Where To Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2024 In Annapolis

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD — New Year's Eve will feature fireworks over the Annapolis Harbor, six Arundel Mills celebrations at Maryland Live! Casino & Hotel and the annual Charm City Countdown party at Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport Hotel.

Here is a look at some events happening in Anne Arundel County. Click on any event to learn more.

Annapolis

• Fireworks Over Spa Creek (9 p.m.)
• Fireworks Watch Party Aboard Watermark Journey Yacht Cruise (8 p.m.)
• New Year's Eve At Acqua Al 2 (9:30 p.m.)
• Annapolis New Year's Eve Party At Level - A Small Plates Lounge (9 p.m.)
• Carroll's Creek Café Three-Course Menu For $100 Per Person (Evening)
• The Choptank's New Year's Eve Party - Sold Out (8 p.m.)

Brooklyn Park

• New Year's Eve Celebration At Bingo World (7:30 p.m.)

Hanover

• The Prime Rib New Year's Eve Dinner And Patio Party (Dinner reservations start at 5 p.m. Party starts at 9:30 p.m.)
• David's At Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland Party (8 p.m.)
• Sports & Social College Football Playoff Watch Party And Midnight Toast (Throughout day)
• Sushi 8 At Luk Fu With K-Pop DJ (10 p.m.)
• R Bar Live Entertainment And Specialty Cocktails (8:30 p.m.)
• Orchid Patio Live Bands Featuring Veuve Clicquot (8 p.m.)

Linthicum

• Charm City Countdown Into 2025 - 16th Annual New Year's Eve Charity Gala (9 p.m.)

Pasadena

• New Year's Eve Bash At Twain's Tavern With Doc Marten And The Flannels (7 p.m.)

In the United States, one of the most popular New Year’s Eve traditions is 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.

Maryland's twists on the ball drop are the Duck Drop in Havre de Grace, the Key Drop on Carroll Creek in Frederick, the Krumpe's Donut Drop in Hagerstown, the Fish Drop in Rock Hall and the Midnight Muskrat Dive in Princess Anne.

The transition from one year to the next is often marked by the singing of “Auld Lang Syne,” a Scottish folk song whose title roughly translates to “days gone by,” according to Encyclopedia Britannica and History.com.

The tradition of New Year’s resolutions dates back 8,000 years to ancient Babylonians, who made promises to return borrowed items and repay debts at the beginning of the new year, which was in mid-March when they planted their crops.

• Related: What New Year’s Resolution Did You Keep? How Did You Do It? [Patch Survey]

According to legend, if people kept their word, the pagan gods would grant them favor in the coming year. However, if they broke their promises, they would lose favor with the gods.

Many secular New Year’s resolutions focus on imagining new, improved versions of ourselves.

The failure rate of New Year’s resolutions is about 80 percent, according to U.S. News & World Report. There are many reasons, but a big one is they’re made out of remorse — for gaining weight, for example — and aren’t accompanied by a shift in attitude or a plan for coping with the stress and discomfort that comes with changing a habit or condition.