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First Night Boston Turns 50 With Citywide Festivities and Free MBTA Service Tonight

City officials urge transit use during subfreezing conditions.

Boston, MA -Donald Chapelle, owner of Brilliant Ice Sculpture, works on an Ice sculpture outside the N.E. Aquarium.
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Overview

  • A parade returns at 6 p.m., stepping off from City Hall Plaza and proceeding to Boston Common.
  • Fireworks are set for 7 p.m. over Boston Common and for midnight over the Inner Harbor.
  • More than 12 hours of free programming span 10 destinations, with City Hall Plaza serving as the central hub for a third year.
  • The MBTA offers free fares from 8 p.m. across subways, buses, ferries, The RIDE and commuter rail, with last trains running after midnight.
  • Officials prohibit public drinking, unauthorized fireworks and drones, and note limited warming areas as temperatures dip into the mid‑20s with wind chills in the teens.