WASHINGTON 鈥� Pack your New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day with plenty of food, drink and activities for all ages. 草莓传媒 has compiled a list of free events and offers to send off 2015 and ring in 2016.
- The Washington Regional Alcohol Program is offering free home from 10 p.m. New Year鈥檚 Eve until 6 a.m. New Year鈥檚 Day.
- You can between midnight and 3 a.m. on New Year鈥檚 Day. You do have to use a SmarTrip card or paper fare card to enter and exit the Metrorail system, or show a SmarTrip card to board a bus.
- Got kids who can鈥檛 stay up 鈥檛il midnight? They can join the at the Capital Riverfront. There will also be trackless trains, music, face painting, crafts and a balloon drop.
- At the , the huge hotel atrium is decorated with more than 2聽million lights, and there are nightly fountain shows and indoor 鈥渟nowfalls鈥� to enjoy for no charge through Jan. 3.
- The holiday exhibit 鈥淪eason鈥檚 Greenings: Pollination Station鈥� at the is open free on New Year鈥檚 Eve from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
- New Year鈥檚 Eve is the last day to see the annual at the Washington, D.C. Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in Kensington. The Temple grounds are illuminated by 650,000 lights.
- The . is also open and free on New Year鈥檚 Eve.
- 鈥榮 New Year鈥檚 Eve party is open with no cover until they reach capacity. There will be a free buffet starting at 9 p.m. and a free Champagne toast at midnight.
- There鈥檚 no charge to watch the .聽 But to take part in other activities, you鈥檒l need a badge. They鈥檙e $30 for adults, and free for active military聽or for kids 12 and younger.
- will welcome the New Year with family-friendly entertainment starting at 3 p.m., as well as a midnight fireworks display.
- At the annual in downtown Hagerstown, they count down to a giant doughnut drop at 7 p.m.聽 Come for free doughnuts, hot chocolate, coffee and popcorn, as well as free family fun.
- in Falls Church is a free, family-friendly celebration with live music, activities, balloon artists, an obstacle course, free food while it lasts, and much more.
- in Baltimore鈥檚 Inner Harbor starts at 9 p.m. with live music by the band What鈥檚 Next, followed by a midnight fireworks and lights show.
- If you鈥檙e in Ocean City for New Year鈥檚 Eve, head to for fireworks at midnight, along with live entertainment and hot chocolate.
- means no cover charge, a free champagne toast and party favors at midnight, plus live music by Brendan’s Voyage.
- There’s no cover charge to get into . There will be drink specials all night and a free midnight champagne toast. Reservations are strongly recommended.
- is “no cover, no minimum, no pressure.”
- At , there’s no ticket required, a free champagne toast at midnight and party favors all night long on New Year’s Eve.
- is throwing a “Mad Men”-themed New Year’s Eve party with a DJ and free admission.
- does not charge a cover on New Year’s Eve. There will be a free midnight champagne toast and free party favors, and food and drink specials.
- Enjoy a free champagne toast and all day happy hour at the main bar at . There’s no cover charge.
