New Year's Eve Celebration
Schedule
Wed, 31 Dec, 2025 at 08:00 pm to Thu, 01 Jan, 2026 at 01:00 am
UTC-05:00Location
Downtown Alpena | Alpena, MI
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Join us in Downtown Alpena for our second-annual New Year's Eve Celebration, hosted by HPC Credit Union & the Alpena DDA! 🌅 ✨ Come ring in 2026 and celebrate new beginnings. New this year is a firework display at midnight, thanks to Mango's Tequila Bar! 🥂 Enjoy food and drink specials at downtown restaurants, taprooms and bars starting at 5 pm. Get your drinks to go with Social District drink specials all night long!
🎶 Dance the night away with live music from High Speed (rock and covers) from 8-11 pm; then DJ Tim La Fleche until 1 am in the parking lot on the corner of 3rd Ave & River (behind Mango's) 🔥Warm up at our cozy warming stations throughout the parking lot and Center Alley
As midnight approaches, we will have a spectacular "sunrise" celebration in the parking lot behind Mango's, followed by a firework display! 🎆
FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
5 pm- late: Food & drink specials throughout downtown
• Red Brick Tap & Barrel (open until 11:30 pm)
• PIF Cider (open until midnight)
• HopSide Brewery (open until midnight)
o Drink specials: Pink Peppermint Hot Cocoa, Chai Latte, Rum Cooler, and Peach Pop Ring Shot (jello shot), plus beer poking
o Quick bites served 8 pm- midnight: New York Pizza by the slice and cup of beer cheese fries
• Mango’s Tequila Bar (open until 1 am)
• Friendly Foodees (open until 1 am)
• Rusty Petunias Marketplace (open until 1 am)
• JJ’s (open until 1 am)
• Black Sheep Pub (open until 2 am)
o Food specials: breakfast burritos
• Latitudes Tavern (open until 2 am)
• Sports Page Sports Bar (open until 4 am)
• Players Pub & Grub (open until 4 am)
6 pm- midnight: Warm Up to 2026 New Year's Eve Bash at PIF Cider (205 W Chisholm St)
Vinyl Night with the Gary from 6-8pm and live, original electronic music with D. Step at 9pm! Come see the giant Apple Drop from the ceiling on New Year’s Eve (at 10pm for all our early birds)! We’ll also have Traci St. Charles, Lady of the Lake Yogini, in house doing tarot card readings; come gain insight into what your new year will hold while wassailing! $20/three card reader.
8 pm- 1 am: New Year's Eve Celebration (Parking lot- corner of River & 3rd Ave)
The party kicks off at 8 pm! Grab a Social District drink, gather around the burn barrels to stay warm, and enjoy live music from Alpena favorites High Speed from 8–11 pm. As midnight approaches, a DJ takes over from 11 pm–1 am, keeping the party going as we count down to the New Year.
Midnight: Sunrise and Fireworks
We’re on the sunrise side—so instead of dropping a ball, we raise our illuminated sphere at midnight! Immediately following the “sunrise,” look to the sky for a fireworks display over the Thunder Bay River as we officially welcome 2026.
Want to make a night of it? Book a night at the Holiday Inn Express, located right in the center of the activities and view of the fireworks: https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/alpena/apnes/hoteldetail
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Where is it happening?
Downtown Alpena, 102 N 2nd Ave, Alpena, MI 49707-2802, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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