Where To Celebrate New Year's Eve 2022 In Middlesex County

EDISON, NJ — It's almost time to ring in the New Year and scream goodbye to 2022.

From hotel parties to dinners and dancing, here is a look at some events happening in the area:

• New Year Party and Ball Drop, Metuchen: Ok, this event is not on New Year's Eve, but a day earlier. Nevertheless, it promises to be fun. The Metuchen Downtown Alliance will be hosting an early New Year celebration with a Ball Drop around 6:45 p.m. on Dec. 30 at 33 Pearl St. Event is from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Click here for info.
• Bollywood New Year's Eve, King Palace, Edison: If you enjoy Bollywood music, celebrate New Year's Eve with great ambiance, amazing food and dancing. There will also be a kids section along with volunteers so you don’t have to worry. Click here.
• New Year's Eve Party, Big Shots, Woodbridge: Ring in the New Year with a complimentary champagne toast and Ball Drop at Bog Shots Restaurant & Lounge, Woodbridge. There will also be an open Bar & buffet, DJs, dancing, party favors and more. Click here.
• Tamasha New Year's Eve Party, Akbar Restaurant, Edison: There will be heated cabanas, lavish dining, music and dancing. Click here for more details.
• Bollywood Masquerade Ball, Royal Grand Manor, Edison: Lots of food, fun, music and dancing. Click here for details.

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.