Press Release:

Night Circus: A District NYE Spectacular Returns for Its Second Year

Organizers are excited to announce this year’s headlining performers

FAYETTEVILLE, NC – Cool Spring Downtown District and the City of Fayetteville are pleased to announce the return of Night Circus: A District New Year’s Eve Spectacular for the second year. Last year, organizers were proud to host one of the best NYE parties around, with headlining performers Rob Base, Coolio, C+C Music Factory, and All-4-One on hand to ring in 2022. This year, we’re back and we plan to keep the 90s dance party going with the award-winning R&B trio, Tony! Toni! Toné!

Tony! Toni! Toné!’s sound is soulful, organic, classic, and instantly recognizable. Their music echoes the stylings of the soul and funk singers of the 70s, infused with hip-hop and R&B beats of the 90s. That combination landed the group 14 Billboard-charting R&B singles; including 5 number one hits, 3 top ten pop singles, one gold album, two platinum albums and one double platinum album, and over six million total albums sold.

Layered with a variety of carnival attractions including stilt walkers, fire dancers, roving magicians, festive food, live music, and more, the Night Circus NYE Spectacular atmosphere will be alive with lights and sound, and the air will be filled with enticing scents from some of your favorite food trucks.

Attendees will be drawn in by the rousing party rhythms of local DJs, electrifying the crowd energy leading up to Tony! Toni! Toné taking the party to the next level. At midnight, as we transition from 2022 to 2023, organizers will raise a large radiant multi-colored star into the sky – a symbol of our City – that will be visible from a distance, illuminated by a spectacular burst of fireworks, as our community rings in the New Year in joyous fashion.

The Cool Spring District is facilitating the event on behalf of the City of Fayetteville. Sponsors for this year’s celebration include tile media sponsor ABC11, Healy Wholesale and the Fayetteville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Additional sponsorships are pending. Organizations and individuals interested in becoming a sponsor should contact Bianca Shoneman, President/CEO of Cool Spring Downtown District at (910) 223-1089 or Bianca@CoolSpringFay.org. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please click here or contact info@coolspringfay.org.

About Our Sponsors:

The City of Fayetteville is a dynamic, culturally-rich community committed to high performance, transparency and innovation. Directly adjacent to Fort Bragg, Fayetteville is home to more than 208,000 residents. The mission of the City is to provide sustainable, high-quality public services for our communities to thrive and businesses to grow. With creative energy, vibrant history and compassionate people, Fayetteville always finds a way. That’s why we are America’s Can Do City. To learn more about the City of Fayetteville and City departments or services, please visit fayettevillenc.gov or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or LinkedIn.

Cool Spring Downtown District, Inc. is a charitable, nonprofit corporation formed in 2017 to create and sustain an arts and entertainment district located in downtown Fayetteville, North Carolina, as a vibrant center of artistic, cultural, civic, and commercial activity. For more information on this and other events organized by CSDD, visit our website at: visitdowntownfayetteville.com or follow us on Facebook or Instagram.

ABC11 Eyewitness News provides more than 50 hours of local news every week, serving more than one million households in a 23-county area in North Carolina and Virginia. Eyewitness News also provides news, weather, and sports information 24 hours a day on ABC11.com, the ABC11 mobile news app, and streaming 24/7 on the connected TV app available on Roku, Fire, Apple, and Android TVs. ABC11 WTVD is one of eight ABC Owned Stations as part of the Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution division.

For more information, go to: http://www.abc11.com.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ABC11_WTVD

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abc11_wtvd/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ABC11/

Healy Wholesale Company, Inc. was founded in 1978. The Company’s line of business includes the wholesale distribution of beer, ale, porter, and other malt beverages. Healy Fayetteville/Ft. Bragg is located at: 4021 Distribution Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28311. They can be reached at 910.822.3827.

The Fayetteville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, recently rebranded as DistiNCtly Fayetteville, strives to be the leading destination authority by supporting and marketing the Cumberland County branded visitor experience and advocating community tourism benefits. Main Office: 245 Person Street Fayetteville, NC  28301| (800) 255-8217 |(910) 483-5311. Website: www.visitfayettevillenc.com

Tony! Toni! Toné!’s contribution to music is most certainly legendary: a group regarded the world over as a talented, authentic group of musicians who made some of the best R&B music of the 80’s and 90’s. From fun, upbeat, smash hits like Feels Good, to blues-leaning classics like The Blues to their signature love ballads like Anniversary, the sound of Tony! Toni! Toné! is distinctive and timeless, with many of their songs remaining in rotation on radio stations today.

Tony! Toni! Toné! also enjoyed success from song placements on several movie soundtracks during the 80s and 90s, including, Boyz in the Hood, House Party II, Jason’s Lyric, The Mask, Panther, and Poetic Justice. They’ve also amassed an impressive number of awards, including a 1991 NAACP Image Award for “Vocal Group of The Year,” a 1991 American Music Award for “Favorite R&B/Soul Group,” and an ASCAP Award for their single, Feels Good.

DJ Beats & DJ Miracle

Performers attending the Night Circus! 

Live performances from:

• Air Born Aerials
• Stilt walkers
• LED Jugglers
• Balloon Makers
• Fire Breathers
• Mirror Man
• Face Painters

We are excited for you to experience the Night Circus in a new way. Buy a $5 ticket to the Immersion Tent and be taken into a different world! The artwork will be created by Robin Vuchnich. You can view her previous immersion project in the video.

Buy your tickets at the libation station for $5.

The Cool Spring Downtown District is looking for helping hands to help our New Years Eve event. If you or your group are available to help, please click the link/button below, search the assignment that works best for you and signup: 

ARRIVE EARLY

While we will do everything in our power to be as quick and efficient as possible, we encourage guests to please arrive, in advance of the scheduled show start time, in order to allow ample time to enter the facility.

INSPECTION

Be prepared for inspection as you enter the park. Should you bring a bag, it will be searched and may slow down your entry time.

TRAVEL LIGHT

NO BAG EXPRESS ENTRY LANES will be available. Take advantage of the express lanes and carry only those allowed items necessary for your enjoyment of the show.

TAKE NOTICE

Upon entry into the venue, make yourself familiar with the venue’s layout, taking special notice of the nearest exit.

SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING

If you see something suspicious or out of place, please notify venue security immediately.

NOT PERMITTED

BE NICE

Please respect those around you, as well as yourself.