New Year’s Eve Boston in 2020: 10 best activities and things to do this weekend


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Although businesses and cultural institutions in Massachusetts were partially opened due to the reopening, due to new orders and consultations from Governor Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, the coronavirus pandemic, Many residents still stay at home. With this in mind, this week’s BosTen will provide a mix of face-to-face and virtual events this weekend. Any ideas on what we should cover? Leave us a comment in this article or in the BosTen Facebook group, or send us an email via [Email Protection].
Admire the beautiful scenery of the ice sculpture walk on the Boston waterfront. Although this year’s “first night” is completely virtual, you can still visit the ice sculptures in downtown Boston on New Year’s Eve, which is the seventh consecutive year that Boston Harbor has been held. The organization’s free “Ice Sculpture Tour” will include more than 12 outdoor venues across four waterfront areas in Boston to better prevent crowding. Visitors to East Boston, the North End, the downtown area and the harbor waterfront will be able to see these sculptures from 1pm to dusk on New Year’s Eve. For more information about the deicing sculptures and other downtown activities to check out on New Year’s Eve, please visit the Boston Harbor Now website.
The “First Night” in 2021 will sound at home. The “Ice Night” in 2021 will still be available for viewing, while the “First Night” in Boston in 2021 will be a broadcast-only event this year. There will be no fireworks in the city. Firecrackers. Instead, the coverage of “First Night” will be available on NBC10 Boston, NECN, Boston Telemundo Boston, and New Year’s Eve live on firstnightboston.org. There are dozens of performers lined up at the station from 6 pm, and there is a pre-recorded celebration from 11 pm. For the complete entertainment schedule, please visit the “First Night” website.
Welcoming the New Year with Jackson Cannon and Boston.com Cocktail Club, Boston.com teamed up with one of Boston’s most famous bartenders to make its debut in a regular virtual cocktail club on New Year’s Eve. Host Jackson Cannon (Hawthorne, Eastern Standard) will invite guest bartenders to take turns to teach you how to make your favorite cocktails at home. For the inaugural event, Cannon and Boston’s bartender and writer Hayley Hamilton will mix champagne cocktails, which are perfect for New Year’s Eve. Participate in Zoom for free, and you can purchase all the necessary cocktail ingredients here.
Speak to 2020 with “Good Riddance 2020″: “Global Art Live” will give the 2020 due gift through “Good Riddance 2020″. This is a virtual concert of pink Martini band, shot on 35 Feet in front of the Christmas tree. This concert is a fusion of Latin, jazz and cabaret performances and will be broadcast at 3pm and 9pm on New Year’s Eve, and will be open 48 hours thereafter. To purchase tickets and learn more, visit the Globe Arts Live website.
Going to the city to participate in “Christmas Carols” This is not the ideal season for outdoor theaters, but due to the coronavirus, the stage is closed, and the Commonwealth Shakespeare Theatre is being creative. You can see the company’s interpretation of Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic “Christmas Carol”, which is projected on a remodeled storefront at an urban intersection. This 40-minute show will continue to air every night from 4pm to 9:30pm on January 31.
Ordering takeaway cocktails from a local restaurant on New Year’s Eve Although you will not be able to host a traditional New Year’s Eve party, you can still ring the bell in 2021 with some festive atmosphere thanks to a local restaurant. Enjoy a 21-gun salute from Alcove and pay tribute to the French 75 cocktail. Order the sorbet mimosa from Gracie’s Ice Cream / Earnest Drinks and try sweets; or use a champagne box from the committee to keep the traditional frothy. If you want more choices, then here is a complete list of must-have cocktails from local restaurants.
Mendon Twin Drive-In is now Mendon Christmas Drive-In, and now enjoy festive light shows and Christmas movies at the Men-Don Drive-In Theater, providing holiday entertainment every weekend to early January. Audiences can buy tickets for individual performances, and can also purchase the Christmas carol Carol Singalong laser show, holiday movies such as “Frozen” or “Elves” and the dual function of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas performance. To purchase tickets and view the full weekend schedule, please visit the theater’s website.
Share some laughter with Jimmy Tingle Looking for laughter that ends in 2020? We do not blame you. Comedian Jimmy Tingle will do his best to help a series of payable shows that combine pre-pandemic videos taken at the Sanders Theatre. He will do his best in 2018 Comedy special/documentary scenes and basement from his home in Cambridge. Tickets for the show will be available on Tingle’s website starting from December 30th to January 2nd at 7pm every night.
Dine happily with animals at the New England Zoo. Stone Zoo’s popular Zoo Lights attraction has sold out before the end of 2020, but you can still visit the animals at the New England Zoo in the next few days. Every morning at 9 o’clock, because of the first meal of some animals in the zoo, we invite our family to have breakfast. The ticket price for the virtual show is US$20 and is limited to 100 participants. A new cute and characteristic animal appears every day, focusing on sloths on December 30 and January 2, introducing foxes to tourists on December 31, and starring a red panda on January 3. Tickets and more information are available on the Zoo New England website.
Piano parties will be held in 2021. During the pandemic, D’s Keys, the piano bar of the Southern Dueling, will still be closed, but the jubilant ivory ticklers in the store will ring through virtual music performances from 9 pm to 12:30 am during the New Year . You can join the fun on the bar’s Facebook page for free.