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Photos from this year's First Night Austin, which took place last Monday. The family-friendly New Year's Eve festival relies on volunteers and local performers. To find out how you can help with next year's festivities, visit their website.
Photos courtesy of Steve Hopson.
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The parade was kick-ass. I was very pleasantly surprised at how entertaining it was - I was expecting to be nonplussed by some artsy-fartsy stuff, but it was really cool.