Fun & Festive New Year's Eve Celebrations

Celebrate the New Year through the arts at First Night Hartford! This multi-cultural, artistically unique, family-friendly event features a “scavenger hunt” style walk through downtown – plus two dazzling fireworks shows (6 p.m. and midnight) in Bushnell Park. 

Families with young children can end the year with a daytime celebration in Torrington - Countdown to Noon - where kiddos will meet live animal friends, make crafts, devour pizza, and capture memories in the photo booth. 

Or, try a little night skiing at the New Year's Eve Ski & Torchlight Parade at New Hartford's Ski Sundown.

Make your resolution to party in style at any one of these great events going on around the state:

• Festivities for all ages take place all across Mohegan Sun, including a New Year's Eve Dinner Gala and Gatsby Roaming Event at Novelle Nightclub.
• Saybrook Point Resort & Marina is celebrating with an all-night gala and overnight options.
• Foxwoods Resort Casino offers special activities including DJs, live music, and two balloon drops.
• Laugh your way into 2024 with a comedy show with Cory Rodrigues at City Steam Brewery in Hartford.
• Ring in the New Year with a rock concert from Wicked Peach plus a champagne toast at The Hilton Mystic’s New Year’s Eve Bash.
• Gather together for an evening of great wine, a delicious menu, live music, and dancing at Aquila's Nest Vineyards' New Year's Eve Dinner & Live Music, located in Newtown.
• Board a vintage train car for a 50s-themed event including libations, mystery, dining, dancing, and more at the Essex Steam Train.
• Celebrate the New Year at 1741 Pub & Grill with live music from Quinn Miller, food, and fun.

Many Connecticut hotels are offering New Year’s Eve packages, so plan now and book early.

• At the Water’s Edge Resort and Spa in Westbrook, you can stay the night and enjoy a four-course dinner and dance party.
• In Simsbury at Millwright's, celebrate New Year's Eve with two prix fixe dinner options in an ideal setting for a holiday gathering.
• In Old Saybrook, the Saybrook Point Resort & Marina is ringing in the New Year with a New Year's Eve breakfast buffet and a New Year's Day brunch.
• And if you’re looking to just get away and enjoy the peace of a beautiful hotel room, try these great places to stay throughout the state.

Here’s to a wonderful 2024!