice Carvings by Chip Koser
Photo: David Jordran
Ice Carvings by Chip Koser
Watch Chip and his team carve a beautiful sculpture from large blocks of ice.
Ice sculptor Chip Koser will carve four beautiful sculpture from large blocks of ice, at the locations listed below. In 2011, Chip and his team took home a bronze medal at the World Ice Art Championship held in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Chip will be carving early in the afternoon, then all four ice carvings will be on display and spotlit all afternoon and evening. Stroll by or drive by - at a safe distance.
Chip will be carving early in the afternoon, then all four ice carvings will be on display and spotlit all afternoon and evening. Stroll by or drive by - at a safe distance.
Cape Cod 5: In Front
Chatham Town Hall Side Lawn
Eldredge Public Library Front Lawn
St. Christopher's Church Front Lawn
Chatham Town Hall Side Lawn
Eldredge Public Library Front Lawn
St. Christopher's Church Front Lawn
Vehicular Noise Parade
Photo: Ron Snider
Vehicular Noise Parade
Make noise any way you want, wear silly hats, flash some lights, honk your horn.
Join the raucous Noise Parade, this year in your cars for safe distancing! Make noise any way you want.
Assemble cars in the Holy Redeemer Church parking lot from 5:30 to 6 PM. Noise Parade starts at 6, led by a police escort. Follow the procession that will move to Main St. & Shore Rd., and make noise down Main St. all the way to the rotary. No one will be cited for too much noise. Great fun for kids and adults, who often wear silly hats and outfits; this year wear a silly mask!
Assemble cars in the Holy Redeemer Church parking lot from 5:30 to 6 PM. Noise Parade starts at 6, led by a police escort. Follow the procession that will move to Main St. & Shore Rd., and make noise down Main St. all the way to the rotary. No one will be cited for too much noise. Great fun for kids and adults, who often wear silly hats and outfits; this year wear a silly mask!
Assemble in Holy Redeemer parking lot by 6 PM.
Photo Scavenger Hunt
Photo Scavenger Hunt
Open to kids 12 and under, starting Dec 20; take all the photos and you may win a prize.
Open to kids 12 and under, starting Dec 20, thru New Year's Day.
Take a photo of #FNC21 places and Chatham landmarks ( click for the list and full rules).
Once you have all your photos, email them to us at a special email address, scavengerhunt@firstnightchatham.com, by noon on January 1st, 2021.
Three $100 prizes will be randomly awarded from the group of completed entries! Winners will be announced on January 2nd via our social media feeds (Facebook, Instagram) and our Web site.
Take a photo of #FNC21 places and Chatham landmarks ( click for the list and full rules).
Once you have all your photos, email them to us at a special email address, scavengerhunt@firstnightchatham.com, by noon on January 1st, 2021.
Three $100 prizes will be randomly awarded from the group of completed entries! Winners will be announced on January 2nd via our social media feeds (Facebook, Instagram) and our Web site.
Luminaries
Luminaries
Luminaries at the library and churches.
Luminaries will be out along the walkways of the library and local churches from dusk until late evening. (Note: the churches are not open). See the luminaries at the Eldredge Public Library, and at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church.
Decorations
Decorations
See decorations at Chatham T Kids, and in front of the First Congregational Church.
See decorations in the windows of Chatham T Kids (FNC Headquarters in normal times, but not this year), and banner pictures of prior Town Photos on the wall in front of the First Congregational Church.
Chatham T Kids at 579 Main St.
First Congregational Church at 650 Main St.
First Congregational Church at 650 Main St.
Virtual First Night Chatham
Virtual Performances - Online & Local TV
A First Night Chatham virtual show, with short video performances contributed by the performers listed below. You can watch either of our two compilations as continuous videos, or click in the performers list below to watch each video individually (about 6 minutes each).
Compilation of 16 Music Performances (abt 120 min.): Click to view on YouTube.
Kids of All Ages Compilation (abt 30 min.): Click to view on YouTube.
with: Cirque du Jour, Toe Jam Puppet Band, & Figure Skating Exhibition
Kids of All Ages Compilation (abt 30 min.): Click to view on YouTube.
with: Cirque du Jour, Toe Jam Puppet Band, & Figure Skating Exhibition
Each of the two compilation videos will also be broadcast on local access TV on Dec 31st and Jan 1st, at these scheduled times.
Cape Cod Fiddlers
Cape Cod Fiddlers
Their energetic fiddle performances draw from both international and American fiddle traditions.
Known for their energetic fiddle performances, the Cape Cod Fiddlers draw their repertoire from the Irish, Scottish, Shetland Isles, Scandinavian, Cape Breton, French Canadian and American fiddle traditions. They have been playing fiddle together since 1989!
Check back at Noon on Dec 31st for the video link.
