Opening Night 2008 invites everyone to Downtown Oklahoma City on New Year’s Eve to celebrate with music, dancing, theatre and fireworks! Since 1987, Opening Night has been the way to ring in the New Year. All performances take place in a safe, family-friendly environment.

Opening Night is Monday, December 31st, 2007 from 7 p.m.-midnight in venues around Downtown Oklahoma City and Bricktown. This year's entertainment features a variety of performances from some of Oklahoma's brightest stars.

A special feature of Opening Night 2008 is a special concert with Oklahoma City's own Grammy Award-winning alternative rock band, the Flaming Lips! Please note that this concert requires a separate ticket purchase, and an Opening Night wristband does not grant you admission.

An Opening Night admission wristband allows you access to all venues, all night long. Wristbands are $8 in advance, or $10 at the event. Wristbands may be purchased beginning November 23rd at all metro Homelands, MidFirst Bank locations, Penn Square Mall, and Mathis Brothers.

For more information on Opening Night call (405) 270-4848.



SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

Venue 1- Cox Convention Center
Flaming Lips 9:00 (separate ticket required)

Exhibit Hall A
Highlanders of OKC 7:20, 8:45, 10:45
Dance Dimensions 7:00, 9:00
Desert Fire 7:30, 9:30
Total Equilibrium 8:00, 10:00

Exhibit Hall E
Evangelicals 7:00
Starlight Mints 7:30

Lobby
Upside Down Artist 7:00 (ongoing)
KC Mathey as Woody Guthrie 8:00, 9:30

Venue 2- Crystal Bridge Conservatory
Buffalofitz 7:00, 9:00
Sunshine Hahn 8:00, 10:00

Venue 3- Stage Center
Arena Theatre
Jets Inc. 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00

Tolbert Theatre
Edgar Cruz 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30

Cabaret
Kelvin Drake 8:15, 9:15, 10:15

Venue 4- Civic Center Music Hall
Gaylord Theatre
World of Magic with David Thomas 7:15, 8:45, 10:15

Lobby
Who Dean the Great 7:00 – 11:00
April Fool, the Clown 7:00 – 11:00
Face Painters 7:00 – 11:00

Venue 5- City Hall
CDS Jazz 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30

Venue 6- Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library
Boru's Ghost 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00
Kristin Butke School of Irish Dance 8:00, 9:00

Venue 7- Leadership Square (Children's Area)
Rhythmic Freestyle Dancetwirl 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00
Steve Smith & Friends 7:00, 8:00
Jahruba & The Golden Hands 8:15, 9:15
Oklahoma Children's Acting Guild 9:00, 10:00

Venue 8- First National Center
OK Chorale/OK City Chorus 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00

Venue 9- Chase Tower
Stephanie Jackson 10:00
Al Good Orchestra 7:00, 8:00, 9:00

Venue 10- TAP Architecture Garage
Jayne Doe 7:00
Bedside Symphony 8:00
Refuje 8:45, 10:15
The Electric Primadonnas 9:30, 11:00

Venue 11- Kerr Park
Tornado Alley Roller Girls Bout 7:00, 8:00
Lemma 9:30, 10:30

Venue 12- Bank of Oklahoma
Tall Cotton String Band 7:00
Red Dirt Rangers 9:30, 10:30
Horseshoe Road 8:15

Venue 13- Bricktown Ballroom
The Non 7:00, 9:00
Student Film 8:00, 10:00

Venue 14- Bricktown Coca-Cola Event Center
Mariachi Orgullo 7:00, 9:00
Son del Barrio 8:00, 10:00

Strolling Park Avenue
Bricktown Clowns 7:00
Douglass High School Marching Band 8:30, 10:15
Rachel and Ash Iraqui 7:00, 9:00
St. Andrew's Dung Lac Lion Dancers 8:45, 10:30
Katilee Thomason 9:00-11:00


And of course the countdown and fireworks at midnight.