• The Pimps of Joytime
• Onyx Club Boys
• La Grande Roue de Raleigh
• The People’s Procession
• Adam Gicz
• Andy Brown
• Ballroom Dancing
• Bob Wilusz
• Brien Engel
• Caricatures by Bruce Stevenson
• The Cedric Burnside Project
• Chuck Davis & The African American Dance Ensemble
• Christopher Terrell & The New Journey Project
• Comedy Worx
• David DiGiuseppe
• École2France / Nathalie & Chris Miller
• First Night Raleigh Tram
• French Film Festival: “FUNNY FACE”
• French Film Festival: “THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE”
• Giant Lite Brite
• Gold Leaf Sleigh Rides
• Gypsy Roots
• Josh Dumbleton
• Josh Lozoff’s Deep Magic
• Judith Black
• Lenny Marcus Trio
• Lisa Jolley
• North Carolina Opera
• The Owl Tree
• Resolution Oak Tree
• Rhea
• Silver Drummer Girl
• La Tour Eiffel
• Transactors Improv Company
• Yoga with Claudia

La Grande Roue de Raleigh

Fayetteville Street at Hargett Street - 2:00 to 11:30

Media Sponsor:  Metro Magazine

See downtown Raleigh like you've never seen it before!  Take a ride 90 feet into the air on "La Grande Roue de Raleigh" -- an experience that will surely make your First Night memorable.

Beginning with the great exhibition of 1900, a giant Ferris wheel -- La Grande Roue de Paris -- was erected in France's capital city for special celebrations.  In 2000, a new Grande Roue de Paris was built to celebrate the dawn of the new Millennium.  The wheel stayed in La Place de la Concorde until 2002, when it was dismantled and traveled throughout the world. Today, La Grande Roue de Paris stands tall in Paris's La Place de la Concorde for the 2011 holiday season and to ring in 2012.		La Grande Roue de Paris, December 2011

Admission to La Grande Roue is included with purchase of a First Night Raleigh All Day Pass!  Final admission at 11:30.

A Powers Great American Midways attraction.