New Year’s Eve Celebrations Around Lafayette, Louisiana and the Acadiana Area

It's nearly time to ring in the New Year with a bang. If you want to get out of the house and enjoy a night on the town, you have several options to choose from.

Some of them are only for the grown folks but there are a few options that are kid and family-friendly.

Here are some of the big New Year's Eve celebrations in and around Lafayette. All of these events will be happening on Sunday, December 31, 2023:

Children's Museum of Acadiana's 27th Annual New Year's Noon Carnival and Countdown - Children's Museum of Acadiana, 201 E Congress St, Lafayette - 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

City Bar New Year's Eve Bash - City Bar Maurice, 8401 Maurice Ave, Maurice - 4:00 pm - 2:00 am

Clay Cormier & Neutral Snap - Rock 'n' Bowl de Lafayette, 905 Jefferson St, Lafayette - 9:00 pm

DJ Trashy - Route 92, 2600 E Milton Ave, Youngsville - 10:00 pm

EMO New Year's Eve with CRYRS & Hunter Deblanc (All Ages) - Feed N Seed, 106 N Grant St, Lafayette - 7:00 pm - 2:00 am

Julian Primeaux - Hideway on Lee, 407 Lee Ave, Lafayette - 8:00 pm

Last Night! The All-Inclusive NYE GALA - Acadiana Center for the Arts, 101 W Vermilion St, Lafayette - 9:00 pm - 1:30 am

Mangata + Sick Ride NYE Party - Blue Moon Saloon, 215 E Convent St, Lafayette - 9:00 pm

New Natives New Year Bash - Artmosphere Bistro, 902 Johnston St, Lafayette

New Year's Eve Bash with Broken MeauxJo - Don's Boat Landing, 5515 W Hwy 688, Erath - 8:00 pm

New Year's Eve Celebration - La Poussiere Cajun Dancehall, 1218 Grand Pointe Ave, Breaux Bridge - 8:00 pm

New Year's Eve Dance with Geno Delafose and French Rockin' Boogie - Vermilionville Historic Village, 300 Fisher Rd, Lafayette - 8:30 pm - 12:30 am

New Year's Eve on Main St - N Main St, Jennings - 8:00 pm

New Year's Eve Party - Dewey's Lounge, 2901 Bonin Rd, Youngsville - 9:00 pm

New Year's Eve Party - The Stables Events and Weddings, 3214 Sugar Oaks Rd, New Iberia - 8:00 pm

New Year's Eve PJ Party - Radcliff Studio, 510 W Pinhook Rd, Lafayette - 8:00 pm - 1:00 am

New Year's Noon - Kart Ranch, 508 Youngsville Hwy, Lafayette - 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

New Year's Party 2024 - 2800 Belaire Cove Rd, Ville Platte - 5:00 pm - 11:30 pm

Northside New Year's Eve Party - Downtown Convention Center, 124 S Buchanan St, Lafayette - 9:00 pm

NYE at ADB! - Adopted Dog Brewing, 329 Dulles Dr, Lafayette - 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

NYE Sneaker Ball 2K24 - Haas Auditorium, 208 Pershing Ave, Bunkie - 9:00 pm - 2:00 am

NYE's Trio - Charley G's Seafood Grill, 3809 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy, Lafayette - 9:00 pm

One Trick Pony - Lakeview Park, 1717 Veteran Memorial Hwy, Eunice - 7:00 pm

Ring in the New Year EARLY at D&B! - Dave & Buster's, 201 Spring Farm Rd, Lafayette - 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Shea Bearden - Bon Temps Grill, 1211 W Pinhook Rd, Lafayette - 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

(If you know of a big event that we don't have on this list, email jude@973thedawg.com and we'll add it.)