New Year’s Eve Event Roundup

from December 28, 2022 - January 10, 2023

2023 Horoscopes

NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATIONS

It’s been a few years since Tahoe has had this many parties, celebrations, live music and balls on tap to ring in the New Year. Get your tickets, grab your best attire (some require black tie) and be prepared to dance the night away to celebrate the kickoff of 2023.

Tahoe Donner Glowstick Parade | Tahoe Donner

Ski Town Throw Down

Dec. 29 & 30 | Lakeview Social | South Lake Tahoe

Start your New Year’s Eve festivities early this year at Lakeview Social with free live entertainment on Dec. 29 and Dec. 30 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. | lakeviewsocialtahoe.com

NYE at Crystal Bay Casino

Dec. 30 & 31 | Crystal Bay Casino | Crystal Bay, Nev.

Spend NYE with The Motet and special guests. On Dec. 30, Jelly Royal Live will perform with The Motet and on Dec. 31 The Main Squeeze will. On Dec. 31, opt in for a meet and greet with The Main Squeeze, plus access to their soundchecks. | devildogshows.com

NYE at Harrah’s

Dec. 30 & 31 | Harrah’s Lake Tahoe |Stateline, Nev.

Celebrate at Harrah’s Peek Lounge for a most memorable New Year’s Eve experience. Party and dance to live DJs on both nights. | caesars.com

NYE Family Celebration

Dec. 31 | Palisades Tahoe | Olympic Valley

The evening will kick off with an LED Torchlight Parade at 5 p.m. along with fireworks at 7 p.m. and a free concert from The Nomads on the KT Deck. | www.palisadestahoe.com

NYE Fireworks & Torchlight Parade

Dec. 31 | Kirkwood Mountain | Kirkwood

Ring in the new year with Kirkwood’s on-mountain celebration with the best ridgeline as a backdrop. Starts at 5 p.m. | kirkwood.com

NYE Guided Snowshoe Tour

Dec. 31 | Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Center | Truckee

Enjoy an evening under the stars with a guided snowshoe tour of the cross-country trails at night. | RSVP tahoedonner.com

New Year’s at Mt. Rose

Dec. 31 | Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe

Celebrate New Year’s skiing at Mt. Rose followed by an après kick-off launch of 2023 with fireworks at 5:45 p.m. | skirose.com

NYE Glow Stick Parade & Fireworks

Dec. 31 | Tahoe Donner Downhill | Truckee

Enjoy the Glow Stick Parade followed by the annual fireworks show starting at 6:15 p.m. Warm up next to the outdoor firepits and enjoy hot toddies, hot cocoa and more. | tahoedonner.com

A Rockin’ New Year’s Eve

Dec. 31 | Heavenly Village | S. Lake Tahoe

Th heart of the village will come alive with free live music starting at 2 p.m. with DJ CashMaster and Miranda Rae Love. At 8:30 p.m. headliners, The Gin Blossoms play, followed by fireworks and a gondola ball drop at 9 p.m. that coincides with the ball drop in New York City. | theshopsatheavenly.com

NYE & 50th Anniversary Party

Dec. 31 | Northstar California | Truckee

Dance the night away in the Village at Northstar and ring in the New Year during this special 50th Anniversary winter season from 5 to 10 p.m. There will be a festive drone show at 9 p.m. | northstarcalifornia.com

“Light Up the Night”

Dec. 31 | Hard Rock Lake Tahoe | Stateline, Nev.

New Year’s Eve Alpine Union Patio exclusive seating will put you front and center to the NYE celebration, “Light Up The Night,” located on Guitar Plaza. There will be two live DJs on Alpine Union Balcony, an outdoor bar and a spectacular fireworks show at midnight. | hardrockcasinolaketahoe.com

Dance in the New Year

Dec. 31 | Za’s Lakefront | Tahoe City

Ring in 2023 with a delicious lineup of food and cocktails and a high-energy show by The Blues Monsters, performing with special guests, the Horns. Come dressed to impress. | zaslakefront.com

NYE at The Good Wolf

Dec. 31 | The Good Wolf | Truckee

The Good Wolf is throwing a NYE party to thank the community for its support. thegoodwolfbrewing.com

NYE 2023 Masquerade Party

Dec. 31 | Lake Tahoe AleWorX | Stateline, Nev.

