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It will be a new year and a new decade.
2021 is just around the corner, with many New Year’s Eve celebrations in downtown. For those without specific plans, here is a list of events that will help you find the best way to celebrate.
Midnight on Front Street
The city of Hattiesburg, downtown Hattiesburg and Visit Hattiesburg will host their second midnight on Front Street with a New Year’s Eve “ball drop” in downtown Hattiesburg. At the intersection of Front Street and Main Street, the Hub City sign will be suspended and lowered to take on the new year.
The event starts at seven in the afternoon, when the main roads will be closed to prepare it. At 9:30 p.m., vendors will open their stands and DJ Kuhjo will begin his set. Ten minutes before midnight, Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker will comment and begin the countdown to the new year.
The tradition, which began in 2018, had more than 4,000 participants watching the Hub sign go down. The historic past of the sign reveals the bright future of the Hub City. The Hub City Sign was donated by the Shopping Club in 1912 and designed from an RR Swittenburg entrance.
According to the Hattiesburg New Year’s Eve celebration website, the poster was withdrawn at some point from the depression. In 2018, Barker commissioned a new poster with a revamped design to start a new tradition.
“The whole vision of Hattiesburg is that we are no longer content to be the best in Mississippi, but we wanted to be a destination city for the southern Gulf,” Barker said at a recent Hattiesburg Arts Council meeting. “That means there are events that become traditions that everyone expects people to come to not just from all over the Mississippi, but from the entire region to be a part of it.”
Barker said the city held a test to celebrate New Year’s Eve celebrations for several years to bring more people to downtown Hattiesburg.
“We’ve done several other things to make the city center a real night spot for New Year’s Eve, but what we’ve done this year is the idea of a ball fall and what building we could make. ho, “Barker said. “Three weeks before last year’s New Year’s Eve, I said, ‘We’ll do it.’
Hub City New Year’s Eve Dance
Hosted by Madewood Street Music, the Hub City’s New Year’s Eve Dance will feature live music, drinks, food and fireworks to sound off the new year. The event will take place on Tuesday from 7pm to 12.30pm at The Bottling Company venue in downtown Hattiesburg, 126 Mobile St. The event is a fundraiser that benefits The Kids Hub. Tickets cost between $ 75 and $ 150 and can be purchased online.
New Year’s Eve party at the Moose Lodge
The Hattiesburg Moose Lodge 1804 will host its annual New Year’s Eve party with a potluck dinner, live music, drinks and dancing. The event on Tuesday will take place from 6pm to 2am at Hattiesburg Moose Lodge 1804, 308 W. Hills Drive.
New Year’s Eve at the South Ban
The Southern Prohibition brewery, 301 Mobile St., will host a 1920s New Year’s Eve party. Starting at 8 p.m., VIP ticket shoppers can enjoy bottomless draft beer, music in live provided by Scott Chism and the Better Half and Massive J plus Battle Cat, and a buffet. VIP tickets cost $ 50 and can be purchased online. The tap room will remain open to the public on New Year’s Eve.
Funkin ‘by Ray Bradford in the New Year
The Thirsty Hippo, 309 McLeod St., will host musician Ray Bradford to present the new year. Doors open at 10pm and coverage costs $ 12.
New Year’s Eve and After Party Dinner
The Porter offers a special New Year’s Eve and after-party dinner to celebrate 2021. Tickets for the dinner and after-party cost $ 50 and include special pairings of beer, live music, and champagne toast. Tickets for the back party cost $ 10. The Porter offers online and in-store tickets.
New Year’s fireworks show
Want to see a great fireworks show? The Little Black Creek Campground in Lumberton will host a New Year’s Eve fireworks show, starting at 6 p.m., regular rates will apply to enter the park during the day. After 5 p.m., the cost to enter the camp is $ 10 per car.
Lucky Rabbit’s New Year’s Eve party
Do you want to buy? The Lucky Rabbit Antiques and Vintage Market will open its doors on New Year’s Eve from 5 to 11 p.m., and New Year’s Day from 9 to 6 p.m. On New Year’s Eve, shoppers can enjoy complimentary wine and beer.
Retrospective 2021 – Hog New Year’s Eve Bash
Dress up as your favorite decade for The Mahogany Bar’s Hindsight 2021 New Year’s Eve at 3810 Hardy St. The party starts at 6pm and the best costumes will win a prize at the end of the night.
New Year’s Eve at Bash at the Shenanigans Bar and Grill
Shenanigans Bar and Grill, 2100 W. Pine St., will host a $ 500 New Year’s Eve party with confetti and a balloon drop at midnight. The event will also offer free champagne before midnight and various gifts will be held throughout the night.
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