The fountain at Grand Park in Los Angeles (photo credit: NYELA at Grand Park) Los Angeles rang in 2021 last night with a festive celebration, minus a live audience, at Grand Park in Los Angeles. The one-hour, forty-five-minute show called "NYELA" features music from popular local artists, comments from Los Angeles County residents, and a … Continue reading Stream the New Year’s Eve celebration at Grand Park in Los Angeles
The eleventh annual Havasu Balloon Festival and Fair will look a lot different this year. Instead of the usual four-day event, the event has been reduced to a drive-in balloon night glow and movie at the Special Activities and Recreation Area (SARA) Park at the Rodeo Grounds in Lake Havasu City, Arizona (weather permitting). "It … Continue reading 2021 Havasu Balloon Festival and Fair reduced to drive-in night glow and movie
Help Clark County, Washington, residents in need pay for their utility bills at the seventh annual Race for Warmth. The event is 100% remote this year January 29-31 due to safety restrictions from COVID. Choose from suggested routes from Clark Public Utilities, the sponsor, or create your own 5K or 10K journey. Registration is $30 … Continue reading Seventh annual Race for Warmth 100% virtual
Shemekia Copeland performs at a previous Waterfront Blues Festival in Portland, Oregon (photo by Cheryl Landes) Got the blues from missing the Waterfront Blues Festival this year? Or did you catch the broadcasts but want to relive those moments? Now you can stream the recorded broadcasts from the entire weekend from these locations: Blues Fest … Continue reading Miss the 2020 Waterfront Blues Festival broadcasts? Now you can stream them.
A scene from the London Eye New Year's Eve 2020 Light Show in the United Kingdom (photo credit: London Eye) The three-minute New Year's Eve light show at the London Eye is a colorful montage of hope and encouragement that emerged from the darkness of a challenging year. Among them are a tribute to healthcare … Continue reading Stream the London Eye New Year’s Eve 2020 Light Show
Want to be part of the New Year's Eve celebration in New York City without going there? Well, in 2020-2021, you can! The event isn't open for in-person attendance because of COVID, which means that you can watch it online commercial-free at no charge. The festivities begin at 6 p.m. Eastern time and continues until … Continue reading Times Square’s New Year’s Eve celebration totally virtual this year
Welcome 2021 by watching world-famous composer Jean Michel Jarre's live performance at Notre-Dame in Paris on New Year's Eve from the comfort of your home. “Welcome to the Other Side” is a concert combining music with a light show inside the famous cathedral. Jarre describes the concert as "free concert experience whose ambition, beyond celebrating … Continue reading Ring in the New Year from home with a futuristic concert from Paris
A glimpse of the New Year's light show at the Space Needle in Seattle to welcome 2021. The show is sponsored by T-Mobile. (Photo credit: Space Needle LLC) Update, January 1, 2021: Watch the recording of the show at spaceneedle.com/newyears. The video runs 11 minutes 30 seconds. New Year's revelers can't go to the Space … Continue reading New Year’s Eve celebration at the Space Needle on TV and online
Gingerbread people in front of a gingerbread house at a previous Nature's Coastal Holiday in Brookings, Oregon (photo by Cheryl Landes) Nature's Coastal Holiday has been a holiday tradition at Azalea Park in Brookings for more than 20 years. This year, because of restrictions on large gatherings from COVID, the event was cancelled. But that … Continue reading See festive lights in Brookings through December 31
A poinsettia arch and other displays at Fantasy Lights in Spanaway, Washington (photo by Cheryl Landes) Updated January 1, 2021 See penguins slide off a giant igloo. Reindeer jump across the road, high above the traffic. Santa, his elves, and reindeer sail a ship with Rudolph at the helm. A peacock shows off its colorful … Continue reading Fantasy Lights continues through January 3 in Spanaway, Washington
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