Don’t miss the New Year’s Eve fireworks in Seattle!
Hoping to make epic plans for New Year’s Eve in Seattle? You can see Seattle’s New Year’s Eve fireworks above the Space Needle on Sunday, December 31. There are also free festivities planned at Seattle Center leading up to the fireworks show, making this a budget-friendly option for ringing in 2024.
Read on for the details!
The free festivities start at 8:00 p.m. at Seattle Center. Live band Groove Nation will be playing at the Armory Stage at 8:00 p.m. until just before midnight. Their free show will feature “current hits, R&B, Motown, funk, classic rock, retro 70s & 80s, disco and Latin.” Then at 10:00 p.m. you can enjoy a free “Fountain of Light Dance Party” at the International Fountain. A live DJ will provide the tunes while a light show is projected onto the fountain.
For the fireworks show at midnight, there will be 200 drones “designed to integrate with the fireworks and light displays being launched and projected off the Space Needle.” If you love the fireworks the most, however, don’t worry; the drones will be complementing the fireworks, not replacing them!
The best place to see the fireworks and drone show will be the Seattle Center campus grounds, as they will be launched directly north of the Space Needle. Be sure to get there by 11:30 p.m. at the latest. You could also watch from other vantage points, such as across Lake Union at Gas Works Park or on a New Year’s Eve cruise on Elliott Bay.
Note that the Space Needle closes at 9:30 p.m. on December 31. That means that unfortunately, no: you can’t watch the fireworks from the Space Needle observation deck.
If you can’t make it out in person, you can watch the fireworks by watching the show on KING 5 starting at 11:35pm PST and or by streaming it online at king5.com.
Have a great New Year’s Eve, Seattle!