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A Guide to New Year's Eve & New Year's Day in Philly for 2021 — Visit Philadelphia
A Guide to New Year's Eve & New Year's Day in Greater Philadelphia for 2021/2022
Count down to 2022 with fireworks, dancing, toasts and more...
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It’s almost time to bid farewell to 2021! After a pause in parties, Philly’s going big for 2022, welcoming back classic events and introducing some brand-new ones into the mix.
The big news: The city’s uber-popular Rivers Casino New Year’s Eve Fireworks on the Waterfront are back, free and in person to welcome 2022. The two shows — one at 6 p.m. and one at midnight — are soundtracked by KYW Newsradio, so tune in to 103.9 FM, or hear the music and see the brilliance of the fireworks in person from speakers set up at Penn’s Landing and outside Rivers Casino.
The area’s entertainment calendar for the last day of the year is packed to the brim, including Disco Biscuits concerts at The Fillmore Philadelphia, Start Making Sense at The Ardmore Music Hall, Kindred the Family Soul at City Winery Philadelphia and more.
Of course, there’s plenty of fun for the young ones, too, with a countdown to 6 p.m. at Franklin Square, fireworks at Sesame Place and a dance party at the Please Touch Museum.
As for New Year’s Day, the long-running Mummers Parade heads back to Broad Street for sequinned string band struts all day long. And, for the first time ever, there will be a fireworks show on Saturday, January 1: the Visit Philadelphia New Year’s Day Fireworks Spectacular along the Delaware River.
If you’re out and about for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, remember that businesses and attractions in Philadelphia require proof of vaccination or mask-wearing at all indoor public spaces, while guidelines and requirements vary in the surrounding Greater Philadelphia region. Advance tickets or reservations remain recommended or necessary at many spots. Your best bet: Plan ahead. Read more right here.
Get your 2022 party hats ready, and read on for a guide to New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in Greater Philadelphia for 2021/2022 below.
New Year’s Eve: Fireworks Views & Events
Friday, December 31, 2021 | 6 p.m. and midnight
The Rivers Casino New Year’s Eve Fireworks on the Waterfront event is back in person and features two free pyrotechnics displays over the Delaware River — one at 6 p.m. and another at midnight. KYW Newsradio has the soundtrack for the shows, so tune in to 103.9 FM, or hear the music and see the brilliance of the fireworks in person from speakers set up at Penn’s Landing and outside Rivers Casino. Other spots to see the shows include Battleship New Jersey, Independence Seaport Museum, Moshulu, Penn Treaty Park and more.
Friday, December 31, 2021 | 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.
There’s hardly a better view of the Rivers Casino New Year’s Eve Fireworks on the Waterfront than at Blue Cross RiverRink Winterfest’s Party on Ice. With two time slots — 6 p.m. (perfect for the kids!) and 10 p.m. — partygoers have access to the ice rink, games and fire pits, plus food, a cash bar and live entertainment.
New Year’s Eve: Live Music & Shows
This two-day dubstep and bass festival begins on December 30 and carries over into the New Year, with performances from heavy hitters like Alison Wonderland, Excision, Griz, Illenium and more.
Five comics. Eight shows. Three nights. Punch Line Philly’s year-end comedy showcase features sets from Gianmarco Soresi, Rae Sanni, Alingon Mitra, David James and Seamus Miller. You get the last laugh this year, Philly.
Elevated southern cuisine and jazz music make an excellent pairing as SOUTH Jazz Kitchen hosts Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble featuring vocalist Sherry Wilson-Butler. Split a skillet of cornbread and sweet potato cheesecake for the ultimate send off to 2021.
Jam band Spafford bring their fusion of rock, jazz, funk, reggae, ska and electropop to Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia for the venue’s first-ever New Year’s Eve bash. New Jersey improvisational outfit Dogs in a Pile open.
Friday, December 31, 2021 | 7 p.m., 9 p.m. & 11 p.m.
Center City’s Chris’ Jazz Cafe is perfect for a dark, romantic three-course dinner, complete with the smooth jazz sounds of Chelsea Reed and the Fair Weather Nine, performing three sets throughout the night.
Co-headliners Colleen Green and Joe Jack Talcum of the Dead Milkmen perform new material (from the former’s latest album, Cool), hits, solo cuts and rarities. Also on the docket: sets from Crazy & the Brains and Froggy, gifts for all, and a midnight surprise.
