San Antonio New Years Eve 2024

Guide to new years eve in San Antonio. Top fireworks, parties, hotels & restaurants for NYE 2023-2024

Celebrate San Antonio is the biggest new years eve party in town, combining live music and entertainment with a spectacular midnight fireworks display.

There will be the usual great range of NYE parties and events in the city's many top hotels, bars and restaurants, with fine dining, music and dancing all in plentiful supply - see below for some of the top choices for this year.

Throughout November and December you can also enjoy the festivities at Six Flags Holiday in the Park, there's a nightly tree lighting, Santa Claus, fairground rides, lots of holiday tasty treats and a New Years Eve Fireworks Celebration. More details here.

Celebrate San Antonio

Celebrate San Antonio gets the new year off to a great start with a free, family friendly, public party that provides food, drink and entertainment throughout the evening, this year's theme is "Dancing in the Streets". This all leads up the spectacular midnight fireworks display, which, this year, will be held on Market Street (due to construction work in the usual place of Alamo Street), La Villita, The Arneson River Theatre and Hemisfair Civic Park.

The event is focused on the city's central HemisFair district and encapsulating the surrounding area, including the iconic Riverwalk, the public park that runs through the centre of town and includes a plethora of bars, restaurants hotels and many other attractions, and is also the site for some spectacular Christmas lights.

Free, family friendly entertainment in the Arneson River Theater and the Yanaguana Garden in Hemisfair will remain open throughout the evening. Full details and last minute updates available here.

Tower of the Americas New Years Eve

As well as being the normal launch site of the new year firewroks show, the Tower of the Americas also features it's own observation deck and the Chart House Restaurant, offering fine dining with fabulous city views, making this a great venue to see in the new year.

It is obviously very popular on the big day, so you'll need to reserve your space well in advance - you can make reservations online here.

The Alamo Bowl

College football is always a huge part of the holiday celebrations and this year in San Antonio we again have the big game in the Alamo Bowl - to be held on 28th December, tickets available here.

Kids Countdown Monster Mania

For families with younger children who want them to be involved in the new years eve celebrations without being out too late, there is a Kids Countdown event at the DoSeum, featuring entertainment, and a ballon drop at noon from 10am - 1pm, you can find more details here.

NYE Restaurants

There is no shortage of dining options in San Antonio, and most of the more popular venues will be hosting special new years eve parties with festive menus on offer - eateries to look out for include:

Chama Gaucho Brazilian Steakhouse
Bliss
Biga on the Banks
18 Oaks
Ostra at Mokara
Chart House

You can view the complete range of San Antonio restaurants here.

Hotel Valencia Riverwalk New Years Eve

With many of the hotels hosting spectacular new years eve parties, the event at the Hotel Valencia Riverwalk always stands out as one of the best. There are a variety of new year packages available, with options including luxury accommodation.

Get more details and book your tickets online here.

New Years Eve Hotels

The hotels in the Riverwalk area all hold their own new years eve parties so represent a good chance to sort out your accommodation and evening's entertainment all in one go - as well as those venues already mentioned above, look out in particular for the gala events at the Hyatt Regency Riverwalk Hotel, and Hotel Contessa.

There is also a popular new year party at the Courtyard San Antonio Riverwalk, a high rise venue with a perfect location if you are attending the Riverwalk new year events.

You can search, check availability and reserve your rooms at all of these venues, plus all the top San Antonio hotels here.

NYE Live Stream

There is likely to be some live coverage of the fireworks in particular via the local TV networks, check out News4 San Antonio from 10.30pm.

Also broadcast from 11pm on Telemundo

Another popular option is to check out some of the live webcam views in the city, including a live feed right on skyline:

San Antonio webcams

Latest NYE News

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