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By: Maria King
Date: December 26, 2017
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December 26, 2017

Dec 06, 2023
CANCELED Since 2009. RING IN THE NEW YEAR by celebrating at the Annual Knox County Watermelon Drop held in downtown Vincennes! Watch the 500-pound watermelon rise high in the sky as midnight approaches, culminating with 20 Knox County watermelons dropped on the "splatform" at the stroke of midnight followed by fireworks.
2,900 Attendees
Dec 31, 2023
Even though we can’t celebrate MoonPie Over Mobile as we have in the past, we are still sending 2020 out with a bang! Specifics are being worked out, but count on a fun, safe, socially distanced celebration. Downtown Mobile welcomes over 50,000 people each New Year's Eve for an evening of celebratory activities leading up to the giant 600 pound electric MoonPie drop, laser light show and fireworks at midnight! Come be part of the celebration that begins with the cutting of the world's largest edible MoonPie, followed by a second-line parade led by the Excelsior Band.
50,000 Attendees
Dec 31, 2023
Since 1908, the most famous and widely watched tradition on New Years Eve. Be there to watch the world famous Waterford Crystal ball drop on Times Square as attendees count along. Join in with hundreds of thousands of people to count down to the New Year.
1,000,000+ Attendees
Dec 30, 2023 - Dec 31, 2023
Ring in the New Year with this sweet celebration at the SteelStacks campus from 3 – 6 p.m., on either night. This event will be held outside with family-friendly activities and fireworks following the annual PEEPS® Chick drop on both Saturday and Sunday. As per tradition, the massive PEEPS® Chick, weighing in at 400 pounds and standing 4 feet and 9 inches tall, will descend for the countdown to the New Year at 5:35 p.m., on both Dec. 30 and Dec. 31, followed by a stunning display of fireworks. This year’s festival will feature activities both inside and outside and tickets will be required to ensure a safe and quality experience for all in attendance. Tickets, which can be purchased for $5 per person, are limited and include Just Born Quality Confections goodie bags for all kids under 12, one coupon to redeem a free s’mores kit for all kids under 12, PEEPS® sampling stations and live musical performances. The PEEPSONALITY® Fun Run & Walk is extra special this year! Throughout the walk, participants will get to try two new and exciting PEEPS® Marshmallow flavors that will debut this upcoming Easter season. When fans sign up for the walk, they will be some of the first to try these tasty new flavors! The whole family can also enjoy activities like the PEEPSFEST® Scavenger Hunt, PEEPS® themed games and crafts by local groups from around the Lehigh Valley.
Dec 31, 2022
Ring in the New Year as only Mount Olive can: watch a glowing pickle descend into a giant pickle jar at the stroke of 7 o'clock on New Year's Eve! Presented by Mt. Olive Pickle on partnership with the University of Mount Olive and the Town of Mount Olive. The evening features live music, free pickles, food trucks, and a chance to win door prizes for those who contribute to the annual food drive for Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. Everything gets underway at 5 o'clock, and the pickle descends at 7. A fireworks display immediately follows. Bring your own chairs or blankets. Bring your own chairs! Watch live from home at www.mtolivepickles.com and donate to Food Bank via https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/mt-olive-pickle-company1
Dec 31, 2024
Since 1999. We can’t wait to ring in the new year with our home town friends in the Gopher Hole at the historic Weatherford Hotel. Come join us from 9pm for the best party in Northern Arizona! New Year’s Eve is a big night here at the Weatherford Hotel! If you’re in Flagstaff for New Year’s you won’t want to miss the Great Pinecone Drop! At both 10PM and Midnight the pinecone will be dropped from it’s perch above Zane Grey Ballroom. The Great Pinecone Drop first became a Flagstaff tradition in 1999 as it was first dropped to welcome in the millennium.
Dec 27, 2023 - Dec 31, 2023
Geared for youth to celebrate the New Year with your friends and family! Week-long family orientated activities include: Movie Marathon on Dec. 26 at the library, Bowling party at Leisure Sports Bar and Bowl Dec. 27 12-3:30pm, Euchere Tournament 1pm-4pm at Hoffman Hall December 30, Family Droppin of the Carp 5pm-6:30pm at Hoffman Hall featuring: Arts & Crafts • Carnival Games Meet the Carp King & Queen Face Painting • Miniature Dairy Goats Meet Master Gardeners & Bixby The Rabbit Meet Exotic Animals from Ridgetop Rescue Noisemakers, Hats, etc. Kiss Lucky Carp Jr. For Good Luck Carp Samples • Carp Corn, Pizza and Hot Carp Chocolate $1 Each
Dec 31, 2019
COULD BE SOME MODIFICATIONS FOR 2020. CHECK WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS. A free, fun , family event to celebrate the New Year! Watch the newly designed and constructed Pop-n-Drop Ball countdown to midnight, while fireworks light up the ski
Dec 31, 2023
Gatlinburg will ring in the new year under the cover of the iconic Gatlinburg Space Needle during the Annual New Year’s Eve Ball Drop and Fireworks Show on December 31. Since 1987, this free, family-friendly celebration has been one of the largest organized New Year’s Eve events in the nation, and this year’s celebration is set to be a spectacular end to the year. Partygoers will be entertained with free concerts prior to the countdown and fireworks display.
