Pittsburgh New Years Eve 2024

First Night Pittsburgh, NYE fireworks, packages and celebrations for new year 2023-2024

First Night Pittsburgh, sponsored by Highmark, is a new year party on a grand scale that draws huge crowds to the downtown area for an evening of music, dancing, live entertainment and of course fireworks!

This isn't the only option for a new year party though, with many hotels, bars and restaurants across the city also hosting their own top NYE celebrations to give you plenty of choices.

Highmark First Night

The main event is the Highmark sponsored First Night Pittsburgh celebration, a range of events centred around the downtown Cultural District featuring live performances, plentiful food and drink options and of course the fireworks display, which forms the climax of the Countdown to midnight, which also includes the raising of a 1000 pound Future of Pittsburgh ball 150 feet above Penn Avenue Place and fireworks provided by Zambelli.

The event starts at 6pm and is free to everyone - the full line up of events for 2023/24 can be found here.

One of the main features is the Giant Eagle sponsored New Year's Parade, starting at 8pm at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center and travelling down Penn Avenue, where there are great viewing spots on either side of the street. The parade includes various performance groups with plenty of surprises planned as well.

For those with younger children who may not be willing or able to stay up until the climax of the main party at midnight, Highmark Stage at Cultural District is the place to head for, where the Dollar bank Children's Fireworks display gets the whole event underway from 6.00pm.

Gateway Clipper NYE Cruises

With a setting at the conjunction of 3 different rivers - the Ohio, the Monongahela river and the Allegheny - then as you would expect there are water-based choices for the new year here too.

The top options here are provided by the Gateway Clipper fleet, and you can choose between a New Years Eve Dinner Cruise, with live DJs, buffet dinner and complimentary champagne, or the lively New Years Eve Dance Cruise, with live DJ, snacks, champagne and an open dance floor.

Get more details and book your tickets online here.

Howl at the Moon Pittsburgh

Another city hosting a Howl at the Moon new years eve party, the Pittsburgh event on 7th Street promises to be a lively affair, with drinks dancing and premium party packages.

Get more details and tickets here.

NYE Restaurants

For your new year dining options then Pittsburgh has plenty to choose from too, with highly regarded venues such as Altius, The Melting Pot, The Capital Grille, Monterey Bay Fish Grotto, Gramd Concourse. See the full range of eateries, with reviews and online booking here.

New Years Eve Hotels

Pittsburgh has an excellent range of accommodation choices, including many top hotels, many of which will also be hosting their own private new years eve parties and offer special packages for the event.

You can search, check availability and book all of the top Pittsburgh NYE hotels here.

Live Streaming, Webcams

There are several live webcam feeds of the city that you can access online, including some skyline views that should capture the midnight fireworks nicely:

Pittsburgh webcams

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