Where To Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2024 In Detroit Area

METRO DETROIT — As 2024 comes to a close, there are plenty of parties and events happening in Detroit and its surrounding areas to ring in the new year.

Whether you're looking for an upscaled champagne party or some family fun in the afternoon, Patch has you covered with some of the best ways to ring in the new year in the Detroit area.

Here is a look at some events happening in Detroit and it's surrounding areas:

'It’s All Magic' NYE party at the Detroit Foundation Hotel

• From 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. inside the Apparatus Room at Detroit Foundation Hotel
• 250 W. Larned St. in Detroit
• Tickets are $50. Only guests 21 and older allowed.

The Resolution Ball at the Masonic Temple in Detroit

• General admission begins at 9 p.m. and runs until 3 a.m. at the Masonic Temple
• 500 Temple St. in Detroit
• Tickets start at $40. Only guests 21 and older allowed.

KPOP NYE

• El Club, 4114 W, 4114 Vernor Hwy, Detroit
• Doors open at 9 p.m.
• Tickets start at $30

NYE Masquerade

• Spot Lite Detroit, 2905 Beaufait St #4, Detroit
• 9 p.m.–4 a.m.
• Ticket start at $50

Noon Year's Eve party at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn

• From 10 a.m. until noon in the main museum plaza at the Henry Ford
• 20900 Oakwood Blvd in Dearborn
• General admission: $34 online; $36 on-site (Senior): $30.50 online; $32.50 on-site (Youth-5-11): $25.50 online; $27 on-site.

New Year's Eve parties at various Zap Zones

• Zap Zone locations in Brighton, Canton, Farmington, Sterling Heights, Taylor and Waterford
• Tickets start at $35 for the early event (12-5 p.m.) and night event (9 p.m. until 1 a.m.)
• Tickets include unlimited attractions, including arcades and raffles

New Year's Eve party at Boogie Fever in Ferndale

• From 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. at Boogie Fever
• 22901 Woodward Ave. in Ferndale
• $25 tickets for admission. The bar will be open for attendees to purchase drinks.

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.

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.