Where To Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2022 In Arlington

ARLINGTON, VA — Where do you plan to ring in 2023? From extravagant galas to live music to cozy cocktail parties, there’s something for everyone in Arlington this New Year’s Eve.

We've rounded up some event options around Arlington and New Year's Eve television programming. Let us know in the comments if we missed anything. We will update this guide up to New Year's Eve.

Here is a look at some additional events happening in the Fairfax County area and New Year's Eve TV programming:

• Smokecraft's Fire & Ice New Year's Eve 2023: With DJ Trakklaya, a premium open bar, a BBQ buffet, 1051 North Highland Street, Arlington.
• B Live’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve: Cost $25. 2854 Wilson Blvd., Arlington.
• 2023 NYE Winter Wonderland Party! Ring in the New Year at Inca Social with a four-course dinner with a champagne toast at midnight, 1776 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington.
• Punch Bowl Social New Year’s Eve Celebration: Cost $10. 4238 Wilson Blvd., Arlington.
• New Year’s Eve Masquerade Ball at Clarendon Ballroom: Cost $45. 3185 Wilson Blvd., Arlington.
• Sixth Annual Wilson Wonderland New Year's Eve: Cost $60. 2915 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington.
• New Year’s Blowout at WHINO: Cost $25. 4238 Wilson Blvd., Arlington.
• Pamplona Prohibition New Year’s Eve: Cost $45. 3100 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington.
• New Year’s Eve with Tunnels End at the Renegade: 3100 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington.
• Lyon Hall’s New Year’s Eve 2022: 3100 Washington Blvd., Arlington.
• CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live: Hosts Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper from New York City's Times Square at 8 p.m. on CNN.
• Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party: Hosts Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton, 10:30 p.m. on NBC.
• Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest: Ryan Seacrest with co-hosts Liza Koshy, Jessie James Decker, Ciara, D-Nice, Billy Porter at 8 p.m. on ABC.

In the United States, one of the most popular New Year’s Eve traditions is, of course, the dropping of the giant ball in New York City’s Times Square. Various cities have adopted their own iterations of the event — the Peach Drop in Atlanta, the Chick Drop in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 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.

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 myriad 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 and a plan to meet the stress and discomfort of changing a habit or condition.