If you were under a table by midnight on New Year’s Eve, you may have missed the annual explosion of creativity that is First Night Austin.

Luckily, before we descended into our own alcohol-induced stupor, the Chronicle’s cameras managed to catch some footage of the big parade and the big clock bonfire at Auditorium Shores. Including (but not limited to) the Austin Bike Zoo, Girls Rock Camp Austin, the Capitol City Highlanders Pipe Band, Big Chief Kevin Goodman, the Texas Rollergirls, the Drishti Dancers, Hoopcircle, and, of course, the burning of 2008 in effigy.

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This article appears in 2008.

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The Chronicle's first Culture Desk editor, Richard has reported on Austin's growing film production and appreciation scene for over a decade. A graduate of the universities of York, Stirling, and UT-Austin, a Rotten Tomatoes certified critic, and eight-time Best of Austin winner, he's currently at work on two books and a play.