Atlanta Holiday Guide

Atlanta weekend guide:
new years eve edition

atlanta holiday holdovers:
- Botanical Garden Lights and more!
- Lake Lanier Lights Spectacular
- The Graves House Christmas Lights – 2464 Fontaine Circle in Decatur
- Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer at The Center for Puppetry Arts
- Holiday in the Park at Six Flags Over Georgia
- Stone Mountain Christmas at Snow Mountain Park
- Callaway Gardens Fantasy in Lights
- The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library’s new holiday exhibit, “Holidays at the Carter White House,” is open through Jan. 6, 2024.
- Winter Wonderland: Celebrations & Traditions Around the World is on display at Fernbank Museum of Natural History through Jan. 7, 2024.
- Enjoy the sights and sounds of the holiday season at Georgia Aquarium beginning Nov. 10 with daily tree lightings, photos with Santa and more through Jan. 1, 2024.
- IllumiNights: A Chinese Lantern Festival is open at Zoo Atlanta through Jan. 14, 2024.
- Garden Lights, Holiday Nights, the award-winning light extravaganza at Atlanta Botanical Garden, is open through Jan. 14, 2024.

New Years events:
- Note: For kid-friendly events, check out the kids and family section below.
- Westside Motor Lounge – Get ready to kick off the new year in style at the ultimate Panic New Years run pre-party!
- Ring in the New Year Gatsby style, high above Atlanta at L.O.A. Social Club.
- Ring in the New Year in style at “NYE at Wicked Wolf Atlanta”
- Red Phone Booth will offer a true 1920’s Prohibition themed experience for New Year’s Eve.
- Sunday, December 31st at 9:00 PM – a night of unforgettable celebrations at the luxurious Whitley Hotel.
- Throw a dart, raise a glass, and cheers to the New Year!
Ring in 2024 with a New Year’s Eve event at Flight Club. - Sky Lounge – Join for a New Year Celebration from 6PM to 1AM and ring in the new year with our breathtaking views!
- The Atlanta Wine Festival’s New Year’s Eve Party at Guardian Works, from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. promises wine (of course), music and food.
- The seventh annual New Year’s Eve Bash at The Battery Atlanta starts at 9 p.m. (late innings). Festivities culminate with an aerial fireworks and confetti display over Truist Park at midnight.
- The Carnival Masquerade Ball at Omni Atlanta at Centennial Park starts and 9 p.m., featuring two vibes transporting guests to Latin America and around the globe.
- Illuminarium Atlanta invites you to its New Year’s Eve Celebration on Dec. 31.
- A NYE rooftop party at Palo Santo featuring amazing drinks and top-notch entertainment promises an unforgettable night.
- Park Tavern plans an All-Inclusive New Year’s Eve party with Electric Avenue, a DJ and a countdown celebration.
- Your 3rd Spot will offer specialty drinks, late-night food offerings, unlimited gaming and live entertainment with a balloon drop at midnight.
- There are several New Years Eve dinners and buffets around town. Check out some food options here.

Art, comedy & music:
- Widespread Panic performs at the Fox Theatre on New Year’s Eve. Showtime: 8 p.m.
- New Year’s Eve with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra begins at 8 p.m. at Byers Theatre, City Springs. The program includes the waltz from Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake,” Mendelssohn’s nocturne from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Rossini’s overture from “La gazza ladra,” Offenbach’s “Can-Can,” Strauss waltzes and more.
- Deck the Halls with Dad’s Garage and Horizon Theatre this season when “Y’allmark Christmas: An Improvised Holiday ‘Movie,’” returns. Dec. 19 through Dec. 30
- “Madeline’s Christmas” is playing at Horizon Theatre through Dec. 31.
- Dad’s Garage brought back its cult-classic holiday show “Invasion Christmas Carol.” The show runs through Dec. 30.
- Callanwolde Fine Arts Center Winter House 2022.
- The new Cirque du Soleil show “Echo” is open under the big top at Atlantic Station. With performances through Jan. 21, 2024.


