New Year’s Eve 2024 In Ashburn: 80s Prom, Parties, Noon Countdowns

ASHBURN, VA —In Ashburn, one of the big events to ring in the new year will be a step back into the 1980s.

Rai’s Rendezvous Kitchen + Bar in Ashburn will host an 80s-themed New Year’s Eve Prom Party. Expect a night filled with 1980s prom attire (such as big hair and bold dresses and tuxedos) with dueling piano performances and DJ playing 80s hits. Guests will enjoy a dinner, cocktails, wines, and beers, plus a champagne toast. Dinner tickets cost $75, and dueling piano party tickets are $35.

Here is a look at some additional events happening in and near Ashburn:

• Ring in the New Year's at Eddie Merlot's
• Ivy by the Lake's 2025 New Year's Masquerade Affair
• New Year's Eve at Clyde's Willow Creek Farm
• Harrimans Grill New Year's Eve Dinner
• New Year's Eve Dinner and Pregame at Ahso Restaurant
• New Year's Eve at The Conche
• DMV Bollywood New Years Eve Party
• New Year’s Eve Uyghur Cultural Event
• New Year's Eve Dinner at The Conservatory at Goodstone Inn & Restaurant
• New Year's Eve 2025 Gala with DJ Taba, DJ PS, hosted by Arshia Kia
• New Year's Eve at Topgolf
• New Years Eve at Lark Brewing Co.
• New Year's Eve at Tuscarora Mill
• Countdown to the New Year at Rust Library
• Countdown to the New Year at Sterling Library
• Countdown to the New Year at Ashburn Library
• Countdown to the New Year at Brambleton Library
• Countdown to the New Year at Cascades Library
• Countdown to the New Year at Purcellville Library
• Scavenger Hunt: Lucky Foods for New Year's Celebration at Rust Library
• New Year's Eve in the City of Light: A Parisian Dinner at C'est Bon
• Bollywood New Year Eve at Ibiza Bar & Grill
• Celebrate New Years Eve Early at the Wine Reserve at Waterford

If you know of other events, send an email to ashburn@patch.com, and we'll add it to this list.

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.

One of Virginia's traditions is the Chincoteague Island Horseshoe Drop, which celebrates the wild ponies that call Chincoteague home.

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.