Where To Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2022 Near Frankfort

FRANKFORT, IL — Somehow the end of 2022 is already here, and New Year's Eve celebrations are planned throughout the area. This year, New Year's Eve falls on a Saturday.

Whether you want to stay in and watch New Year's Eve specials on TV, or if you're looking for somewhere to head out, there are a few options around Frankfort. Many restaurants and bars may also be open late to celebrate the new year, so it's a good idea to call ahead for hours and reservations.

Here is a look at some additional events happening around Frankfort.

• New Year's Eve Comedy Show and After Party at Fetti Celebrations Event Venue, 9020 W. 159th St., Orland Park. Comedy Show with Chicago comedians Tyler Fowler, Mike Samp and Vik Pandya, from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. 21 and over. Midnight balloon drop, confetti, champagne toast at midnight. Purchase tickets online.
• New Year's Eve Party At Lockport Stagecoach, 1028 S. State St., Lockport. The weekly Saturday theme night party is New Year's Eve-themed, and will feature a DJ. Champagne toast at midnight. 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
• Beverly Arts Center, 2407 W. 111th St., Chicago 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., Dec. 31 Ring in the new year with WGN-TV personality Pat Tomasulo hilarious stand-up comedy spectacular at the Beverly Arts Center, with two really big shows. This will be Pat's first time onstage at the BAC since his sold out NYE shows in 2019. Don't miss this opportunity to laugh your way into 2023. Tickets are $50. Buy in advance.
• NYE Parties at Plainfield Lanes, 15610 Joliet Road, Plainfield. Reservations are required to reserve your lane and time slot. Each lane includes unlimited bowling and shows for up to five players, a pizza, soda, party favors, hats and noisemakers.

In the United States, one of the most popular New Year’s Eve traditions is, of course, the dropping of the giant ball in New York City’s Times Square. Various cities have adopted their own iterations of the event — the Peach Drop in Atlanta, the Chick Drop in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and the giant Potato Drop in Boise, Idaho.

The end of one year and beginning of another is often celebrated with the singing of “Auld Lang Syne,” a Scottish folk song whose title roughly translates to “days gone by,” according to Encyclopedia Britannica and History.com.

The history of New Year’s resolutions dates back 8,000 years to ancient Babylonians, who would make promises to return borrowed objects and pay outstanding debts at the beginning of the new year, in mid-March when they planted their crops.

According to legend, if they kept their word, pagan gods would grant them favor in the coming year. If they broke the promise, they would fall out of God’s favor, according to a history of New Year’s resolutions compiled by North Hampton Community College New Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Many secular New Year’s resolutions focus on imagining new, improved versions of ourselves. The failure rate of New Year’s resolutions is about 80 percent, according to U.S. News & World Report. There are myriad reasons, but a big one is they’re made out of remorse for gaining weight, for example, and aren’t accompanied by a shift in attitude and a plan to meet the stress and discomfort of changing a habit or condition.