Duck Drop 2021 Planned At Concord Point Park

HAVRE DE GRACE, MD — A replica duck will drop and fireworks will illuminate the sky as Havre de Grace rings in the New Year later this month near the Concord Point Lighthouse.

Sponsored by the Susquehanna Hose Company and the city of Havre de Grace, the annual New Year's Eve tradition draws crowds to witness a replica duck dropping from the fire company's ladder truck.

This year, the event is expected to attract about 1,000 people, according to the event application filed with the city.

Havre de Grace Director of Administration Steve Gamatoria presented the application to the City Council this week.

"Fireworks will begin at the stroke of midnight," Gamatoria said at the Dec. 6 meeting of the council, which accepted the request. The event will not be live-streamed by the city, Gamatoria said, responding to a question from the council.

New Year's Eve falls on a Friday this year. Setup will begin at 8 p.m., and breakdown will be at 1 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 1, at Concord Point Park.

Music for the Duck Drop will begin at 10 p.m. courtesy of DJ Jeff Thompson, and the event will wrap up around 12:30 a.m., according to the event application filed with the city.

Road closures will be in effect from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Concord and Lafayette streets.

• Lafayette Street will be closed from Young Street to Concord Street.
• Concord Street will be closed from Lafayette Street to Alliance Street.
• Half of Alliance Street will be reserved for the Susquehanna Hose Company

Parking will be available at the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum and Havre de Grace Maritime Museum lots, according to the event application.

Watch the Havre de Grace Duck Drop from 2020, which rang in 2021.

This post has been updated to reflect that this year's event will not feature food trucks.