Talking Heads tribute band Start Making Sense play the legendary band’s hits like Psycho Killer, And She Was and Once In A Lifetime. Nik Greeley & The Operators support.
The Philadelphia-based R&B duo (and real-life couple) Fatin Dantzler and Aja Graydon — better known as Kindred The Family Soul — stage a hometown two-night, three-show run at City Winery to ring in 2022. Catch them either at 7 p.m. or 11 p.m. on December 31 or at 5 p.m. on New Year’s Day.
Conductor Xian Zhang steps in to lead The Philadelphia Orchestra (while music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin is taking a short break) through Beethoven’s iconic Ninth Symphony, plus a world premiere of a piece commissioned by The Philadelphia Orchestra, Pachamama Meets an Ode, from composer-in-residence Gabriela Lena Frank.
New Year’s Eve: Restaurant & Bar Offerings
Friday, December 31, 2021 | Beginning at 4 p.m.
This dimly lit Old City restaurant and bar is bringing back burlesque for one night only in celebration of New Year’s Eve. Performers Mia Romantic and Sophie Spruce will mingle with guests on the first-floor bar before heading upstairs for elaborate performances beginning at 11 p.m. All night long, guests can enjoy a la carte French dishes, along with French wines and Champagne, prepared by Chef Matt Buehler and team.
Friday, December 31, 2021 | Beginning at 5 p.m.
Rex at The Royal, the recently opened hub for elevated Southern and Lowcountry cuisine housed in the historic Royal Theatre on South Street, celebrates New Year’s Eve with a three-course, pre-fixe dinner ($75 per person) and live music. For an additional $65 per person, celebrants can add on a wine pairing.
Celebrate the new year in 1920s style with a themed menu, dancing and a cash bar. Your best flapper attire is preferred.
Center City’s dueling piano bar Howl at the Moon offers two New Year’s Eve packages: the Champagne Supernova, which provides guaranteed seating, premium open bar, hor d’oeuvres and a bottle of champagne ($500 for four people) and the Just Dance, featuring an open bar, hor d’oeuvres and a champagne toast at midnight ($100 per person).
The emo resurgence lives to see another year. The folks behind popular parties My Chemical Slow Dance Emo Prom and Scene Queen Halloween return for New Year’s Emo. Expect to sing your lungs out to hits from Panic! at the Disco, My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Taking Back Sunday, Fall Out Boy and more.
Small plates, themed cocktails and plenty of disco are on the menu at chef Cristoper Kearse’s contemporary restaurant and bar in Old City. Among the a la carte offerings: steak frites, escargot, oysters on half shell and more. Tickets for the event are $50.
If your music of choice leans more funk than emo, Chalfont’s The Bar at 1720, housed inside an 18th-century farmhouse at the historic Nostalgia 1720 restaurant, opens their bar for four hours, hor d’oeuvres and a nonstop disco playlist.
The Rittenhouse Hotel’s fine dining establishment Scarpetta welcomes guests to its downstairs lounge for a five-hour open bar, passed hors d’oeuvres, a live DJ and a midnight champagne toast.
The sophisticated wedding and event venue SunnyBrook Ballroom invites guests to lavish in hors d’ oeuvres and food stations, an open bar and music from The Uptown Band. Partiers in need of a refresh can grab a coffee from the espresso bar or relax in Gatsby’s Lounge.
Get access to five different bars and clubs, all under one roof, at NYE Live! at Xfinity Live! A ticket includes an all-inclusive food and beverage package, live entertainment, dancing, a Silent Disco and a midnight ball-drop celebration paired with a champagne toast.
Tucked away off of 5th Street in Northern Liberties is Ruba Club, a neighborhood speakeasy and event space. For New Year’s Eve, event organizers Riot Nerd host a bash worthy of the darkest of eyeliner and copious amounts of Aquanet. This Goth New Year’s Eve Party features a soundtrack of goth hits from the ’80s and beyond.
Where: Ruba Club, 416 Green Street
Party at the stylish NOTO, famous for hosting top electronic and EDM artists, and enjoy a five-hour open bar and a live DJ performance.
Popular Rittenhouse bar Ladder 15 goes all out for New Year’s Eve with a five-hour open bar, lite bites, a DJ playing dance, hip hop and top 40 hits, a midnight champagne toast and party favors. Plus: a display of the Times Square ball drop on the bar’s TVs.
