Once Christmas is over, celebrating this holiday season continues with these New Year’s Eve events!
We have found plenty of family-friendly New Year’s Eve fun listed below—including celebrations that wrap up way before bedtime and a few grown-up events if you’re getting a sitter.
Keep reading to find plenty of ways to ring in the New Year in Maryland, from Annapolis to D.C. to Baltimore.
Updating for 2023. List is updated regularly. Check back often!
Midnight Noon Party – 2023
December 31, 10am-2pm
Maryland Science Center, Baltimore
Everyone’s favorite ball drop before bedtime is back again. Make memories and party, Science Center style, at MSC’S 16th annual Midnight Noon celebration! Enjoy loads of festive activities and games, explore all three floors of hands-on science exhibits, and help us ring in the New Year with a noontime ball drop! All activities are free with paid admission or membership.
Noon Year’s Eve Party – 2023
December 30
AACPL- Eastport-Annapolis Neck | Edgewater
Let little ones ring in 2024 a little early at noon on December 30! We will have books, dancing, noisemakers, and a countdown to noon!
Noontime New Year – 2023
December 31
Port Discovery Children’s Museum, Baltimore
Help Port Discovery ring in 2024 with the annual Noontime New Year Event. Take a family photo in front of our New Year’s Eve backdrop. Make your own confetti cannon or number template. Write or draw your resolution on our Wish Tree. Watch a comedy show and make your own jokes or listen to stories and play musical instruments. Participate in a sensory exploration. And don’t forget to countdown to noon! This year, we will also offer a sensory friendly countdown.
Midnight at 7 – 2023
December 31
Symphony Woods, Columbia
Ring in the New Year with an exciting fireworks display at 7 p.m. Walk through the Symphony of Lights on their final walk of the year. $15; ages 3 and under free. 5:30–8 p.m.
Noon Year’s Eve Party at sweetFrog – 2023
December 31
Dundalk
On New Year’s Eve, bring the kids in for a celebration of their own from 11am to 12pm! They will dance, play games, eat snacks and pizza, have a yogurt and then celebrate with a countdown to noon with noisemakers! Fun for all ages!
Noon Year’s Eve at the B&O – 2023
December 31
B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore
That’s right – we’re celebrating the new year before nap time. Bring your family and friends for a big dance party at the B&O, where there will be games galore like ring toss, cornhole, and a New Year’s themed scavenger hunt! Craft stations to make party hats, pipe cleaner firework rings, and more photo props will be available to strike a pose and record memories at our photo station. Then, as we countdown to noon, we’ll welcome in the New Year with celebratory confetti, streamers, a (juice box) toast, and, of course, a ball drop! 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
For more New Year’s Eve fun be sure to check our full Calendar of Events!