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Ocean City New Years Eve 2024

Guide to new years eve in Ocean City. First night party, top hotels and restaurants for NYE 2023-2024

Ocean City new years eve

New Year's Eve in Ocean City, Maryland, is another coastal destination with a focus on beachfront holidays and partying in hotels and casinos along the famous Ocean City Boardwalk. Over the holiday period there is plenty going on for locals and visitors to enjoy, including a First Night party and spectacular fireworks displays.

First Night Ocean City

The main event continues to be First Night Ocean city, an alcohol free, family friendly series of events throughout the city on new years eve.

Taking place at over 20 venues and including dozens of different acts and attractions, the First Night celebration has something for everyone. You can enjoy ice skating, live music, ballet, karaoke, game shows, story telling, rides, skate park, magicians and loads more. No New Year's Eve party is eer really complete without some epic fireworks, so you'll be pleased to heat that you can see the pyrotechnics at midnight, launched from 5th Street Beach.

You do need to buy a button to attend - you can see the full event schedule and buy your buttons online here.

Winterfest of Lights Celebrations & Fireworks

As if the First Night party wasn't entertainment enough, another new years eve option takes place down at Northside Park, on 125th Street, Bayside.

This is another family friendly event and includes the chance to walk through the more than 1 million lights that make up the Northside Park Winterfest of Lights, live entertainment with a local DJ and then the countdown to midnight followed by fireworks. For last minute updates please do check with organisers

NYE Live Stream

There is a great selection of live streaming webcam views located around Ocean City, with a couple in particular ideally positioned on the city's famous Boardwalk.

This gives some great live views for you to check in on the new years eve celebrations, and hopefully catch a look at some of the fireworks when midnight arrives:

Ocean City webcams

New Years Eve Hotels

As you would expect from such a popular resort town, Ocean City has a great range of hotel acccommodation to choose form, and on new years eve many will be holding their own parties, with entertainment and dining packages commonly offered alongside your room.

Top recommended places to consider include The Grand Hotel & Spa, The Clarion Hotel Oceanfront Ocean City MD,   Howard Johnson Oceanfront Plaza Hotel and the Dunes Manor.

To check availability and make reservations at these and all the top hotels in the area, you can book Ocean City new years hotels here.

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