RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The countdown to 2026 is well underway, as final preparations continue along Fayetteville Street for First Night Raleigh, with huge crowds expected to fill downtown Raleigh to celebrate the start of a new year.
“This is North Carolina’s New Year’s Eve party,” said Cameron Laws, creative director for First Night Raleigh. “It feels like everyone in North Carolina comes to this festival, and I mean that in the best way.”
“I have friends from New York, and they really love this; they had no idea that we know how to do it here,” said vendor Paul Gahagan…