Bumpin’ DJs, craft cocktails, beer towers, bottle service and silent disco to ring in the New Year. | laketahoealeworx.com

NYE Jamiriqoui Tribute

Dec. 31 | Alibi Ale Works | Truckee

This New Year’s Eve show will consist of two sets of Blü Egyptian with a set of favorite Jamiriqoui songs and a hype New Year’s countdown. Doors open at 8 p.m. and show begins at 9 p.m. | alibialeworks.com

Annual NYE Celebration

Dec. 31 | Gar Woods Grill & Pier | Carnelian Bay

Gar Woods’ famous NYE party is back. Enjoy the full menu or NYE specials, music by Sawyer, party favors and champagne at midnight. | garwoods.com

NYE Party

Dec. 31 | Grand Lodge Casino | Incline Village, Nev.

Bring in the New Year at the Grand Lodge Casino with a live DJ from 8 p.m. until after midnight to kick off 2023. | grandlodgecasino.com

NYE Winter Wonderland Ball

Dec. 31 | Edgewood Tahoe | Stateline, Nev.

Welcome 2023 in impeccable style inside the mountain chalet clubhouse. All resort guests will be treated to the area’s best in food, drinks and entertainment as 2022 comes to a memorable end. Black tie attire is required. | edgewoodtahoe.com

New Year’s Soiree

Dec. 31 | Sorenson’s Café | Hope Valley

Sorenson’s Café at Wylder Hotel will host New Year’s Eve starting at 9:30 p.m. | wylderhotels.com

North Shore, West Shore, Truckee area & Olympic Valley

TART Connect app or tahoetruckeetransit.com

Olympic Valley & Alpine Meadows

Mountaineer app or mountaineertransit.org

South Lake Tahoe & Stateline, Nev.

Transit app or taketahoetransit.org

Skate for Scotty NYE Fundraiser

Dec. 31 | Olympic Valley Events Center | Olympic Valley

The Scotty Lapp Foundation team offers a night energized with music, lasers, lights and a balloon drop. Dress up and boogie down. Proceeds benefit Scotty Lapp Memorial Skatepark. | palisadestahoe.com

New Year Party

Dec. 31 | Bowl Incline | Incline Village, Nev.

Bowl Incline will open for an exclusive celebration starting at 6 p.m. with a gourmet buffet dinner, champagne toast, party favors, bowling, unlimited arcade and billiards. | bowlincline.com

NYE Ultra Lounge Party 2023

Dec. 31 | The Loft | South Lake Tahoe

Ring in 2023 with live entertainment, delectable cuisine, mesmerizing magic and dancing. | thelofttahoe.com

FIREWORKS & DRONE SHOWS

5 P.M. | Torchlight Parade & Fireworks | Kirkwood

5:45 P.M. | Fireworks | Mt. Rose

6:15 P.M. | Glowstick Parade & Fireworks | Tahoe Donner Downhill

7 P.M. | Fireworks | Palisades Tahoe

9 P.M. | Drone Show | Northstar California

9 P.M. | Fireworks & Gondola Ball Drop | Heavenly

12 A.M. | Fireworks Show | Hard Rock Lake Tahoe

Visit TheTahoeWeekly.com/ Events to add your Event for our print & online calendars.

Katherine E. Hill TAHOE BASIN SNOWMOBILE ACCESS EYED

The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is working on the Winter Recreation and Over Snow Vehicle (OSV) Travel Management Project. OSVs include snowmobiles, snowbikes and other motorized winter equipment. Read Tahoe Weekly’s coverage on all of the OSV plans in the region at TheTahoeWeekly. com/access.

The U.S. Forest Service is analyzing the more than 1,000 comments it received in 2019 and developing alternatives to the proposed action. The alternatives will be analyzed in the Draft Environmental Assessment, which is expected to be released in late 2023 for public comment, according to a press release from the Forest District.

The existing OSV Use Map is still in effect during this time and no changes to the OSV map have occurred.

Major issues that are driving the development of alternatives include: Snow depth requirements and season of use for OSVs; high-use conflict areas; impact to sensitive areas and species of concern; impact of OSV use on neighborhoods; access points for OSV use;

Parking lots

Many of the existing winter snow parking areas along the highways and roads that were commented on are not on Forest Service land and are not within the District’s jurisdiction and The Winter Rec project will not address these parking areas, according to the release.

There is, however, a comprehensive winter parking planning project in development with the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency recreation working group to address winter parking in Lake Tahoe. The Winter Rec project does propose new parking areas on Forest Service lands, however, and some of the alternatives to be released in 2023 will include additional winter parking areas that the public has helped to identify.

Map errors

An error on the original proposed action maps around the Glenbrook area on the East Shore led to some confusion about the proposal for OSV use in that area. Although the proposal was correct on the map, the wrong background color was used, which incorrectly implied that OSV use would extend up to the neighborhood.

The corrected map was added to the website. In addition, this area received substantive comments during scoping that warrant the analysis of an alternative to the proposed action in that area.