40,000 Attendees
Dec 31, 2023
The festivities begin at 8:30pm in the PAC Greatroom with live music by the ever popular 50’s-60’s Tribute Band, II Cool!. There will be a cheese tasting table and a cash bar. Enjoy complimentary hot cocoa and warm up at the bonfire from 8:30 to 10pm. As this is a family-friendly event, the Big Cheese Drop will be held at 10 PM. Bring your party noisemakers and cheese hats! Gift bags of Sartori Cheese will be distributed to the first 250 families in attendance. After the Big Cheese Drop, music and dancing will continue through Midnight. A complimentary champagne toast will be served at midnight!
Dec 31, 2023
Ring in 2023 at The Possum Drop in Tallapoosa, GA. Music, Food, Fireworks, Family Fun & Entertainment. "Kids Zone" featuring a 57FT Ferris Wheel. Early 9PM Drop with fireworks for the kids. Visit our website for details!
10,000 Attendees
Dec 31, 2023
Since 2009. Panama City Beach may be best known for fun in the sun, but one of Northwest Florida’s most exciting annual events happens after dark: The New Year’s Eve Beach Ball Drop! Help us ring in 2023, Real. Fun. Beach. style. Come to Panama City Beach on December 31st to enjoy not one but two great opportunities to welcome in the New Year. The streets of Pier Park are closed off to traffic as thousands of revelers enjoy free live music, entertainment, fireworks, and good cheer. For those too excited to wait until midnight, or for those fans of New Year’s Eve who want to conduct the countdown twice, there are separate Beach Ball Drops at both 8:00 p.m. and midnight. Families with young children and adults looking to stay up until after the calendar page actually turns both have options about how best to celebrate the New Year with thousands of other revelers close to Panama City Beach’s pristine waterfront and many amenities. On the way to midnight, bands perform for the gathering crowd, anticipating the countdown to 2022 when a huge, glowing beach ball is lowered to signal the start of the New Year, and another great fireworks display. Time Square has nothing on this Panama City Beach NYE party! The first celebration starts at 5:35 p.m. with free live music on the concert stage by Barry Fish Band in front of the Celebration Tower. The streets in and around Pier Park are well-lit and will be closed to traffic for the New Year’s Eve Beach Ball Drop and related events, allowing revelers to enjoy the largest street festival for miles around in a family-friendly environment that includes shopping, food vendors and games and activities for children. At 8:00 p.m. visitors young and old will want to make their way down S. Pier Park Drive. “Ten…Nine…Eight…” When the crowd finishes their countdown, it’s time for the city’s first Beach Ball Drop of the evening, with 10,000 inflated beach balls descending from above, floating down on the festival goers below like warm snowflakes. This initial Beach Ball Drop may cater to those with early bedtimes, but it will be hard to sleep after the first round of fireworks begin exploding over Panama City Beach and lighting up the night sky as revelers continue to keep beach balls bouncing over the heads of the thousands gathered.
40,000 Attendees
Dec 31, 2019
The Gold Nugget Drop will be held December 31st from 10 pm until 12:15 pm @ The MILL amphitheater! Don't miss it! Come out and ring in the New Year with The City of Villa Rica! The event is FREE! Rain or shine event! The MILL is located at 106 Temple Street, Villa Rica, GA 30180. Please feel free to bring a lawn chair, picnic basket and non- alcoholic beverages and enjoy New Year’s Eve in the “City of Gold!” *Please Note: No smoking, vaping, tents or pets are allowed at The MILL.*
Dec 31, 2020
MODIFICATIONS FOR WELCOMING 2021. PLEASE SEE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS. Join us for the annual New Year’s Eve Great Sardine and Maple Leaf Drop in Bank Square, downtown Eastport. From the third story of the Tides Institute and Museum of Art, a giant red maple leaf will be lowered to commemorate the Canadian new year at midnight, Atlantic time (11 pm ET), while the New Year’s Eve Brass Band will play a rousing “O Canada,” (singing along is encouraged). At midnight Eastern time, an 8-foot sardine will take the plunge, as the brass band plays “Auld Lang Syne.” or entertainment, the jazz duet Sanchez & Squibb will play at StudioWorks from 9 pm until just before midnight. Don’t forget to kiss the sardine for luck in the year ahead!

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