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Boise New Years Eve 2024

Things to do in Boise on new years eve. Watch the Potato Drop, find the top hotels & restaurants for NYE 2023-2024

New Years Eve in Boise gives you something a little bit different with the Potato Drop rapidly becoming one of the more well known off-beat NYE celebrations in the United States, attracting worldwide attention as it grows in popularity.

There are increasingly large numbers of toursists heading in from out of town at new year to attend the Potato Drop party, joining the locals to make this a more and more popular event.

Boise is both the state capital and biggest city by population in the whole of Idaho so represents a logical choice to for people to come to celebrate new years eve, and is becoming increasingly popular both with locals and visitors to the area alike, not least due to the arrival as a focal point of the celebrations of the Potato Drop new year party - see below for details!

The Potato Drop

The big new year party in Boise is of course the famous annual Idaho Potato Drop, sponsored by the Idaho Potato Commission, a free, family friendly event which it's fair to say could only really take place in this part of the world, where they have a very special relationship with the humble spud! The party gets underway from 6pm and runs through until 1am the next morning.

The Potato Drop party draw crowds estimated at around 35,000 each year and takes place at Cecil D. Andrus Park in front of the Idaho Statehouse in downtown Boise and includes a range of entertainment, including live music on a large outdoor stage featuring popular local acts, rail jam, a Snow Park which will have the 2023 Urban Air Ski and Snow Board Exhibition, plus tubing and other fun, plenty of food and drink from local venfors, and of course, the spectacular fireworks display accompanied by the eponymous dropping of the potato.

Outdoor heaters are also provided to help keep everyone warm, because quite frankly it's freezing in this part of the world over the whole new years season.

The event is free to the public. Get more details a here.

Parties & Events

Elsewhere in Boise on new years eve there are a range of other parties and events to choose from if the Potato Drop isn't your thing - these include a Holiday Light Tour by limousine or party bus, Revolution Concert House dance party or New Years Eve at Idaho Ice World.

New Years Eve Hotels

Hotels in Boise are pretty good value at this time of year, and you will have the added bonus of many places also holding their own new years eve parties, with gala dinners, black tie celebrations and live shows offering an alternative for those who don't particularly fancy heading to the potato drop.

We recommend you try the Oxford Suites Boise, The Grove Hotel or the Hampton Inn and Suites Boise Downtown, the latter in particular ideally positioned for heading out to the new year celebrations.

You can search for deals at all of these venues, plus all of the top Boise new year hotels here.

NYE Live Streaming, Webcams

There used to be some decent live webcam views in the area, but we they all seem to have disappeared. There's a good chance of some TV coverage of the potato drop by the local channels, we'll post any links we find right here.

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