Seasonal & Holidays
Where To Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2022 In Oak Forest
You don't have to go far to have a good time ringing in the new year. Check out some events happening in or near Oak Forest.
TINLEY PARK, IL — If you're wanting to stick close to Tinley Park this New Year's Eve, there are some options to consider. You don’t have to spend New Year’s Eve on the sofa watching Anderson Cooper. There are plenty of parties, shows and family events planned in Chicago’s south suburbs to help you ring in 2023.
Gaelic Park, 6119 W. 147th St., will hold a family's New Year's Eve party from 4 to 8 p.m. Dec. 31. Celebrate Ireland’s midnight hour with a buffet dinner and a kid’s sparkling or adult’s champagne toast at 6 p.m. Adults are $28; kids 12 and under $14; children under 3 are free. Call 708-687-9323.
Blarney Stone Pub, 15400 S .Cicero Ave., offers a $50 party deal that buys guests an open bar, party favors and champagne toast. Pizza at midnight. DJ Matt playing. Buy tickets online.
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Oak Forest Bowl and the Park, 15240 S. Cicero Ave. will hold a kid's New Year's Eve bowling party, from 1 to 4 p.m. Tickets are $21.95 per person, and include cosmic bowling, pizza/pasta buffet, balloon drop and party gear. Buy tickets online.
Not what you had in mind? Check out a few other options.
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DEC. 31
New Year’s Eve Comedy Show and After Party
9020 W. 159th St., Orland Park
8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Fetti Celebrations Event Venue presents a New Year’s Eve Comedy Show featuring Chicago comedians Tyler Fowler, Mike Samp and Vik Pandya and all-inclusive after party. Package includes hot and cold hors d'oeuvres and desserts, open champagne and wine bar, entertainment including a live DJ, comedy show and photo ops. Midnight balloon drop and confetti storm, with a champagne toast at midnight. Party favors provided. Semi-formal/cocktail attire. Age 21+. Tickets are $75. Purchase in advance. Proof of Purchase is required for entry. Enter primary ticket holder's name in the "add a note" section upon checkout.
115 Bourbon Street
3359 W. 111th St., Merrionette Park
9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Doors open at 8 p.m.
Ring in the new year with LOUDERNOW and resident DJs. New Year’s Eve party package includes 3 MASSIVE ROOMS of entertainment, liquor (except premium liquor) buffet, dinner and breakfast. Semiformal dress code. Tickets required, $75 to $85, buy in advance on Eventbrite. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door New Year’s Eve for $100. Email [email protected] or call 708-388-8881.
Centennial Lanes Bowling Parties
16050 Centennial Cir, Tinley Park
11:30 a.m. to 1 a.m.
Centennial Lanes has a full day and night of bowling fun planned. The bowling alley throws a perfect game for its NYE events, and this year is no different. Four party flight packages are available. All packages include cosmic bowling for 5 people per lane max, shoe rental, one large pizza, blue pin raffle, 360 photo booth, NYE toast, and party favors.
Rates and time slots are:
- 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.: $125/lane
- 2:30 to 5 p.m.: $125/lane
- 6 to 9 p.m.: $150/lane
- 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.: $150/lane
17358 Oak Park Ave., Tinley Park
8 p.m. to close
Ring in the new year at JW Hollstein's. $20 per person includes a DJ, party favors, champagne toast and breakfast burritos.
Rockin' New Year's Eve at the 'V'
17147 Oak Park Ave., VFW 2791 Bremen Post, Tinley Park
7 p.m.
Old Gold performs Motown and Doo Wop hits.
Silver Lake Country Club
14700 S 82nd Ave, Orland Park
7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Join Silver Lake Country Club for a jampacked night of live entertainment and a Filet Mignon dinner. Tickets are almost sold out, so register now for the event featuring live entertainment by The Hat Guys, dinner, and top-shelf open bar. Two DJs also playing. Dinner includes hot and cold appetizers, shrimp cocktail, 6-oz. Filet Mignon, Parmesan-crusted chicken piccata, double-baked potato, and a specialty dessert. Top shelf bar from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. $150/person. Make your reservations by calling 708-349-6940 ext. 5, or emailing [email protected]. Online reservations also available.
2407 W. 111th St., Chicago
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Ring in the new year with WGN-TV personality Pat Tomasulo hilarious stand-up comedy spectacular at the Beverly Arts Center, with two really big shows. This will be Pat's first time onstage at the BAC since his sold out NYE shows in 2019. Don't miss this opportunity to laugh your way into 2023. Tickets are $50. Buy in advance.
Haunted Trails Family Entertainment Center
7759 S Harlem Ave, Burbank
6 to 10 p.m.
Guests will enjoy a New Year’s Buffet including soft drinks and dessert plus each paid guest receives $25 in Game Play, 1 Lazer Frenzy Challenge, Party Hats and Favors, a Balloon Drop, New Year’s toast, and countdown celebration. It will be a night families will remember for only $41.95/guest. Advanced reservations are required. All guests ages 3 and up must be on package. Kids 2 and under eat free, but do not receive game play or attractions. Visit Haunted Trails or call 708-598-8580 for more information or to make a reservation.
JANUARY 1, 2023
New Year Day Comedy Show
Holiday Inn
6201 Joliet Road, Countryside
8 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023
Start the new year with a laugh. HBO funny lady Sonya D hosts an all-star lineup of comics, featuring Aaliyah Ford, Cecilia Gonzalez and Marvin “Dubs” Phipps. Come early and have dinner at Jameson’s Steak House adjacent to the hotel. Tickets are $18. Buy them in advance on Goldstar.
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.
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