150th Anniversary

Sacramento Completes 150th Birthday Celebration With a Splash

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Old Sacramento will be the backdrop for a spectacular free Sky Concert on December 31, 2000, including two fireworks displays. The first gala fireworks show, scheduled from 10 p.m. to 10:15 p.m., will be set off from Old Sacramento's Waterfront Park over the Sacramento River and can be viewed from anywhere along the Old Sacramento Waterfront. The Sky Concert simulcast on Capital Public Radio will be piped into speakers all along the boardwalk to the promenade, south of the Tower Bridge. Those attending the "A Capital New Year" Celebration of the Arts at the California State Railroad Museum will be able to exit, then reenter, the building to view the spectacular fireworks display.

At midnight, a encore fireworks event will officially usher in the new year.

The 10 p.m. simulcast will be broadcast on 90.9 KXPR (Sacramento), 91.7 KXSR (Groveland/Central Sierra), 90.5 KKTO (Tahoe City), and 91.3 KUOP (Stockton). The music selections are: Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man", Mendelssohn's "Midsummer Night's Dream", Bach's "Brandenburg Concertos", and Ravel's "Bolero". The medley concludes in rousing style with the final portions of Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite".

Entertainment will be provided by the Ophir Prison Marching Kazoo Band and Temperance Society, LMTD, and the Old Sacramento Living History Characters from 8:30 to 10 p.m.

The usual Old Sacramento weekend street closure plan will be in effect for New Year's Eve. Traffic will not be allowed from 9:30 p.m. until after the conclusion of the fireworks. Taxis, limousines and hotel shuttles will be able to access Old Sacramento at 2nd and L streets, but not at 2nd and I streets. City parking lots at both ends of Old Sacramento will be open.

The New Year's Eve Sky Concert is produced by the City of Sacramento with support from Capital Public Radio, City of West Sacramento, Downtown Sacramento Partnership, Old Sacramento Management, and the Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau. The event is free to the public.

City of Sacramento
150th Anniversary Office
1231 I Street, Room 302
Sacramento, CA 95814