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The city of Fayetteville celebrated the end of 2022 with a circus-themed event on Saturday at Festival Park.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The city of Fayetteville celebrated the end of 2022 on Saturday with a circus-themed event at Festival Park.

<a href="https://visitdowntownfayetteville.com/nye-downtown-fayetteville/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Night Circus: A District New Year's Eve Spectacular"</a> was headlined by 1990s R&B trio Tony! Toni! Toné!

The event included a variety of carnival attractions including stilt walkers, LED jugglers, balloon makers, face painters, aerialists, fire dancers and roving magicians. There were also six food trucks, bounce houses and games.

There was also an Immersion Tent, which featured artwork created by Robin Vuchnich.

RIGHT THERE. WE'RE NOW LESS THAN 2 HOURS AWAY WITH THE ACORN DROP. FIRST NIGHT ISN'T THE ONLY BIG BASH THIS EVENING. WRAL'S GILBERT BAYS IS LIVING PROOF OF THAT. HE'S LIVE AT THE FESTIVAL PARK IN ZAMBIA WITH A LOOK AT THE CELEBRATION UNDERWAY AND HE'LL TELL YOU HAVING SUCH A GOOD SO JEALOUS, &gt;&gt; PAY ME RAIN. SLOW THINGS &gt;&gt; AND STARTED THE AND THE SAME GOES VISIBLE PARTY OVER HERE. THE J PD'S AND DJ MIRACLES ON THE ONES AND TWOS. AND THE CROWD IS LOVING IT. IT'S A NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION. BUT AT LEAST YOU BROUGHT US TO CELEBRATE HER BIRTHDAY. SO WHAT'S THE BEST PART OF THE CELEBRATION FOR HER THAT GRAND BAHAMA? BAHAMAS IS A NEW YEAR'S SPECTACULAR AND NIGHTS ARE WIRED TO LOSE OUR WIDE OPEN AND DOING THEIR THING. JUGGLE IS ROLLING ON UNICYCLE. YS. &gt;&gt; THERE'S SOMETHING FOR &gt;&gt; FOR THE MUSIC AND I HAHA THIS IS A FAMILY AFFAIR. AND EVEN THIS CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT, THERE'S STILL TIME TO COME OUT AND ENJOY THE PARTY. WELL, IT'S YOUR AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE WEATHER WAS. GOOD TONIGHT. BUT I LOOK AT THE FORECAST TO BE CLEAR THE REST THE AND THAT'S GREAT NEWS FOR KEVIN MCCALL AND KIMBERLY, READY TO SEE PEOPLE HAVING A GOOD TIME TO FEEL JUST TO DO WE MAY TALK ABOUT FEELING GOOD &gt;&gt; HERE AND JUST IN CASE IT RAINS. SO YOU SEE I'M HAVING A BALL OUT HERE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE MICHAEL, GET MICHAEL'S GOT A CHAIR TO THE YOU KNOW, HERE IN FAYETTEVILLE, WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND YOU GUYS GOING TO DROP THIS A COURT HEARD IT WAS LIKE 1200 POUNDS. WE DO DROP ANYTHING. YOU SEE THAT THERE IS AMERICANS CAN DO SITTING AT MIDNIGHT. JULIAN, WE'RE GOING TO RAISE THE STAR UP INTO THE SKY, HOPING THAT THE FIREWORKS TO GOES WITH IT. IT IS A SPECTACULAR. THEY WERE JUST KIND OF LIFTING THE CITY OF. SO THAT'S WHAT THE NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATIONS LIKE DOWN HERE. YOU CAN'T BEAT THIS. AND LOOK, THERE IS STILL TIME FOR YOU TO COME DOWN TO THE COUNTDOWN IS ON I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME WE YEAH. &gt;&gt; OH, MY GOODNESS. YOU ARE JAMMING AWAY THERE. AND I WANT TO SEE TONY, TONY, TONY AND TAKE PICTURES WHEN HE PLAYS OR HAVE PICTURES OF IT. AND DOWNTOWN FAYETTEVILLE, THANK

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New Year's Eve celebration underway in downtown Fayetteville

Celebration underway in downtown Fayetteville

At midnight, organizers raised a large multi-colored star into the sky illuminated by fireworks.

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The rest of the week looks dry and mild. Temperatures will stay in the 70s until Sunday, which has a high of 80 degrees.



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Enloe High School is under a code red lockdown. Sky 5 is flying over the school.

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