10 New Yearโ€™s Eve events to celebrate 2024

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Cheers to 2024, Birmingham! (Bham Now)
Cheers to 2024, Birmingham! (Bham Now)

Looking for New Year’s Eve plans in The Magic City? Whether you’re celebrating with your best friends or the whole fam, we have ten of the hottest events lined up for you to party in style.

1. Juniper’s New Years Eve Gilded Garden Party

Experience an exclusive gathering with hors dโ€™oeuvres, drink specials and a midnight champagne toast. A bottle of bubbly awaits your arrival, ensuring the perfect kickoff to a celebratory night.

2. Iron Cityโ€™s Studio 22-themed New Yearโ€™s Eve event

Ring in 2024 at Iron City like it's 1977. (Iron City)
Ring in 2024 at Iron City. (Iron City)

Over the years, Iron City has been inviting the Birmingham community to ring in the New Year with a night full of dancing and fun. This year, get ready to celebrate in style at Iron City’s Studio 22 event, a chic tribute to New York City’s iconic Studio 54.

Here is what you can expect at Iron Cityโ€™s New Yearโ€™s Eve party:

  • Coat check
  • Complimentary glass of bubbles at midnight
  • Confetti cannon at midnight
  • Hors dโ€™oeuvres
  • Live music from Birminghamโ€™s own Schmohawks
  • Tarot readers
  • Unlimited drinks included in package price

Join the glamour and get for a memorable night of festivities.

3. Alabama Symphony Orchestra: A Viennese Celebration

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Guest soprano soloist, Kyaunee Richardson. (Alabama Symphony Orchestra)

Toast the end of 2023 with a glass of bubbly at the Alabama Symphony Orchestra’s performance of the traditional Viennese Philharmonicโ€™s New Yearโ€™s Day repertoire.

The selection of Strauss family favorites will transport you to an international experience, with Maestro Chris Confessore at the podium. Guest soprano soloist, Kyaunee Richardson, takes the stage to wow the audience with her mesmerizing voice.

4. New Yearโ€™s Eve at Tin Roof

Head to Tin Roof for a night full of drinks and live music from DJ Blizz, Country Road 26 and Sean Macand. Whether you want to buy a fast pass to skip the line and guarantee entry ($30) or reserve a table for you and your friends, Tin Roof is ready to accommodate you. All guests will receive a complimentary glass of champagne at midnight to ring in the new year.

5. ’24 Karat Gold: New Year’s Weekend hosted by The Fennec, Innisfree + Moe’s

Countdown to the ball drop in style at The Fennec, Innisfree Irish Pub and Moe’s BBQ. Enjoy non-stop dancing with talented DJs and live entertainment every night. Quench your thirst with a variety of cocktails and drink specials. Only 1000 wristbands are available for sale, guaranteeing entry to all three venues and providing a fast-pass entry. Each wristband purchase includes a UBER discount code for a ride home.

6. Dave & Busterโ€™s New Year EARLY!

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Racing games, air hockey, simulators and basketball are free all night. (Matthew Niblet / Bham Now)

Families are invited to Dave & Busterโ€™s to celebrate New Yearโ€™s Eve early. With a ticket, you will get to enjoy:

  • An appetizer buffet
  • A $20 power play card
  • Cinnamon sugar churros
  • Party hats + noisemakers
  • Unlimited soda, coffee + tea
  • Unlimited video gameplay for non-redemption games

Plus, at 6PM, there will be a special video countdown accompanied by a ginger ale toast. Parents, this is a great event for little ones who want to celebrate the beginning of 2024 but still get to bed at a reasonable time.

BONUS: Looking to continue the fun late into the night? At 9PM, the night is just starting at Dave & Busterโ€™s with an abundance of fun to ring in 2024.

  • When: Sunday, December 31 | 9PM
  • Cost: $83.45-$110.92
  • Get tickets

7. New Yearโ€™s Eve: La Gran Gala 2024

Trade your usual casual streetwear for your fanciest dress clothes and get ready for a night to remember at La Gran Gala 2024. Three stages will showcase three different genres of music, so youโ€™re sure to find the right vibe to dance in the new year.

Looking to get out of town?

8. Tupeloโ€™s New Yearโ€™s Eve Party

Tupelo New Year's Eve Party
Tupelo’s New Year’s Eve Party. (MyTupelo)

Tupeloโ€™s New Yearโ€™s Eve Party is set to return with a diverse line-up of bands on two different stages in Downtown Tupelo. Held in a safe, secure environment, the event has something for all ages to celebrate at the start of 2024. Check out all the deets.

9. MoonPie over Mobile

Moon Pie over Mobile
Decorated umbrella contest at MoonPie Over Mobile. (Visit Mobile)

Forget the New Yearโ€™s Eve ball drop in Times Squareโ€ฆweโ€™ve got somewhere better (and closer) for you to ring in 2024โ€”MoonPie Over Mobile! Enjoy a night full of live music, a parade, the cutting of the worldโ€™s largest MoonPie and ring in the new year with 50,000 of your new friends.

  • When: Sunday, December 31 | 7PM (Come early for kids activities + more)
  • Where: Downtown Mobile, AL
  • Cost: FREE

10. Zoo Year’s Eve Celebrations at Birmingham Zoo

Birmingham Zoo
Celebrate the new year at The Birmingham Zoo. (Nathan Watson / Bham Now)

Looking for family fun? Head over to The Birmingham Zoo for New Year’s Eve celebrations. The Zoo is hosting their ball drop, but with a twist. Get ready for two giant plush monkey drops taking place at 2PM and 6PM. Plus enjoy great activities for all ages.

 If youโ€™re spending NYE in Tuscaloosa, we have you covered. Here are five local events where you can celebrate the New Year.

Plusโ€”check out seven cool parties where you can celebrate New Yearโ€™s Eve 2023 in Huntsville.

How are you celebrating 2024 in Birmingham? Tag us on Instagram + Facebook and let us know.

Lauren Perry
Lauren Perry
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