The 35,000-square-foot event space — home of Mainstay Independent Brewing Company and the Lost Bread Co. Bakery — right off the Delaware River waterfront sends off the year with an open bar, DJ entertainment and a midnight champagne toast, brought to you from the entertainment-minded folks of Morgan’s Pier.
Welcome 2022 at City Tap House Logan Square with an open bar, champagne toast and DJ entertainment. Tickets also include a food buffet, while VIP options offer reserved seating and waitress service for those who want to skip the line at the bar.
Atop Hotel Monaco in Old City, Philadelphia’s ritziest rooftop party at Stratus Lounge features an open bar, special cocktails and live entertainment. VIPs can expect reserved seating, complimentary bottles of liquor, hors d’oeuvres and a dessert station.
New Year’s Eve: With Kids
Friday, December 31, 2021 | 9 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.
In lieu of their Countdown 2 Noon New Year’s Eve event, the Please Touch Museum hosts two play sessions to mark the new year. Either attend the morning session from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. or the afternoon session from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. for free play at the exhibits, puppet and musical instrument-making arts and crafts, storytime, and a jubilant half-hour dance party.
Fun fact: Betsy Ross was born on New Year’s Day all the way back in 1752. Celebrate her 270th birthday with storytelling, a pin-the-star-on-the-flag game, and goodie bags for all guests of her historic home.
Fishtown’s newest Italian restaurant, Figo, erects whimsical igloos for families to enjoy brunch while counting down to the new year. Making the day even more magical is a visit from Cinderella, a princess-themed activity sheet and a souvenir.
Where: Figo, 1033 N. 2nd Street
Sugar Plum Fairies, snowflake waltzes, twirling dancers and Tchaikovsky’s dazzling score enchants young audiences during the Philadelphia Ballet’s final 2021 performance — a matinee! — of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker.
Historic Franklin Square’s New Year’s Eve celebration starts with music and craft-making activities ahead of the big “Square Drop,” SquareBurger’s version of the Times Square Ball Drop, at 6 p.m. Guests can also see the Rivers Casino New Year’s Eve Fireworks on the Waterfront from the square, boogie at a kids’ dance party inside a heated tent until 9 p.m. and watch the final Electrical Spectacle Light Show performances of 2021.
Sesame Place’s furriest friends Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster and Count von Count lead the Neighborhood Street Party Christmas Parade, which gives way to a dazzling 6 p.m. fireworks show. Ideal fireworks viewing areas include Lower Neighborhood, Carousel Area, Elmo’s World, Sesame Plaza and Cookie’s Monster Land. Don’t miss out on the rest of A Very Furry Christmas attractions, like Santa’s Furry Workshop and the Christmas Family Fun Zone, on view until January 2.
New Year's Day
This only-in-Philadelphia New Year’s Day tradition dates back to 1901 and includes 10,000 adults and children wearing feathers and sequins while dancing to music and parading along Broad Street from Philadelphia City Hall, site of competition among the Comic, Comic Wench and String Band divisions, to Washington Avenue. The indoor Fancy Brigade Finale competition at the Pennsylvania Convention Center consists of Broadway-inspired music-and-dance routines for prizes and bragging rights. Tickets for bleacher seating at City Hall and for the Fancy Brigades will be available at the Independence Visitor Center (IVC); stay tuned to the IVC’s official website for more.
The only thing better than fireworks? More fireworks. A brand-new event this year, the New Year’s Day Fireworks Spectacular adds yet another fireworks display, this time on New Year’s Day. The show — with the theme of Love + Grit, celebrating and championing diversity and inclusive communities throughout the city with a soundtrack of strong, powerful female voices — makes for a brilliant way to cap off another holiday season in Greater Philadelphia.
More Things to Do
Through Saturday, January 1, 2022
The Comcast Center’s annual (and free!) super high-res LED holiday show returns this year — this time, playing on an outdoor video wall in the Comcast Center Plaza. Combining performances from the Philadelphia Ballet with classic holiday songs, the 15-minute show features a magical sleigh ride over the city. Shows run daily at the top of every hour from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Brand new for this year is The Universal Sphere, a free cinematic experience (advanced reservations encouraged) created by Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks Animation, Universal Parks & Resorts and Comcast Labs, located in the upper lobby of the Comcast Technology Center.
