BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20231231T190000Z DTEND:20240101T010000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:First Night Portsmouth DESCRIPTION:First Night revives the ancient traditions of marking the passage of time in a present day context. It was created by a group of civic-minded artists in Boston as a meaningful alternative to traditional New Year's Eve revelry. Offered to the city as a finale to its Bicentennial events in 1976\, First Night Boston also began a new tradition\, bringing neighboring communities together through a joint celebration.\n\nFramed as a family-friendly event\, First Night is known as the alcohol free\, alternative community celebration on Dec. 31.\n\nPortsmouth became a First Night community in 1986 and we continue to celebrate First Night with fireworks and ice sculpture (Indoor activities TBD). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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First Night revives the ancient traditions of marking the passage of time in a present day context. It was created by a group of civic-minded artists in Boston as a meaningful alternative to traditional New Year&rsquo\;s Eve revelry. Offered to the city as a finale to its Bicentennial events in 1976\, First Night Boston also began a new tradition\, bringing neighboring communities together through a joint celebration.

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Framed as a family-friendly event\, First Night is known as the alcohol free\, alternative community celebration on Dec. \;31.

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Portsmouth became a First Night community in 1986 and we continue to celebrate First Night with fireworks and ice sculpture (Indoor activities TBD).

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\n LOCATION:Ice Sculpture: North Church/Market Square\, Downtown Portsmouth Fireworks Display: South Mill Pond UID:e.1659.62694 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260407T173819Z URL:https://business.goportsmouthnh.com/events/details/first-night-portsmouth-12-31-2023-62694 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR