When it comes to fun, family-friendly ways to ring in the New Year, the Alamo City never disappoints. Which of the fiestas below will you and your family attend on New Year’s Eve to welcome 2018, the year San Antonio TURNS 300 YEARS OLD? Here’s San Antonio Mom Blogs’ list of New Year’s Eve fun in San Antonio for families!
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FREE EVENT:
Celebrate San Antonio
South Alamo Street between Market and Cesar Chavez streets, 6:00 p.m. – midnight
Celebrate San Antonio, the city’s official New Year’s Eve extravaganza, is known as the largest free New Year’s Eve festival in the state of Texas. Celebrate San Antonio continues to draw over a quarter of a million excited revelers downtown for music, food, carnival games and rides and a spectacular fireworks display.
Party-goers will be treated to live music on three stages, featuring Top 40 tunes at the Bud Light Main Stage, Latin beats at the International Stage and family friendly performers at the H-E-B Family Stage at the Arneson River Theater.
The evening culminates with an incredible fireworks show, an outstanding display of pyrotechnics that is sure to wow the whole family. END 2016 WITH A BANG: San Antonians can bid to detonate the midnight Fireworks Show! The San Antonio Parks Foundation (SAPF) is auctioning off the privilege to ‘light the fuse’ on the fireworks show from the main stage of the event. Bids can be placed on CelebrateSA.org and the bidding ends at 12pm on December 30, 2017.
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The DoSeum Kids’ Countdown
2800 Broadway, 78209, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
$12 per ticket (kids and adults all need tickets to attend)
Kick off the New Year with The DoSeum! Kids countdown is a chance for children to ring in the new year and watch the ball drop at the much more reasonable hour of noon. Dance to the tunes of our family-friendly DJ and enjoy crafting New Years Poppers! Roar into 2018 with complimentary sparkling cider and other festive touches.
Zoo Lights
3903 N St Mary’s St, 78212, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Free for members
$16.50 per adult, $13.25 per child, kids 2 and under are free
(NEW: admission to the Zoo does include Zoo Lights)
Zoo Lights is a nighttime holiday tradition for the whole family! Stroll under an array of twinkling lights while you sip hot cocoa, roast s’mores and enjoy an all-new light show. Plus, you can spend some time at the ice skating rink and enjoy camel rides.
Bowlero’s Daytime Family New Year’s Eve Party Package
Bowlero San Antonio, 13307 San Pedro Ave., 78216, (210) 496-3811
Sunday, December 31 or Monday, January 1
2 hours unlimited bowling, shoes included
kid-friendly buffett with chicken tenders, pizza, french fries, and soft drinks
sparkling cider and champagne toasts*
$20.99 per person**
*champagne toasts are only for guests 21 and older
**not including tax and mandatory event fee
Brunswick Zone’s New Year’s Eve Family Package
Brunswick Zone Thousand Oaks Bowl, 4330 Thousand Oaks Blvd., 78217, (210) 654-0031
Sunday, December 31 or Monday, January 1
2 hours unlimited bowling, shoes included
kid-friendly buffett with chicken tenders, pizza, french fries, and soft drinks
sparkling cider and champagne toasts*
$17.99 per person**
*champagne toasts are only for guests 21 and older
**not including tax and mandatory event fee
AMF Ponderosa Lanes’ New Year’s Eve Family Package
AMR Ponderosa Lanes, 2118 Goliad Rd., 78223, (210) 333-6150
Sunday, December 31 or Monday, January 1
2 hours unlimited bowling, shoes included
kid-friendly buffett with chicken tenders, pizza, french fries, and soft drinks
sparkling cider and champagne toasts*
$19.99 per person**
*champagne toasts are only for guests 21 and older
**not including tax and mandatory event fee
Happy New Year’s Eve to you and your family and best wishes for a fantastic 2018!
PLEASE NOTE:
San Antonio Mom Blogs has made every effort to ensure that this list is accurate and up-to-date. However, some venues/events/activities make changes without notifying us. We recommend contacting them before visiting to be 100% sure that their offerings are still available.
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Really helpful. Bringing my family down for NYE and the Alamo Bowl, and this will help us plan for our 5 yo to keep busy and have fun on NYE.
I’m so glad to hear that, Colin. Thanks for letting me know. Have a wonderful time in San Antonio!
Thank you! So useful for us from Brazil in our first cross country trip.