Where: Comcast Center, 1701 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
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Through Saturday, January 1, 2022
A homegrown South Philly tradition with national traction, the Miracle on South 13th Street brings neighbors along the 1600 block of South 13th Street together to decorate their homes with holiday lights and over-the-top decorations, which turn on each evening, beginning the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Drivers should know to expect traffic, especially on weekend nights.
Through Saturday, January 1, 2022
Powered by NRG, the city’s magnificent 45-foot-tall holiday tree stands at the Wawa Holiday Plaza (i.e. the north side of City Hall), around the corner from all the wintry fun in Dilworth Park. Take special note of the tree’s custom-made steel base, replete with designs representing signature Philadelphia landmarks, portions of the city’s skyline and Philly’s diverse neighborhoods.
Through Sunday, January 2, 2022
The annual Holiday Garden Railway brings a mini-winter wonderland to the historic Morris Arboretum, with a quarter-mile track where model trains chug along loops, through tunnels and over bridges, past perfect little replicas of beloved Philadelphia landmarks. Advanced tickets are required.
Through Sunday, January 2, 2022
This brand-new event at the Fairground at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks invites guests to walk through a winter wonderland of light sculptures and displays, including illuminated recreations of local landmarks like the Liberty Bell, boasting over 1 million bulbs. Also on the docket: ice skating on a synthetic rink, photos with Santa, shopping, and seasonal treats and drinks.
Through Sunday, January 9, 2022
After last year’s hiatus, LumiNature returns to transform the Philadelphia Zoo into a nighttime winter wonderland for a second year. Occupying the zoo’s entire footprint LumiNature features over a dozen illuminating and interactive experiences, including a menagerie of 500 colorful illuminated flamingos, a 25-foot-tall flamingo holiday tree, over 200 illuminated penguins and a 21-foot-tall colored snake. Timed tickets must be purchased in advance.
Through Sunday, January 9, 2022
Kennett Square’s world-renowned Longwood Gardens transforms into a winter wonderland during the popular A Longwood Christmas. This year’s display highlights the contrast between fire and ice with a clear blue alpine stream with flocked trees, a waterfall, and suspended icicles in the Exhibition Hall, as well as a 22-foot-tall Fraser fir outfitted with flame lanterns and red, gold and amber ornaments in the East Conservatory. Outdoors, expect 500,000 lights glittering in trees, a 200-foot tunnel of light, and spectacular fountains and fire pit flames dancing to seasonal music. Timed tickets are required, so plan ahead!
Through Sunday, January 30, 2022
This Bucks County farm’ three-million-light Holiday Light Show allows visitors to drive or, if weather permits, ride in wagons past after-dark displays: illuminated tunnels and just about every imaginable Christmas icon rendered in tiny bulbs. (Timed tickets required.) Guests can also visit with Santa and cozy up around a campfire.
Through Sunday, April 3, 2022 (dates vary by attraction)
Pop ups abound in Center City’s Dilworth Park during the holidays. For 2021, folks can:
- shop the Made in Philadelphia Holiday Market, selling handmade trinkets, treats and crafts galore created by local makers (through January 1, 2022)
- take in the free Deck the Hall Light Show, where stunning technicolor projections — synchronized to sound effects and played continuously on a nonstop loop — animate the western façade of City Hall nightly for another holiday season (through January 1, 2022)
- embrace the holiday cheer by cruising around the Rothman Orthopaedics Ice Rink, offering timed, 90-minute skating sessions (through February 27, 2022)
- relax in the Rothman Orthopedics Cabin, where seasonal cocktails and food await in a ski chalet-inspired setup (through February 27, 2022)
- stroll through the Wintergarden on the Greenfield Lawn, an open-air wonderland of lights, topiaries and rustic décor perfect for photo ops (through April 3, 2022).
The Perfect Hotel Package for an Easy Philly Escape
Book the Visit Philly Overnight Hotel Package for a rewarding getaway in one of 2021’s top destinations, per Condé Nast Traveler, Fodor’s, Frommer’s, Esquire and more.
The exclusive deal — booked more than 175,000 times since 2001 — includes buy-one-get-one-free attraction tickets purchased at the Independence Visitor Center to 33 of Philly’s iconic museums and attractions and free hotel parking (worth up to $100 in Center City Philadelphia).
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