The Cape Cod Sax Quartet
The Cape Cod Sax Quartet
Cape Cod's most well-known saxophonists on soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, and bari sax.
The Cape Cod Sax Quartet is comprised of some of Cape Cod's most accomplished saxophonists: Berke McKelvey, Maurice Soque, Ryder Corey, and Nicholas Suchecki.
With no rhythm section, a sax quartet exhibits skills in intonation, communication, balance, blend, and independence.
With no rhythm section, a sax quartet exhibits skills in intonation, communication, balance, blend, and independence.
Check back at Noon on Dec 31st for the video link.
Cape Cod Ukulele Club
Cape Cod Ukulele Club
Local ukulele enthusiasts goal is to have fun and play good music.
The Cape Cod Ukulele Club was formed in 2014 and plays regularly at local residential care facilities. The group is about having fun and playing good music. Harmonicas, kazoos, train whistles, various noisemakers, general silliness, and fits of laughter occur at any practice or show. They have been described as Hee Haw but with ukuleles.
Check back at Noon on Dec 31st for the video link.
Cirque du Jour
Cirque du Jour
The circus comes to Chatham for one of First Night Chatham's most popular entertainments.
Top notch big talent includes juggling, animal acts, clowns, ringmaster, tightrope walking, a girl on a flying trapeze, and anything else you can think of! Four performances again this year.
Check back at Noon on Dec 31st for the video link.
CrabGrass Bluegrass Band
CrabGrass Bluegrass Band
Cape Cod's own bluegrass artists! Bass, guitar, mandolin,banjo, fiddle and plenty of great vocals.
Cape Cod's own true bluegrass band for the last 20 years playing a mix of traditional and contemporary bluegrass music. Always energetic and incomparably entertaining, CrabGrass is comprised of Les Beavan - banjo and vocals, Chris Miner - mandolin and vocals, Dan Fortier - guitar and vocals, Ted Mello - bass and vocals, and Billy Hardy - fiddle.
Check back at Noon on Dec 31st for the video link.
Figure Skating New Year's Exhibition
Figure Skating New Year's Exhibition
A special holiday figure skating program by the young folks from the Lower Cape Figure Skating Association, filmed at the Charles Moore Arena in Orleans.
A special holiday figure skating program by the young folks from the Lower Cape Figure Skating Association, filmed this month at the Charles Moore Arena in Orleans.
The Lower Cape Figure Skating Association is a non-profit, all volunteer figure skating organization, which offers private lessons, synchronized skating, competitions and participation in the spectacular Spring Skating Show.
The Lower Cape Figure Skating Association is a non-profit, all volunteer figure skating organization, which offers private lessons, synchronized skating, competitions and participation in the spectacular Spring Skating Show.
Check back at Noon on Dec 31st for the video link.
Fred Fried - Bruce Abbott Jazz Duo
Fred Fried - Bruce Abbott Jazz Duo
Jazz guitarist Fred Fried and jazz saxophonist Bruce Abbott are known for their fluid improvisational interaction.
Jazz guitarist Fred Fried and jazz saxophonist Bruce Abbott's repertoire includes everything from classic Sinatra to inventive Beatles' covers. For more than 20 years their fluid improvisational interaction has made them in-demand performers for restaurants, clubs and concerts on Cape Cod and beyond.
Check back at Noon on Dec 31st for the video link.
Ana Glig and James Rosenblum
Ana Glig and James Rosenblum
Ana and James are an electrifying husband and wife classical piano duo.
Husband and wife piano duo Ana Glig and James Rosenblum return to First Night Chatham, presenting an exciting program of four hand piano music by Johannes Brahms and Antonin Dvorak. Ana Glig and James Rosenblum are individually acclaimed concert pianists praised for their “electrifying stage presence.”
Check back at Noon on Dec 31st for the video link.
George Gritzbach Band
George Gritzbach Band
The GG Band is back to give you a healthy dose of Original House Rockin' Roots R&B.
The George Gritzbach Band is back to give you a healthy dose of Original House Rockin' Roots R&B. A high-energy dance band strongly rooted in the blues, funk, and New Orleans, The GG Band plays inventive takes on classics and a healthy helping of innovative originals. Gritzbach’s smoky vocals, steamy harmonica, and shimmering guitar make the air sizzle with excitement.
Check back at Noon on Dec 31st for the video link.
Billy Hardy & Beth Sweeney
Billy Hardy & Beth Sweeney
Music from the Scottish, Irish, French Canadian, Bluegrass, and Appalachian fiddle traditions.
From elegant slow airs, spirited marches and hornpipes, to lively jigs and reels, Billy and Beth perform music from the Scottish, Irish, French Canadian, Bluegrass, and Appalachian fiddle traditions. Cape Cod based and performing together for over 20 years, their instruments include fiddle, piano, and banjo, with songs in Irish Gaelic. Billy Hardy is a long-time member of the Cape Cod Fiddlers.
