Historical library. Old prices, venues, deadlines, telephone numbers and ticket outlets are not current 2027 arrangements. Some PDFs are scanned and may need a visual reader.
24 original PDF paths have been recovered and checked for complete file structure and readable pages. A surviving part of a program is labelled as a part; it is not presented as a complete festival-year collection.
24 records shown
- First Night Akron is a Fun Last Night of ’052006 · PDF · 2 pages · historical document
- First Night Akron 2006 Volunteer Application2006 · PDF · 2 pages · historical document
- First Night Conference Brings the Unexpected2006 · PDF · 2 pages · historical document
- First Night Akron is a Fun Last Night of ’052006 · PDF · 2 pages · historical document
- First Night Akron is a Fun Last Night of ’05 (duplicate URL)2006 · PDF · 2 pages · historical document
- First Night Button Sales — FirstMerit Branch List2006 · PDF · 1 pages · historical document
- First Night Akron Event Guide — December 31, 20052006 · PDF · 1 pages · historical document
- First Night Akron Site and Parking Map2006 · PDF · 1 pages · historical document
- First Night Akron 2007 Sponsorship Opportunities2007 · PDF · 4 pages · historical document
- First Night Akron 2007 Call for Artists2007 · PDF · 2 pages · historical document
- First Night Akron Events — December 31, 20062007 · PDF · 2 pages · historical document
- First Night Akron 2007 Map2007 · PDF · 1 pages · historical document
- Operation First Night — Suggested Itineraries2007 · PDF · 2 pages · historical document
- First Night Akron Events — December 31, 2008 (Grid 1)2009 · PDF · 1 pages · historical document
- First Night Akron Events — December 31, 2008 (Grid 2)2009 · PDF · 1 pages · historical document
- First Night Akron 2009 Food Guide2009 · PDF · 1 pages · historical document
- First Night Akron 2010 Map2010 · PDF · 1 pages · historical document
- First Night Akron 2010 Event Guide2010 · PDF · 28 pages · historical document
- First Night Akron 2015 Call for Artists2015 · PDF · 2 pages · historical document
- First Night Akron 2016 Map2016 · PDF · 1 pages · historical document
- Participating First Night Button Selling Branches2016 · PDF · 2 pages · historical document
- First Night Akron 2016 Volunteer Handbook2016 · PDF · 11 pages · historical document
- First Night Akron 2018 Volunteer Application2018 · PDF · 2 pages · historical document
- First Night Akron 2018 Performance Schedule2018 · PDF · 1 pages · historical document
For context, visit the website archive and festival timeline.
Surviving pages from the online event guides
Two external digital editions preserve their opening pages. Their remaining pages have not been recovered; these links are not complete PDF guides.
- 2013 guide — recovered opening page. The page gives the event date as December 31, 2012. Read it alongside the recovered John S. Knight Center schedule.
- 2015 guide — recovered cover. The cover gives the event date as December 31, 2014. The complete official 2015 artist roster survives separately on this site.
School art in the institutional record
Two complete Akron Public Schools fine-arts reports survive in Arquivo.pt. They preserve details of local participation beyond the festival website. Page numbers below refer to the PDF page sequence.
- Fine Arts Report 2008–2009 · 21 pages: PDF page 14 lists Firestone’s Steve Csejtey and a sculptural installation for First Night Akron ’09. The same page records a 2010 First Night button-art commission for Miller South’s Julie Hogarth. PDF page 10 records 83 Miller South students in a First Night black-light installation with Mark Soppeland at Summit ArtSpace.
- Fine Arts Report 2009–2010 · 20 pages: PDF page 8 records Resnik visual-art participation in First Night Akron’s “Creatures of the Midnight Sun,” involving 13 students. PDF page 10 lists 99 Miller South students in a First Night Midnight Sun Black Light Exhibit. These are school-project participant counts.
For the festival’s own account of its 2010 button artist, read the original Julienne Hogarth profile. Explore the historical button-art collection for the corresponding artwork.