{"id":36580,"date":"2025-01-01T01:39:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T06:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/?p=36580"},"modified":"2025-01-01T01:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T06:43:07","slug":"pittsburgh-new-years-eve-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/2025\/01\/01\/pittsburgh-new-years-eve-2\/","title":{"rendered":"First Night Pittsburgh: Pittsburghers ring in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pittsburghers rang in the new year in a soggy Downtown at First Night on Dec. 31, 2024. Here’s what we saw.<\/p>\n

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Fireworks shoot from the roof at Stanwix Street and Penn Avenue for the children\u2019s fireworks show, kicking off First Night Pittsburgh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Japanese dancer Geo Koryu performs a Hawaiian fire dance in the Backyard space off Penn Avenue during First Night Pittsburgh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Keith Powell and his daughter, Willow Powell, 6, of South Fayette look up waiting for the 6 p.m. children\u2019s fireworks show to begin, kicking off the First Night Pittsburgh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A drumming group marches in the New Year\u2019s Eve parade.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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City of Pittsburgh Police lead the New Years Eve Parade during First Night festivities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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New Year\u2019s Eve visitors to Downtown walk through the Ice Maze in the Backyard space on Penn Avenue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Drummers perform in the New Year\u2019s Eve parade on Penn Avenue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Musicians perform on a float in the New Year\u2019s Eve parade on Penn Ave. during First Night Pittsburgh festivities Downtown Tuesday December 31, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Costumed characters march in the New Year\u2019s Eve parade during First Night Pittsburgh festivities Downtown Tuesday December 31, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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New Year\u2019s Eve Parade marchers move down Penn Ave. during First Night Pittsburgh festivities Downtown Tuesday December 31, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pittsburgh native hip-hop artist Frzy performs during First Night festivities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A spectator cheers for hip-hop artist Frzy during a performance prior to midnight on New Year\u2019s Eve at First Night Pittsburgh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Downtown visitors watch hip-hop artist Frzy perform under their umbrellas during First Night Pittsburgh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Musicians perform on a float in the New Year\u2019s Eve parade on Penn Avenue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pittsburghers rang in the new year in a soggy Downtown at First Night on Dec. 31, 2024. Here’s what we saw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":36592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4,15,132],"tags":[],"coauthors":[55],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/4-20241231SFFirstNight-scaled-e1735713763800.jpg?fit=2555%2C473&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36580"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36604,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36580\/revisions\/36604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36580"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=36580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}