Not looking forward to the usual boring city-sponsored New Year's Eve fare? Why not join the Last Night Santa Cruz DIY Parade?

A New Year's Eve parade of freaks, clowns, gamelan, politics, fire, samba drums, punks, pirates, art, hippies, art cars, zombies, marching bands, moms, dads, kids, and music. Join the parade.

After several years of city-sponsored mediocrity, First Night Santa Cruz officially goes belly-up. To hell with city-sponsored anything anyway. Let's do our own parade. A Last Night celebration. A last night of waiting for governments, institutions, or anyone else to entertain us, satisfy us, bring us security, freedom, or joy. We reclaim our streets and usher in the new year with our own celebration.

We're not asking for permits or permission. We're just gonna do it. We'll start at one end of the mall and march down Pacific. Extra bonus points if we can pull off a swell dance party to rollicking live music on the other end. This is your parade, your celebration, and your new year. Interested?

Don't wait to see who else is involved or whether we will really pull this off. Fuck it. Jump in.

Keep in touch, join an email discussion, etc etc on the Last Night email list: lastnightdiy-subscribe (at) lists.riseup.net

Contact: Rico - parade (at) thespoon.com