Current OSV operations

There was some confusion about whether there has been a change to where OSVs can operate currently. No changes to the existing OSV use map have occurred yet. The areas open to OSV use will not change until after a decision has been signed by the Forest Supervisor for the Winter Rec Project.

Next steps

Since the last opportunity for public comment occurred before the pandemic, the Forest Service plans to provide additional information to the public this winter about the comments that were received, as well as the general suite of alternatives that are being considered. Information on the format and time/date of this information will be distributed through its email list.

To receive updates on the project and when the next round of public comments will be accepted, sign up for email updates online. All the project documents and maps are also available online. | bit.ly/LTBMU_OSV

KIWANIS CLUB HOLDS SOCK DRIVE

The Kiwanis Club of Lake Tahoe is holding a sock drive through December. Socks may be dropped off at South Shore locations of: US Bank, El Dorado County Library, Catalysis, South Tahoe Public Utility District or South Tahoe Refuse. | @kiwaniscluboflaketahoe

Kirkwood

KIRKWOOD RELEASES DOCUMENTARY

In celebration of Kirkwood’s 50th anniversary, the ski area hosted an anniversary party on Dec. 17 and debuted the short documentary “50 Years Deep: The Kirkwood Story.” The film is now available on Kirkwood’s YouTube channel, as well as on its Instagram and Facebook pages. The film was created by Steve Seime.

Read Tahoe Weekly’s story on Kirkwood’s 50th anniversary at TheTahoeWeekly.com/history. | youtube.com, kirkwood.com

Town of Truckee

TRUCKEE’S SNOWPLOW WINNERS

This year Town of Truckee held its first Name Our Snowplows Competition. There were 294 submissions from Truckee students K through Grade 12. The public works department staff narrowed down the entries to 13 finalists. More than 1,400 people voted on the names. The winning names are Blizzard of Oz, Chilly Chilly Bang Bang, Scoop Dogg and Austin Plowers.

The names will be the official names of the four main plows for the next two years and are being printed onto the side of the plows. All four names came from students at Alder Creek Middle School. | townoftruckee.com

GEAR FOR THE Elements

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28

Gingerbread Village

Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe, Incline Village, 8 a.m., (775) 832-1234, hyatt.com

12 Moves of Christmas

Truckee Donner Recreation & Park District, Truckee, 9-10 a.m., (530) 582-7720, tdrpd.org

RUFF (Read up for Fun)

Truckee Library, Truckee, 10:30-11 a.m., (530) 5827846, nevadacountyca.gov/336/Truckee-Library

Holiday Mixology

Middle Fork Bistro + Bar, Clio, 6 p.m., (530) 8972300, nakomaresort.com

THURSDAY, DEC. 29

Gingerbread Village

Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe, Incline Village, 8 a.m., (775) 832-1234, hyatt.com

Golden Meet & Greet

Truckee Donner Recreation & Park District, Truckee, 9:30 a.m., (530) 582-7720, tdrpd.org

Film Stream Film Festival

Shops at Heavenly Village, South Lake Tahoe, 10 a.m., theshopsatheavenly.com

Toddler Time

Incline Village Library, Incline Village, 10:30 a.m., (775) 832-4130, washoecountylibrary.us

Preschool Storytime (Tahoe City)

Tahoe City Library, Tahoe City, 10:30 a.m., (530) 5462021, placer.ca.gov/2093/Library

Locals Night Ice Skating

Resort at Squaw Creek, Olympic Valley, 5-8 p.m., (530) 412-8006

FRIDAY, DEC. 30

Gingerbread Village

Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe, Incline Village, 8 a.m., (775) 832-1234, hyatt.com

Film Stream Film Festival

Shops at Heavenly Village, South Lake Tahoe, 10 a.m., theshopsatheavenly.com

Royal Gorge 50th Anniversary Party

Summit Station, Soda Springs, 4-7 p.m., (530) 4263871, royalgorge.com

Night Sledding

Granlibakken Tahoe, Tahoe City, 5-6:30 p.m., (800) 543-3221, granlibakken.com

SATURDAY, DEC. 31

Gingerbread Village

Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe, Incline Village, 8 a.m., (775) 832-1234, hyatt.com

Heavenly Holidays Favorite Characters

Shops at Heavenly Village, South Lake Tahoe, 3 p.m., theshopsatheavenly.com

Night Sledding

Granlibakken Tahoe, Tahoe City, 5 p.m., (800) 5433221, granlibakken.com

NYE Fireworks & Torchlight Parade

Kirkwood Mountain Resort, Kirkwood, 5 p.m., (209) 258-6000, kirkwood.com