Beverly's New Year Celebration 2013
Bring your family to Downtown Beverly for a safe, fun, family-oriented New Year Celebration. There's all kind of activities and events planned in and around the Beverly's Downtown area that are designed to entertain and keep families engaged throughout the afternoon.
The celebration kicks off at 3pm, with free activities like Holiday Train Rides, face painting, live DJ entertainment, street games and challenges, clowns, stilt walkers, jugglers, and balloon making. Beverly Cooperative Bank and People's United Bank will be offering Free Cocoa & Cookies as well!
There are paid (mostly indoor) events that require a Beverly New Year's Eve Button to attend. Buttons go for $5 (kids under 4 are free), and can be purchased at "Buy 3, Get 1 Free" pricing until December 30th at Casa de Moda, the Cabot Street branches of Beverly Cooperative Bank and the Sterling YMCA. Buttons will also be available for full price on New Year's Eve.
Events that require the button include:
- Kids’ Arts & Crafts with Garden City Families
- The Teen Band Jam
- Revive Dance Xchange Holiday Dancers
- Curious Creatures
- Sea Change Theatre Company Interactive Performance
- Mad Scientist Show
- Kids’ Arts & Crafts with Garden City Families
- All Hands Drumming - Drum Circle
- Tony Toledo - Stories for a New Year
- Peter Jackson - Magician
Free events and Activities include:
- Kid's New Year's Countdown
- Face Painting, Balloons & Fun for Kids at Beverly Cooperative Bank
- The Grand Procession
- 'Holiday Train' Rides
- DJ Entertainment with Josh Melanson
- Street Games & Challenges with the Y
- Clowns, Stiltwalker & Balloon-Making
- Fire Spinning Performance
- Complimentary Cocoa & Cookies at Beverly Cooperative Bank and People's United Bank
The day winds up with a Grand Procession Parade, where kids are invited to don a costume and march in the procession, followed by the Kid's Countdown to Ring in the New Year starting at 7 p.m.!
A full schedule and more information is available at the link listed below.

