New Year's Eve Schedule

The celebration begins atop One Times Square with the lighting and raising of the New Year’s Eve Ball where representatives from Carnival Cruise Line, the National Medal of Honor Museum, and Times Square New Year’s Eve flip the giant switch that lights the New Year’s Eve Ball accompanied by special pyrotechnic effects atop One Times Square.

Co-Host Jeremy Hassell talks with Times Square revelers.

The Sino-American Friendship Association (“SAFA”) presents a spectacular Chinese cultural performance titled “A Spring Festival Celebration." In 2024, the Chinese Spring Festival which marks the beginning of the new year on the Chinese Calendar was inscribed on UNESCO's representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity. The performance highlights Chinese flag dancing, opera, and a mix of modern and traditional music and dance to celebrate the Year of the Snake on the Countdown Stage at Duffy Island between 46th and 47th Streets. The Chinese cultural performance will conclude with red and gold pyrotechnic effects.

The Times Square Alliance sanitation crew clad in bright red uniforms distributes tens of thousands of fun handouts to the Times Square revelers for cheering in the New Year. Planet Fitness is providing festive purple and silver New Year’s Eve hats along with purple & yellow balloons tied with gold mylar ribbons. Carnival Cruise Line is providing fun illuminated necklaces.

Rita Ora performs a medley of her hit songs on the Planet Fitness Center Stage.

As we approach the New Year, Jonathan Bennett joined by Jaymes Vaughan will appear at the Countdown Stage to wish the Times Square revelers “Happy New Year”; and lead the ten second countdown to the 7 o’clock hour accompanied by colorful pyrotechnic effects atop One Times Square. He will also read several of the Confetti Wishes to be mixed into the confetti release at midnight and share his wish for the New Year.

Co-Host Jeremy Hassell talks with Times Square revelers.

The host of Times Square New Year’s Eve, Jonathan Bennett will share highlights from Good Riddance Day with the Times Square revelers from the Countdown Stage.

The Jonas Brothers perform their hit songs on the Countdown Stage.

As we approach the New Year, Jonathan Bennett joined by Dominick Critelli will appear at the Countdown Stage to wish the Times Square revelers “Happy New Year”; and lead the ten second countdown to the 8 o’clock hour accompanied by colorful pyrotechnic effects atop One Times Square. He will also read several of the Confetti Wishes to be mixed into the confetti release at midnight and share his wish for the New Year.

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Co-Host Jeremy Hassell talks with Times Square revelers.

Mark Ambor performs his hit songs Belong Together, Good to Be, and Our Way on the Planet Fitness Center Stage on the Broadway Plaza between 45th and 46th Streets.

Co-Host Jeremy Hassell talks with Times Square revelers.

Megan Moroney performs her hit songs on the Countdown Stage.

New York dance group AGNEW will perform for the revelers on the Planet Fitness Center Stage on the Broadway Plaza between 45th and 46th Streets.

As we approach the New Year, Jonathan Bennett joined by Jeremy Hassell will appear at the Countdown Stage to wish the Times Square revelers “Happy New Year”; and lead the ten second countdown to the 9 o’clock hour accompanied by colorful pyrotechnic effects atop One Times Square. He will also read several of the Confetti Wishes to be mixed into the confetti release at midnight and share his wishes for the New Year.

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Mickey Guyton performs her hit songs My Side of the Country, House on Fire, and All American on the Planet Fitness Center Stage.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor performs her hit songs on the Countdown Stage.

Co-Host Jeremy Hassell talks with Times Square revelers.

As we approach the New Year, Jamie Medeiros from Planet Fitness will appear at the Countdown Stage to wish the Times Square revelers “Happy New Year”; and lead the ten second countdown to the 10 o’clock hour accompanied by a purple and yellow confetti release and colorful pyrotechnic effects atop One Times Square. She will also read several of the Confetti Wishes to be mixed into the confetti release at midnight and share her wish for the New Year.

Greeicy performs a medley of her hit songs on the Planet Fitness Center Stage.

Co-Host Jeremy Hassell talks with Times Square revelers.

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De La Ghetto performs a medley of his hit songs on the Planet Fitness Center Stage.

TLC perform their hit songs on the Countdown Stage.

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Co-Host Jeremy Hassell talks with Times Square revelers.

As we approach the New Year, Raúl de Molina will appear at the Countdown Stage to wish the Times Square revelers “Happy New Year”, and lead the ten second countdown to the 11 o’clock hour accompanied by colorful pyrotechnic effects atop One Times Square. He will also read several of the Confetti Wishes to be mixed into the confetti release at midnight and share his wish for the New Year.

Kapo performs a medley of his hit songs on the Planet Fitness Center Stage.

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Co-Host Jeremy Hassell talks with Times Square revelers.

The Associated Press, the world’s oldest and largest news gathering organization, presents a news reel highlighting some of the most memorable events of 2024.

Carrie Underwood performs her hit songs on the Countdown Stage.

Mickey Guyton performs her version of John Lennon’s Imagine on the Planet Fitness Center Stage.

The Mayor of New York City pushes the crystal button that signals the descent of the New Year’s Eve Ball, and leads the final sixty-second countdown to the New Year on the Countdown Stage.

The lighted Ball descends 66.7 feet in sixty seconds. The Ball is a geodesic sphere, twelve feet in diameter, weighing 11,875 pounds. The Ball is covered with 2,688 crystal triangles and lit by 32,256 LEDs.

At the stroke of Midnight, the lights on the New Year’s Eve Ball are turned off as the numerals of the New Year “2025” burst to life shining high above Times Square.

The world-famous New Year's Eve confetti is released from the rooftops of buildings throughout Times Squarecreating a celebratory blizzard of colorful confetti as revelers welcome the New Year accompanied by colorful pyrotechnic effects. The three thousand pounds of confetti includes tens of thousands of wishes from revelers around the world hoping for peace, love, good-health, and a better future in the new year.

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