FestivALL Charleston will partner with GoodNight for the 4th year to host Charleston’s favorite family-friendly and free New Year’s Eve celebration.
Craig Hinchman, long-time performer at GoodNight, has been the organizer of the event for the past few years, with the help of his wife Amanda Hinchman. When the event organizer retired, they stepped up to start organizing this annual event making sure it remained the center of Charleston’s New Year’s Eve tradition.
GoodNight was originally created by the Community Music Association as a free, family-friendly, alcohol-free series of 45-minute concerts at venues around Charleston between 6 and 10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and has kept the same format for 24 years. Since the CMA closed, FestivALL Charleston has included the event under its umbrella of annual events promoting arts and culture in West Virginia’s capital city.
This year dozens of musicians, dancers, and ensembles will perform in 10 locations around Charleston. In addition to the free performances, the KRT will run on a loop between venues and the city parking garage on the corner of Virginia and Ladley St. (Free). Full schedule and details at festivallcharleston.com/events.
Baptist Temple – Fellowship Hall
209 Morris St.
6 & 8pm Presby Pickers
7 & 9pm Appalachian Celtic Consort
Baptist Temple-Sanctuary
209 Morris St.
6 & 8pm Charleston Civic Chorus
7 & 9pm Youth Symphony
Christ Church United Methodist – Chapel
1221 Quarrier St.
6 & 8pm Roger Rabalais
7 & 9pm Edward Pauley and Friends
Christ Church United Methodist – Sanctuary
1221 Quarrier St.
6 & 8pm womanSong
7 & pm Kanawha Kordsman Barbershop Chorus
Civic Center – Little Theater
6pm River City Youth Ballet Ensemble
7pm “Moonage Daydream: The Bowie Songbook” Ryan Hardiman, Mark Scarpelli & strings
8pm “Josh Groban and Classic Rock” Jonathan Tucker, Mark Scarpelli & strings
First Presbyterian Church – Sanctuary
16 Leon Sullivan Way
6pm Rose Fisher
8pm Mary Street Brass
7 & 8pm Makenna Hope
St. John’s Episcopal Church – Hunter Hall
1105 Quarrier Street
6-9pm “It’s Midnight Somewhere” with FOOTMAD
St. Marks United Methodist Church – Chapel
900 Washington St., East
6pm St. Marks Steel Drums
7, 8 & 9pm Frank Ball and Friends Gospel Sing
St. Marks United Methodist Church – Sanctuary
900 Washington St., East
6 & 8pm Martin Luther King Jr. Male Chorus
7pm Appalachian Children’s Chorus
9pm Rose Fisher
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
1600 Kanawha Blvd., East
6 & 8pm Almost Heaven Dulcimer Club
7 & 9pm Albert Frank Perrone