HOLIDAY POP UPS & BARS:
- Check out one of the many Holiday pop up bars around the city with this curated list of bars from Alyssa Fagien of @atl_bucketlist! All Holiday Bar Pop Up’s Instagrams linked below! Be sure to designate a driver, grab a ride share or take Marta to your favorite destination!
- West Midtown Santa Bar Crawl – December 9th
- @poncecityroof Holiday Social Bar + MixMas
- @westside_motor_lounge ATL Yule
- @biltongbar Blitzen Room
- @miraclebaratlanta at @tapatapaatlanta Miracle on Monroe
- @sostikibar Tiki Christmas
- @pachengos Feliz Navidad
- @theblindpigparlourbar The Blind Elf
- @livebatteryatl Tinsel Tavern
- @hamptonhudson Mountain Lodge
- @virtuerooftop Holiday Bar @5churchatlanta
- @loasocialclub Santa’s Flamingo Bar
- @rangerstationatl Apres Ski
- @chattahoocheefoodworks Jingle Bar
- @littlespiritatl Little Christmas Spirit
- @urbantreecider Rockin’ Around the UrbanTree
- @treveleatl Jingle Bar
- @holidaybaratl Dorry’s Tavern
- @caperestaurant Cape Christmas
- @mercantilesocial Grinchmas
- @theselectatl Christmas
- @fromtheearthbrewingg Angel Bar
- @mingleandjinglebar at Best End Brewing
- @dadsatl Christmas at Dad’s
- @hampandharrys Grinch pop-up
- @blameitonthealcohall Jar Jar Drinks Holiday Bar

NYE for KIds & family:
- At the Battery Atlanta – The Early Inning celebrations will begin at 6 p.m. with music from four-time Grammy nominee Brady Rymer on the Georgia Power Pavilion Stage. Following the performance, children can join host Mark Owens for a countdown to an inflatable balloon drop at 8 p.m.
- The Children’s Museum of Atlanta brings family fun with the New Year’s Bubble Bash. It is a special kid-friendly New Year’s countdown.
- Noon Year’s Eve Balloon Drop at Museum of Illusions. Explore the museum’s exhibits, enjoy photo ops, New Year activities and a balloon drop. Dec. 31.
- Through Dec. 30, Snow Days at Children’s Museum of Atlanta brings skating at Sockerfeller Plaza, Hot Cocoa Mondays, snow ball fights and more.
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer at Center for Puppetry Arts. Through Dec. 31.
- Winter Wonderland at Fernbank Museum of Natural History
- Noon Year’s Eve Celebration on The Roof at Ponce City Market welcomes all ages for a family-friendly celebration to ring in 2024 as everyone counts down to noon.
- Kids’ Early New Year’s Eve Celebration at Stone Mountain Park means that kids can celebrate the New Year and still get to bed early.
- More kid-friendly NYE Events here.

Sports & Outdoors:
- Free Yoga: Namaste through the holidays at Uptown Atlanta as we offer a three week series that features the Gifts of Yoga.
- The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Kicks off at Mercedes-Benz Stadium at noon on Saturday. The Ole Miss Rebels face the Penn State Nittany Lions. Prior to the kick-off, the football-themed Peach Bowl parade steps off at 8 a.m., featuring floats, bands, classic cars, cheerleaders, mascots and much more. The parade starts at Centennial Olympic Park and Baker Street and concludes at FanFest at the Georgia World Congress Center at 9:30 a.m.
- The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl FanFest built by The Home Depot runs from 8 a.m. until noon. The FanFest is an indoor fan experience featuring 200,000 square feet of interactive attractions like punting, passing and kicking games, obstacle courses and zip lining.
- The Atlanta Hawks play the Sacramento Kings at State Farm Arena Friday at 7:30 p.m.
- Find serenity and chart the course for 2024 at Distillery of Modern Art’s New Year’s Eve yoga class.
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