Where To Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2022 In St. Charles

ST. CHARLES, IL — From late-night bashes at the Arcada Theater and the Hive Tavern & Eatery to a four-course meal at St. Charles Place Steakhouse, there will be plenty to do in St. Charles this New Year's Eve.

Here is a look at some events happening in St. Charles this Saturday, Dec. 31:

• Arcada Theatre's Ring In A Rockin' New Year with Infinity: Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Say goodbye to ’22 and say hello to ’23 at The Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St. in St. Charles, with one of the most popular rock bands around, INFINITY. The cash bar will be open and there will be pizza from Rock 'N Za. The dance floor will also be open during the show, which starts at 8:30 p.m. For more information or to buy tickets visit here.
• The Hive Tavern & Eatery, 204 W Main St, St. Charles, IL: Two Beer Tommy Band will be playing from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. There is no coverage charge.
• St. Charles Place STEAKHOUSE, 2550 E Main St., St. Charles will serve up a four-course meal. More information is available here.
• New Year's Eve with Superfly Symphony at La Mesa, 51 South 1st Street St. Charles: Celebrate in style this New Years Eve at La Mesa Mexican Grill in downtown St.Charles. There will be live music and a live DJ.More information is available here.

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.