Springfield Regional Arts Council

About First Night Springfield

Springfield Regional Arts Council’s
First Night Springfield 2008
“Experience It All Downtown”

Monday, Dec. 31, 2007
5:30 p.m. to Midnight

Presented by: Bank of America

Join in the community-wide, alcohol-free celebration of the visual and performing arts as we welcome 2008 with live music, theatre, magic, children’s activities and more!

New Year’s Eve festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. with a fireworks grand finale at Midnight in Jordan Valley Park.

Fill the Truck! First Night Springfield is challenging all event attendees to help fill the Ozarks Food Harvest Mobile Food Pantry truck and join the fight to end hunger in the Ozarks. Event attendees are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to any First Night venue to help “fill the truck” that will be located outside of the Expo Center at the event. Non-perishable food item donations also will be accepted at each First Night venue in the barrels located by the ticket tables. Monetary contributions also will be accepted at the event venue entrances for the Mobile Food Pantry project.

Featured musical guests include:
C-Club, The Wingtips, Randle Chowning & The Great Notions, plus many other local favorites.

Advance Stickers
$7 per person
$25 family four-pack

‘Night of’ Stickers
$8 per person
$30 family four-pack

Children under three are FREE

Advance sticker sales locations include:
Cody’s Convenience Stores, Springfield Dillons Supermarkets, Smillie’s IGA, The Library Center, The Library Station, Creamery Arts Center and the Urban Districts Alliance.

Participating Venues:

1984 / 5:30 – 11:30 p.m.
Abundant Life Center / 6 – 10 p.m.
Art & Design Gallery / 5:30 – 11 p.m.
Bellwether Gallery of the Arts / 5:30 – 10 p.m.
Discovery Center / 5:30 – 10 p.m.
Expo Center / 5:30 – 11:30 p.m.
Gillioz Theater / 6 – 11:30 p.m.
Jordan Valley Ice Park / 9 - 11:30 p.m.
Jordan Valley Park
Kentwood Crystal Room / 5:30 – 11:30 p.m.
Landers Theatre / 7 – 10 p.m.
Ozarks Regional YMCA / 5:30 – 11:30 p.m.
The Skinny Improv / 5:30 – 10 p.m.
Well Fed Head Books / 5:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Performance/Venue Schedule
1984
•Video gaming: play your favorite video games from the 1980’s

Abundant Life Center
•6 to 7:30 p.m.Sing Sing Sing
•7:30 to 9 p.m.Techs and The Roadies
•9 to 10 p.m. Credo Dance Academy

Art & Design Gallery
•5:30 to 7:30 p.m.Carrie Beason & Big MO
•7:30 to 9:30 p.m.Eddie Gumucio
•9:30 to 11 p.m.Organic Soul

Bellwether Gallery of the Arts
•7 to 8 p.m.The Fabulous Fable Factory
•8 to 9 p.m.The Fabulous Fable Factory
•9 to 10 p.m.The Fabulous Fable Factory

Discovery Center
•Enjoy exploring this interactive, hand-on museum committed to inspiring people of all ages.

Expo Center (Festival Headquarters)
•Children’s Activity Wonderland: Kids of all ages can enjoy inflatables, the Springfield Pottery “Claymobile”, video games on a giant screen, simulated laser games, arts & crafts, games, balloon art, magic, face painting and more!
•6 p.m.Y Jam Percussion Project
•6:30 p.m.Y Jam Percussion Project
•7 p.m.Y Jam Percussion Project

Gillioz Theater
•6 to 7:30 The Wingtips
•7:30 to 8:30 The Skinny Improv (Comedy)
•8:30 to 10 p.m. C-Club (First Night Headliner Band)
•10 to 11:30 p.m.The Skinny Improv (Comedy)

Jordan Valley Ice Park
•9 to 11:30 p.m.Open Ice Skate
•9:30 – 11:30 p.m.55 Fly

Jordan Valley Park
•11:30 to MidnightFireworks Grand Finale Featuring “C-Club”

Kentwood Crystal Room
•5:30 to 7 p.m.Randle Chowning & The Great Notions
•7 to 9 p.m.Nixa City Limits
•9 to 11:30 p.m.Randle Chowning & The Great Notions

Landers Theatre
•7 to 8 p.m. Young Artists and Youth Players
•8 to 9 p.m. Springfield Little Theatre Y.E.S. Troupe
(Musical Variety Show)
•9 to 10 p.m. Springfield Little Theatre Y.E.S. Troupe
(Musical Variety Show)

Ozarks Regional YMCA
Individuals of all ages can enjoy the rock-climbing wall, inflatables, and pick-up basketball games in addition to the scheduled performances listed below.

•7 to 11 p.m.Cinemerge (Films)
•7:30 to 8:30 p.m.The Mind Mavericks
•8:30 p.m.Y Jam Percussion Project
•9 p.m.Y Jam Percussion Project
•9:30 to 10:30 p.m.The Mind Mavericks

The Skinny Improv
•5:30 to 6:30 p.m.The Skinny Improv (Comedy)
•6:30 to 8:30 p.m.Hogmolly
•8:30 to 10 p.m.Upstairs Acoustics

Well Fed Head Books
•8 to 9:30 p.m.“Poetry Slam”

NEW THIS YEAR - First Night Art Gallery Venues
Be sure to visit the official First Night downtown art galleries that will be open to all event attendees from 6 to 9 p.m.

Bellwether Gallery of the Arts / 600 W. College St
The Creamery Arts Center / 411 Sherman Parkway
The Depot Furniture Gallery / 301 N. Main
Fashioned by Jaye / 212 S. Campbell
Gillioz Theatre / 325 Park Central East
Good Girl Art / 215 W. Olive. St.
Hawthorn Galleries, Inc. / 214 E. Walnut St.
Hyde Gallery / 210 E. Walnut St.
MSU Art & Design Gallery / 333 S. Jefferson
Nonna’s Italian American Café / 306 South Ave.
Springfield Hot Glass Studio / 314 S. Campbell Ave.
Well Fed Head Books / 331 S. Campbell Ave.

For additional information on the official venues and performance schedule, please call 417-831-6200.