While a number of East Cobb restaurants are having special dinners Sunday night, there are quite a few places to ring in 2018 in public settings that aren’t far from home.
This first one is for kids only, and it’s in East Cobb: a quick Zumba celebration from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Sunday at the Northeast Cobb YMCA TRX Studio (3010 Johnson Ferry Road). There will be dancing, singing and a special countdown right around the noon hour.
This event is for kids ages 5-12, and there’s no registration or cost.
Making its New Year’s Eve debut is The Battery Atlanta (800 Battery Ave.), with two events with free admission.
The children’s/family party is from 5:30 to 8 p.m., D.J. Rekka on the Fox Stage, as well as stage show performances and other entertainment. The ice skating rink will be open until 7 p.m.
The adult party goes from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., also with D.J. Rekka, aerialists and acrobats and fireworks. The featured music is by Charles Esten of the CMT “Nashville” program at the Georgia Power Pavilion.
All parking decks are open for both events.
The Marietta Square Winter Wonderland is back for another holiday season, and the ice skating hours are generous: from 10 a.m. to “late” on New Year’s Eve, and from 2-9 p.m. on New Year’s Day.
On New Year’s Eve, food trucks and kid’s events get underway at 5 p.m., the Chick-fil-A cow drop starts at 7 and live music fills the air from 7:30 to 11 p.m. The evening is topped off by the countdown to midnight at 11:59 p.m. and the chicken drop to follow.
In downtown Atlanta, the Peach Drop, presented by the City of Atlanta, has an evening of free events starting at Woodruff Park from 5:30 p.m. until well after midnight. Performers include rappers Jeezy, TLC and Tyrese.
The location is new this year, at the Flatiron Building, and is accessible via the Peachtree Center and Five Points MARTA stations.
Wherever you go and whatever do, bundle up! Temperatures could dip into the low 20s and even lower to start 2018, and may not get above freezing on New Year’s Day and into the first week of the new year.
