Where To Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2022 In The Lower Providence Area

LOWER PROVIDENCE, PA — Now that Christmas is passed, New Year's Eve is right around the corner, and there's plenty going on for those in the greater Lower Providence area to celebrate.

Events from drag parties to ping pong tournaments to concerts are happening across Montgomery and Chester counties. Take a look at a spread of events gathered below:

• Lower Providence Level Road Schoolhouse: Noon New Year's Eve Party on Dec. 29. Details and tickets.
• German New Year's Eve at Brothers Kershner Brewing Company in Skippack, 4119 West Skippack Pike. Noon to 8 p.m. More.
• BarnYard: 305 Second Ave., Suite 212 Collegeville, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Event features snacks, crafts, balloon twisting and balloon drop.
• Bootleggers Ball & Drag Show: Maximalist Studios, 501 West Washington Street, Norristown, from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets and details here.
• Valley Forge Casino Resort: New Year’s Eve 12 p.m. to 2 a.m. games, karaoke 8 p.m. DJ Rashaun 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Revolution Chop House, jazz duo, champagne toast at midnight. Reservations available.
• New Year’s Eve Multi-State Bingo: State Street Bingo, 6 p.m. at 799 State St., Pottstown.
• Greatest Ever Doubles Ping-Pong Tournament: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 31, Phoenixville Table Tennis Club, 501 Franklin St.
• 118 North Wayne Steal Your Peach: an Allman Brothers and Grateful Dead Tribute Band Tickets include open bar and food. Tickets are available.
• Sunday Funday Brunch: 9:30 a.m. At Columbia Station, 4 Bridge Street. Eggs, Sausage, Bacon, French Toast, Coffee, Tea, Blood, Shrimp and Grits and more.

• New Year’s Eve 2023 Gamers Heaven: 275 Schuylkill Road, Phoenixville.
• Party With Florida Wayne Band: Steel City Coffeehouse and Brewery; 203 Bridge St., Phoenixville.
• New Year’ Eve at Big Phil’s Bar & Grill: 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., 351 W. Schuylkill Road, Suite A-2, Pottstown.
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• 30 Main: 660 Lancaster Ave., Berwyn 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Cocktails, entertainment and champagne toast Tickets cost $70.
• Crystal Tea Room: 8 p.m.to 2 a.m. Live DJ 100 Penn Square, East Philadelphia. Buffet and open bar. On top of the Wanamaker Building with chandeliers. Black tie optional. Tickets are available here.
• Ben Franklin Yacht Fireworks Cruise: Known as one of the best annual New Year’s Eve yacht parties in the state, the New Year’s Eve Fireworks Cruise is a special affair. Boarding is at 9:30 p.m., leaving at 10 p.m. A buffet dancing, DJ music, a buffet with a roast beef carving station and more will be followed up with a spectacular fireworks display on the river. Parking available at Penn's Landing Road and Christopher Columbus Boulevard. More information is available here.
• Xfinity Live: New Year’s Eve party, 1100 Pattison Ave, Philadelphia 9 p.m. to closing food, beverages, live performance by Split Decision, multiple DJs,midnight toast, party favors and more. Tickets are available here.
• New Year’s Eve Arcade Party: Pinball Gallery, 81 Lancaster Ave., Malvern. 8 p.m. to 1 .m. More than 100 pinball machines and video arcade games. Snacks, soda and party favors. $50 per person. Tickets are available here.

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. Various cities have adopted their own iterations of the event — the Chick Drop in Lehigh Valley, the Peach Drop in Atlanta, and the giant Potato Drop in Boise, Idaho.

The end of one year and beginning of another is often celebrated with 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 history of New Year’s resolutions dates back 8,000 years to ancient Babylonians, who would make promises to return borrowed objects and pay outstanding debts at the beginning of the new year, in mid-March when they planted their crops.

According to legend, if they kept their word, pagan gods would grant them favor in the coming year. If they broke the promise, they would fall out of God’s favor, according to a history of New Year’s resolutions compiled by North Hampton Community College New Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

With reporting from Patch correspondent Holly Herman