{"id":2452700,"date":"2019-12-29T23:10:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T06:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=318410"},"modified":"2019-12-29T23:10:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T06:10:00","slug":"new-years-eve-fireworks-events-set-for-aspen-and-snowmass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/new-years-eve-fireworks-events-set-for-aspen-and-snowmass\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year\u2019s Eve fireworks, events set for Aspen and Snowmass"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/01\/Winterskol-atw-011019-10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/01\/Winterskol-atw-011019-10.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/01\/Winterskol-atw-011019-10-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/01\/Winterskol-atw-011019-10-325x217.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption><strong>Annual fireworks show is a big draw each year.<\/strong><br \/><em>Aspen Times file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Aspen and Snowmass Village have a number of festivities planned to ring in the New Year on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The New Year\u2019s Eve festivities in Aspen start at 4 p.m. with free public ice skating at Aspen Ice Garden (223 W. Hyman Ave.) until 8 p.m. From there, the public party in Wagner Park starts at 8 p.m. with a bonfire and a DJ with tunes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The first of two fireworks shows in Aspen is at 8 p.m. over Aspen Mountain, then another at midnight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">New for 2019 is a community-wide \u201clet it go\u201d bonfire celebration to release the past and embrace the new year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Look for drop boxes at the Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen Recreation Center, Wheeler Opera House, Local Coffee Shop and City Hall. People can write down their old resolutions, unmet goals or anything negative that needs released from the past. Just before midnight, officials will throw all the notes into the Wagner Park bonfire, city officials said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The complete schedule is at aspenspecial events.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">At Snowmass, the evening will start with the traditional torchlight parade on Fanny Hill at 6 p.m. Skiers and snowboarders 8 years old and over can join the parade making wide turns down the hill with red flares in hand. Parade participants will begin loading the Village Express chairlift at 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">At 10 p.m., the town will host a fireworks show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">After the parade, locals and visitors can choose from attending a New Year\u2019s Eve Gala and community party at the Viceroy, the Snowmass Base Village\u2019s Roaring \u201920s-themed party (21 and older) and\/or a variety of other parties thrown by town businesses and restaurants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/new-years-eve-fireworks-events-set-for-aspen-and-snowmass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annual fireworks show is a big draw each year.Aspen Times file photo Aspen and Snowmass Village have a number of festivities planned to ring in the New Year on Tuesday night. The New Year\u2019s Eve festivities in Aspen start at 4 p.m. with free public ice skating at Aspen Ice Garden (223 W. 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