Where to celebrate New Year's Eve in Miami

Here are some of the top New Year's Eve events happening around South Florida:

🎤 Bayfront Park will host a free fireworks show and concert.

• Marshmello, Nicky Jam, Flo Rida, Gente de Zona and Toño Rosario will perform at the concert organized by the Bayfront Park Management Trust.
• Dubbed The Countdown Miami at Bayfront, this year's event also features a VIP open bar experience ($209+).
• Doors open at 5pm.
• RSVP here

🍊 The Big Orange — Miami's version of New York's crystal-covered ball — will celebrate its 40th year ascending the Intercontinental Hotel to ring in the New Year, according to artist Steve Carpenter, known as Mr. Neon.

• Carpenter tells Axios he will receive a key to the city on Dec. 26 — which is also the installation day for the 35-foot-tall, 2,000-pound Big Orange, also known as La Gran Naranja.
• "For me, it's just amazing that it's gone on this long and it's become an icon, which is pretty fabulous," he says.

🪈 Orchestra Miami is throwing a free New Year's Eve party featuring performances from its 42-piece symphony orchestra and Miami-based Grammy-nominated Afro-Cuban funk band Palo.

• Festivities begin at 8pm along the Collins Park beachfront, between 21st and 22nd streets.
• The event is presented by the Collins Park Neighborhood Association and sponsored by the city of Miami Beach.

🎆 Farther south, you can catch the fireworks at the Lummus Park beachfront.

• Ocean Drive will be closed to cars from Dec. 24 through Jan. 11, with over 30 restaurants extending their outdoor seating.

• The fireworks display is presented by the city and the Ocean Drive Association.

🥳 Up north, Fort Lauderdale will drop a lit-up anchor to ring in the new year at the Orange Bowl Downtown Countdown, a free street festival.

• There will be kids activities, a DJ and live music from Phillip Phillips.
• Festivities start at 4:30pm.
• Southwest Second Street and Southwest Fifth Avenue

🎇 Regatta Grove is hosting a NYE party with fireworks.

• Doors open at 8pm.
• 21+
• Dress code: "Coastal Chic"
• Tickets $42–59

🎈 The Miami Children's Museum will host its annual Noon Year's Eve event, featuring a countdown to noon and a balloon drop at a Times Square-inspired party.

• 10am–2pm
• $34 for adults and children 1 and older.

🥂 Red Rooster Overtown is hosting a Harlem Nights New Year's Eve Party at the speakeasy above the restaurant.

• The Nikki Kidd Band will perform.
• 21+
• Dress code: "Elegant Best"
• 10pm
• Tickets $75–$91