KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — You can't start 2024 without a little celebration!
Here are some events taking place throughout East Tennessee that are ringing in the new year.
Thursday
- Have an adventure under the stars with Navitat Knoxville at its Winter Break Navitat at Night from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- Elf on the Shelf Scavenger Hunt continues in downtown Knoxville
- Continue to Sleigh the Peppermint Trail on the sidewalks of downtown Knoxville
Friday
- Noon Year's Eve at the Blount County Library at 11 a.m.
- Knoxville's Ice Bears - Canadian Appreciation Night at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum at 6 p.m.
- Winter Bird Hike at Seven Islands State Birding Park from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Saturday
- New Year's Eve Eve Drag Show at Hi-Wire Brewing from 9 p.m. to midnight
- Jazz Night at The Bistro at the Bijou with Jeanine Fuller & Company from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
- Paranormal Adventure Tour with History & Ghost Hunting in Market Square at 5 p.m.
Sunday
- Cheer in the New Year 2024 at Muse Knoxville from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- New Year's Eve Party: Crafty After Dark at Crafty Brewery - Emory Place at 2 p.m.
- New Year's Eve Silent Disco at Pretentious Beer Co. from 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
- New Year's Eve at the Susphere in World's Fair Park at 9 p.m.
- NYE Party at Central Cinema featuring Will Kinng from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
- New Year's Eve in the Old City Knoxville at 8 p.m.
- Connor Kelly & The Time Warp New Year's Eve at Scruffy City Hall from 10 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
- New Year's Eve Sunset Cocoa Hike at Seven Islands State Birding Park from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
- New Year's Eve Celebration with the Icons at Memories Theater from 8 p.m. to midnight
- Gatlinburg New Year's Eve Ball Drop & Fireworks Show at the base of the Gatlinburg Space Needle from 11:59 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
- New Year's Eve Drag Queen Party at Gypsy Circus Cider Company at 8 p.m.
- New Year's Eve Fireworks and Celebration at The Mountain Mile in Pigeon Forge at 4:30 p.m., fireworks at 10 p.m.
Monday
- New Year's Day 5k at Third Creek Greenway from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
- Aerosmith & The Black Crowes at Thompson Boling Arena at starting 7 p.m.
Tuesday
- Last Day: Holidays on Ice in Market Square from 4 p.m to 9 p.m.
- Comedy Night at Central Cinema at 7:30 p.m.
- Tennessee Volunteers Mens Basketball vs. Norfolk State Spartans at Thompson-Boling Arena at 7 p.m.
- Scandinavian Nights with the Trollkresten Scandinavian Dancers at the Historic Laurel Center Theater from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.