Check back at Noon on Dec 31st for the video link.
Bert Jackson
Bert Jackson
You will find guitarist and composer Bert Jackson and his trio singing and playing jazz, blues and latin all around Cape Cod.
You will find guitarist and composer Bert Jackson and his trio singing and playing jazz, blues and latin all around Cape Cod. While sophisticated, his playing is approachable, fun, and always a little outside the norm.
Jukin' J & the Rockers
Jukin' J & the Rockers
A new band on Cape Cod, rock'n'roll, blues, and soul sparked by harp driven grooves.
A new band on Cape Cod, rock'n'roll, blues, and soul sparked by harp driven grooves. The band has J. Place on harmonica and vocals, Alex Maclellan on guitar, Robert Clinton on bass, and Dave Armstrong on drums.
Check back at Noon on Dec 31st for the video link.
Sue Keller
Sue Keller
Ragtime piano, plus a little vintage jazz and vocals, keeps the high energy of First Night Chatham flowing late into the evening.
A talented ragtime pianist and occasional vocalist, Sue Keller started playing piano when she was four. She also studied flute and took voice lessons, played guitar, and sang in some school operas. After a wide variety of musical jobs (including playing rock), she started concentrating more on vintage jazz and ragtime.
Check back at Noon on Dec 31st for the video link.
Zoë Lewis
Photo: eileen counihan
Zoë Lewis
Zoë Lewis delivers vintage jazz, gypsy swing and latin inspired originals on anything from the piano to the spoons!
Zoë Lewis delivers vintage jazz, gypsy swing and latin inspired originals on anything from the piano to the spoons! This virtual “Band in a body” is known for her stories as much as for her music. Originally from the UK, she has made Provincetown her home for the last 28 years. She's traveled to over 70 countries, released 8 albums of original material, toured with Judy Collins, Richie Havens, Nanci Griffiths and the Indigo Girls, has won numerous songwriting awards and written and produced 2 musicals.
Check back at Noon on Dec 31st for the video link.
Monomoy Seven
Monomoy Seven
Dixieland jazz - swinging improvisations on familiar and not so familiar tunes, and requests from the audience.
Dixieland Jazz – a perennial favorite! With Jeff Hughes on cornet leading the band, they play swinging improvisations on familiar and maybe not so familiar tunes, with each musician featured on specialty numbers. This is always a fun and exciting performance.
Check back at Noon on Dec 31st for the video link.
New England Digital Accordion Orchestra
New England Digital Accordion Orchestra
The New England Digital Accordion Orchestra is the nation's first-ever digital accordion orchestra.
The New England Digital Accordion Orchestra is the nation's first-ever digital accordion orchestra. The Orchestra was organized and is conducted by world-renowned music educator Sam Falcetti. Roland V digital accordions, which first appeared in 2004, are a far cry from the old family “squeeze boxes”. They reproduce virtually every musical instrumental sound through a technology that's as versatile as it is portable. One accordionist aptly described this instrument as “an orchestra in a box!”.
Check back at Noon on Dec 31st for the video link.
Studio Two - The Beatles Tribute
Studio Two - The Beatles Tribute
A Beatles tribute to the early years, songs from the pre-Sgt. Pepper era, the Beatles' club and touring years.
Studio Two is a headlining Beatles tribute band that focuses on the early years, choosing songs from the pre-Sgt. Pepper era. Studio Two concentrates on the most exciting time in their career -- the club and touring years. Studio Two's performance captures all of the high energy and danceable 50's and 60's Rock n' Roll songs The Beatles helped popularize. All of this is done in period correct attire and equipment. You will be transported in time!
Check back at Noon on Dec 31st for the video link.
Toast and Jam
Toast and Jam
Toast and Jam performs bluegrass based originals featuring crisp three-part harmonies and unique instrumentation.
Toast and Jam performs bluegrass based originals featuring crisp three-part harmonies and unique instrumentation. Soulful vocals mix with deep Mandocello rhythms – while lyrics relay modern human sentiment from love songs to social protest themes. But their palette ranges beyond their own compositions to arrangements of swing tunes, and eclectic covers. Julie Charland, Tim Dickey and Laird Boles, and a dozen or more instruments!
Check back at Noon on Dec 31st for the video link.
Toe Jam Puppet Band
Toe Jam Puppet Band
Sing and dance along as they entertain with original songs, shadow puppetry, storytelling and just plain old good fun.
The Toe Jam Puppet Band performances are very active, encouraging kids and parents to sing and dance along with the band as they entertain with a unique combination of original songs, masterful shadow puppetry, storytelling and just plain old good fun.
Check back at Noon on Dec 31st for the video link.