An ice sculpture was on Boston Common as part of First Night.

Isabel Lord, 16, was in the spirit of the evening as she watched a skating performance on the Frog Pond.

A woman took a picture of an LED light sculpture on the Boston Common.

Alexandra Roloff performed in a figure skating show on the Frog Pond.

Nancy Kerrigan waited to be introduced as a speaker before the skating show.

A dragon was part of the First Night parade on Boylson Street.

Husband and wife Rebecca Albrecht and Paul Larrabee biked from Brookline on a bicycle Paul made for the occasion.

Meaghan O’Brien, 15, and her sister, Laura, 10, were surrounded by confetti.

Aoife Anderson, 5, played a trumpet as the parade went by.

The Back Alley Puppet Cooperative: Sunrise took part in the parade.

Fireworks exploded over the Public Garden in Boston.

Onlookers watched as the colorful fireworks filled the sky.

A bridge in the Public Garden was a good vantage point.

Performers with the Jo-Me Dance Company were at the Hynes Convention Center as part of First Night activities.

Desmond Paxton, 5, played in front of a light sculpture at Hynes Convention Center.

Kayla Person helped Jayda Pearson before appearing with dancers from the Roxbury Centero for the Performing Arts at Hynes.

Kayana Guity, left, and Courtney Epps felt each other’s hearts before performing with the Jo-Me Dance Compnay.