For Kids
Preliminary Schedule subject to change
Brewster Bayside Skippers
Brewster Bayside Skippers
Our nationally award winning jump rope team demonstrates a wide variety of impressive skills.
Our goal is to bring more attention to the incredible sport of Jump Rope! We will provide demonstrations of various events that the team competes in, and we will be doing some group routines where everyone works together to achieve the same goal. Anyone and everyone can jump rope, and audiences will be invited to participate at the end of each session!
Bubble Wrap Stomp
Photo: John Markus
Bubble Wrap Stomp
A favorite activity of many parents, too! Watch the kids show joy as they break the bubbles and make lots of noise!
A favorite activity of many parents, too! Watch the kids show joy as they break the bubbles and make lots of noise!
From 1PM until there's no more bubble wrap to stomp.
From 1PM until there's no more bubble wrap to stomp.
Community Center Aerobics Room at 1:00 to 3:00 PM (Button-free)
Carnival Caper
Photo: Ron Snider
Carnival Caper
A costumed road race, sponsored by the Chatham Squire. Register, show off your costume, and race for fun!
A costumed road race, from the Chatham Squire to the Lighthouse and back, sponsored by the Chatham Squire. Register outside the Squire starting at 2 pm ($10); Costume judging at 2:30 pm; the race starts at 3 pm (a bit under 2 miles round-trip). You can't miss the gorilla in charge. Race registrants get a Tee shirt, and beef stew served at the Squire after the race! Spectators line Main Street to cheer on everyone parading down the road in costume - you can run, you can walk, you can hop, skip or jump!
Outside the Squire at 2:00 to 3:30 PM (Button-free)
Cirque du Jour
Cirque du Jour
The circus comes to Chatham for one of First Night Chatham's most popular entertainments.
Cirque du Jour is proud to once again bring top notch circus artists to First Night Chatham. They will dazzle and delight with traditional circus artistry that will include hand balancing, juggling, aerial displays, and those fun and funny purveyors of comedy. This year GiGi brings her friends Slappy (Tiffany Riley) & Monday (Dick Monday) to share center ring with her. Their brand of silly has been seen at the Big Apple Circus (where Tiffany was the first female featured clown) and beyond. Three performances this year.
Monomoy Middle School Large Gym at 1:00 PM
Monomoy Middle School Large Gym at 3:00 PM
Monomoy Middle School Large Gym at 5:00 PM
Monomoy Middle School Large Gym at 3:00 PM
Monomoy Middle School Large Gym at 5:00 PM
Face Painting
Photo: Susan Karchmer
Face Painting
What child does not enjoy having something fabulous painted on their face?
What child does not enjoy having something fabulous painted on their face?
St. Christopher's Parish Hall at 2:00 to 5:00 PM
Fireworks at Veterans Field
Photo: Stanlee Wetzel
Fireworks at Veterans Field
Spectacular fireworks at Veterans Field after the Noise Parade, as a special treat for the young and young-at-heart.
Spectacular fireworks after the Noise Parade will be presented for the whole family. March in the Noise Parade which ends at the Commuinty Center. The fireworks show is at Veterans Field and viewing is from the parking lot and fields behind the Chatham Community Center.
This amazing and special fireworks show is presented by Northstar Fireworks of Vermont; they've been doing the First Night Chatham fireworks for many years.
This amazing and special fireworks show is presented by Northstar Fireworks of Vermont; they've been doing the First Night Chatham fireworks for many years.
Veterans Field at 6:30 PM (Button-free)
Miniature Golf
Photo: John Markus
Miniature Golf
Mini-golf at First Night Chatham. Who does not love mini golf in December!
A full 9 holes at the Community Center Gym – 1 to 5:45PM. Who does not love mini-golf, especially in December!
Community Center Gym at 1:00 to 5:45 PM
Noise Parade
Photo: Ron Snider
Noise Parade
Make noise any way you want, wear silly hats, flash some lights. Walk to see the fireworks at Veterans Field!
Join the raucous fray! Make noise any way you want.
A police escort leads the parade and no one will be cited for too much noise. Great fun for kids and adults, who often wear silly hats. Start at the corner of Cross and Main at 6 pm, walk to rotary, then continue on to the Chatham Community Center to see the fireworks at Veterans Field!
A police escort leads the parade and no one will be cited for too much noise. Great fun for kids and adults, who often wear silly hats. Start at the corner of Cross and Main at 6 pm, walk to rotary, then continue on to the Chatham Community Center to see the fireworks at Veterans Field!
Town Hall Corner (Main & Cross Streets) at 6:00 PM (Button-free)
Trevor Pearson
Photo: Ron Snider
Trevor Pearson
Fun for all ages! Trevor combines hilarious antics and visually spectacular, award-winning juggling skills.
Trevor Pearson’s interactive juggling show combines hilarious antics and visually spectacular, award-winning juggling skills with a message of self-empowerment. Fun for all ages! Trevor grew up in Brewster and it was there that he learned to juggle as a teen. He’s been juggling professionally for over 15 years, performing and instructing throughout New England, and beyond. Trevor has been inspiring and amusing First Night Chatham audiences for over a decade with the juggling of clubs, rings, balls, boxes, plates, hats, rubber chickens and audience-suggested objects to boot. He might even juggle boots!
Rock N Roll Racing
Rock N Roll Racing
Rock N Roll Racing, a mini-Nascar race track.
Rock N Roll Racing is a mini-Nascar race track where you drive a car from the side with a steering wheel and throttle.
Monomoy Middle School Small Gym at 1:00 to 6:00 PM
Snowmen Scavenger Hunt
Snowmen Scavenger Hunt
Find the snowmen around town and win a little prize!
Search for the First Night Chatham snowmen up and down Main Street, on Dec 31st, and win a little prize! Especially for the young ones and the young at heart! Start by getting an entry sheet First Night Chatham Headquarters.
Frosty the Snowman is looking for his six snowmen friends who are scattered along Main St. Each snowman is holding stickers. When you find one, take a sticker and attach it to your snowmen scavenger hunt card. When you have collected all six stickers, return with your sheet to First Night Chatham Headquarters for your prize!
The Snowmen Scavenger Hunt Card will be available for download and print from here, as of Dec 26th.
Frosty the Snowman is looking for his six snowmen friends who are scattered along Main St. Each snowman is holding stickers. When you find one, take a sticker and attach it to your snowmen scavenger hunt card. When you have collected all six stickers, return with your sheet to First Night Chatham Headquarters for your prize!
The Snowmen Scavenger Hunt Card will be available for download and print from here, as of Dec 26th.
Main Street at 1:00 to 5:00 PM (Button-free)
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.
Town Photo
Photo: Spencer Kennard
Town Photo
Come with family & friends. Buy the photo or see it online. A whole-town event!
Important! Please use front gate only !
Show up with your family and friends and pets to pose for the Town Photo. Start First Night Chatham with a wave at the camera and a smile on your face. The 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. Have fun zooming in to see if you blinked, check out who was there, and just enjoy actually seeing your lovely smile up close.Chatham Lighthouse Grounds at Noon (Button-free)
Mr. Vinny the Bubble Guy
Mr. Vinny the Bubble Guy
Kids and adults love Mr. Vinny 's huge bubble and bubble chasing games.
Using giant homemade bubble wands, a sound system full of music, and a lot of funny family entertainment experience, Mr. Vinny get kids and adults involved in bubble chasing games. The program is all about big beautiful bubbles, running-around, and . . . having FUN! Truly best for all ages.
Community Center Outdoors at 3:00 PM (Button-free)