NYE: Where to Ring in 2023
Whether you’re staying home for NYE or venturing out to our local restaurants, let these local businesses help make your celebration a little easier. Check out our roundup here!
NYE Ice Sculpture Stroll
Boston Harbor Now’s signature New Year’s Eve Waterfront Ice Sculpture Stroll is back! Get ready to count down to 2023 with over 30 ice sculptures hosted by businesses and cultural sites across the waterfront. It’ll be the largest Waterfront Ice Sculpture Stroll EVER! Also, enjoy Touch-A-Truck and Touch-a-Boat kids’ events from noon to 4pm at the Envoy Hotel, and stick around into the night for Year’s End Fireworks to ring in 2023!
New Year’s Brunch: Hello 2023
How’s your head? Too much celebrating? Didn’t celebrate enough? Here’s a roundup of neighborhood spots to celebrate 2022 with brunch all weekend long!
Kids New Year’s Eve Bowling Party on Saturday
NHL Winter Classic Plaza
National Hockey League (NHL®) will hold NHL Winter Classic Plaza™, a two-day free, non-ticketed fan festival on December 30th and December 31st on the newly reopened City Hall Plaza. There will be interactive hockey-themed activities, including appearances by Boston Bruins alumni, autograph sessions featuring current and former Boston Bruins greats, family-friendly hockey interactives, giveaways, food, and an appearance by the oldest trophy in sports – the Stanley Cup®. NHL Winter Classic Plaza™ will run Friday, December 30 from 2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, December 31 from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. A full list of activities that are free and open to the public can be found here.
Let’s go skating
Looking for a fun way to keep the kids entertained? Lace up the skates and hit the ice. The Devine Rink is now offering public skating. If you don’t have skates, don’t worry, you can rent them! If your blades are dull, you can get them sharpened there too! Open on New Year’s Eve Day – 12pm-2:50pm. Closed on New Year’s Day.
First Night Boston
First Night Boston, New England’s largest New Year’s Eve party, returns to celebrate the start of 2023 in Boston’s Back Bay. The free and family-friendly event runs from 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 31, 2022 through 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 1, 2023, and resumes on New Year’s Day with live performances in Copley Square from 11:00 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. The event features a wide range of local musicians, artists, and performers at indoor and outdoor venues throughout the Back Bay.
Expect dazzling ice sculptures, the “First Night Boston Parade,” a laser and pyrotechnic show, and two sets of fireworks to excited audiences. Local performers will step into the spotlights at Boston Public Library, Copley Place, Boston Common, and surrounding churches. From organ concerts to hip-hop, and country music to figure skating, a full schedule and event details are now available at www.firstnightboston.org.
Sports
The Bruins face off against the Sabres on Saturday at 1pm. The Celtics face the Nuggets on Sunday at 8pm. The Patriots play the Dolphins on Sunday at 1pm – Squish the Fish! Here are 9 Places to Watch the Game in the Neighborhood!
Maureen Dahill is the editor of Caught in Southie and a lifelong resident of South Boston sometimes mistaken for a yuppie. Co-host of Caught Up, storyteller, lover of red wine and binge watching TV series. Mrs. Peter G. Follow her @MaureenCaught.
