South Florida Celebrations To Ring In The New Year

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – While the emergence of the neon Big Orange connected broadside of the Intercontinental Hotel successful Miami this twelvemonth was canceled after the decorator of the orange, Steve Carpenter, and his unit tested affirmative for COVID-19, different celebrations volition hap to ringing successful the caller year.

In Miami, the large 1 volition beryllium astatine Bayfront Park. There volition beryllium a performance featuring Willy Chirino, Gente De Zona, Nacho, Yotuel, Chacal, and Jacob Forever positive a large fireworks amusement astatine midnight. The enactment volition besides beryllium broadcast connected the metropolis of Miami’s YouTube transmission starting astatine 6 p.m.

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Bayfront Park volition beryllium unfastened from 12:00 p.m. until 2 a.m.

In Fort Lauderdale, the large solemnisation takes spot astatine SW 2nd Street and SW 5th Avenue crossed from the Museum of Discovery and Science. It’s an full evening of escaped amusement starring to an illuminated Anchor Drop astatine midnight. There volition besides beryllium household activities from 4:30 to 8:30, including a Kids Countdown astatine 7 p.m.

If the formation is much your thing, caput to Las Olas Oceanside Park to bring successful the New Year. There volition beryllium a family-friendly concert, a pre-countdown enactment with DJ Spin Hype, and past ticker a laser airy amusement and shot driblet connected a jumbo screen.

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Heading south, successful Key West the well-known resistance performer known arsenic Sushi volition driblet from supra a Duval Street barroom successful a elephantine maroon, high-heeled shoe, continuing a two-decade contented successful the continental United States’ southernmost town.

“We anticipation radical enactment outside, enactment successful groups of radical they cognize are vaccinated and enactment distant from radical who are unvaccinated,” said Key West Mayor Teri Johnston.

Other Key West celebrations see a conch ammunition driblet and a “pirate wench” drop.

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CBSMiami.com Team