New Year's Eve Celebrations To Ring In 2026 In Naperville

NAPERVILLE, IL — As we say goodbye to 2025, Naperville revelers can choose from a few events to celebrate on New Year's Eve. If you hope to turn in early, there are family-friendly events, such as the New Year's Eve Bubble Bash at DuPage Children's Museum and a New Year's Eve Dance Party at Nichols Library. Residents who are looking to party into the wee hours can head to downtown Naperville, where restaurants and bars will be hosting their own celebrations.

Here is a look at these and other New Year's Eve 2025 events happening in and around Naperville.

• Hizeman's New Year's Eve Party
• New Year's Eve with Junkyard Groove at The Lantern
• New Year's Eve Celebration at Tapville Social
• New Year's Family Party at Enchanted Castle
• New Year's Eve Concert at McAninch Arts Center
• New Year's Eve Celebration at Abbington

If you stay home, you might choose to watch one of the most popular New Year’s Eve traditions in the U.S.: the dropping of the giant ball in New York City’s Times Square. Other U.S. cities have their own versions of this celebration, such as the Peeps Chick Drop in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and the giant Potato Drop in Boise, Idaho.

Illinois's twist on the ball drop are the New Year's Eve fireworks at Navy Pier.