Interactive family sports evening featuring clowns, carnival games, volleyball, basketball, swimming, moonwalk, arts and crafts and adult and children's buffet dinner. Children under age 15 must be accompanied by an adult. An outdoor path decorated with 400,000 lights and 70 animal sculptures, plus weekend storytelling, ice carving, choirs and music. First Night Birmingham 2000, Fri. Eight venues in downtown Birmingham offer continuous musical entertainment, storytelling, puppets, children's theater, hands-on activities and food.
Evening ends with a midnight ball drop and laser light show.
Free shuttle bus takes families between sites. Times Square II, Fri. Free street party features dancing, food, party favors and a fireworks display. At the stroke of midnight, an illuminated ball climbs to the top of a 100-foot pole in front of the Phoenix Center. The 112 mile drive-through features more than a million lights in 30 displays creating an illuminated holiday village plus Santa stage and live nativity display.