There will be no shortage of fun in Boston to ring in 2025 on Tuesday, with plenty of activities ahead children and adultslive music performances, two fireworks shows and ice sculptures that are more than art.
The sculptures will celebrate the 250th anniversary of Massachusetts, which was founded in 1775. The sculptures will depict historical moments leading to independence and will be on City Hall Plaza from Tuesday afternoon to 12:30 Wednesday afternoon, according to the First Night Boston 2025 website.
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Weather permitting, some ice sculptures will remain on display until New Year’s Day.
Boston Harbor now has organized an ice sculpture walk to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Boston Harborwalk. The images can be viewed on Tuesday from 1 p.m. until sunset. A interactive map shows the location of each sculpture.
Food will be available from vendors at the Boston Public Market, City Hall Plaza and Boston Common.
The MBTA will stop collecting fares on Tuesday at 8 p.m. This means the T service will be free “for everyone who celebrates the holiday, so they can get home safely without any additional worries,” Mary Michelle Wu said Monday.
Train service will run for an hour until 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, and there will be an increase in subway service starting at 3 p.m. Tuesday, MBTA Transit Police Chief Kenneth Green said. On Tuesday, New Year’s Eve, all modes of transport operate according to a fixed weekly schedule.
Below you will find an hour-by-hour schedule of events:
Tuesday
10:00 am.: How do you see the world? Experience + Mapparium at First Church of Christ Scientist, 250 Massachusetts Ave.
11am: Greenway Carousel on the Rose Kennedy Greenway at Atlantic Avenue.
Afternoon: Small Groove: music lessons for babies to toddlers in the Town Hall Pavilion.
Chu Ling Dance Academy: traditional Chinese folk dance performance at CanalSide in the CambridgeSide Shopping Centre, 100 CambridgeSide Place, Cambridge.
Fuller and Friends Organ Trio: live jazz performance, Boston Public Market, 100 Hanover St.
1:00 PM: Emancipation Proclamation Concert; Handel and Haydn Society and the Museum of African American History co-present the Emancipation Proclamation Concert at Trinity Church, 206 Clarendon St.
Arts and Crafts presented by Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association: hands-on arts and crafts activities
Performances by the Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association: Live performances and hands-on activities at Boston City Hall, second floor.
1:10: Boston Saxophone Quartet: live performance, Boston City Hall Pavilion
2 p.m.: Hillhouse the band: Live performance of groovy rhythms, colorful horn lines and soaring vocals at City Hall Plaza.
Puppet theatre: excerpts from the “Magnificent Monster Circus” on CanalSide at the CambridgeSide Shopping Center, 100 CambridgeSide Place, Cambridge.
2:20 PM: The lies: Live performance of Americana folk and rock music in the City Hall Pavillion.
3:00 PM: Boston Music Project: Live performance on Stadhuisplein
Frog Pond Skating Spectacular – Show 1Boston Common
Organ concerto: Live performance at First Church of Christ Scientist, 250 Massachusetts Ave.
3:30 PM: Chester Brezniak, Susan Jackson and Adrian Jojatu: Live performance of classical music in the Town Hall Pavilion.
4:00 PM: Houston Bernard: Live country music performance at City Hall Plaza.
5:00 PM: Koliba: Live performance of West African Rhythms, Hi Life, Reggae, Ska, Zouk and more at City Hall Plaza.
5:30 PM: Spectacular skating in Kikkervijver – Show 2Boston Common
6:00 PM: First Night Parade: Town Hall Square to Boston Common
6:30 PM: Zuleica Rosario; Live performance of vibrant music from Cape Verde at City Hall Plaza
Pipes and Pops Concert: Live performance of brass, percussion and organ at Old South Church, 645 Boylston St.
7:00 PM: Family fireworks presented by the Mugar Foundation and the City of Boston: fireworks show over the Boston Common
7:20 PM: Guess the method: Live performance of energetic funk music at City Hall Plaza.
8 p.m.: Pipes and Pops Concert: Live performance of brass, percussion and organ at Old South Church, 645 Boylston St.
8:10 PM: Veronica Robles: Live performance by the Mariachi singer, musician and Latin American folkloric dancer at City Hall Plaza.
8:50 PM The Femmes: Live performance of songs by female and non-binary artists at City Hall Plaza.
9:35 PM: DJ WhySham: Live performance on Stadhuisplein.
9:50 PM: Nancia: Live performance from award-winning R&B artist at City Hall Plaza.
10:15 PM: DJ WhyShama: Live performance on Stadhuisplein.
10:30 PM: STL GLD: Live performance of hip-hop, rock, punk and film orchestra music at City Hall Plaza.
11:30 PM: Countdown to the town hall on the first evening: Live performance and laser show at City Hall Plaza
Wednesday
12:00 noon: Boston Harbor Fireworks presented by Meet Boston
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