New Year's Eve

The decades old battle in Montana about fireworks on appropriate holidays continues. Some folks look forward to lighting fireworks for months, while others prepare with dread for the noise and disruption it causes. Patriotic? Sure. A real pain for some? Also sure.

One of the best New Year's Eve parties is happening this Saturday at The ELM in Bozeman with Laney Lou & the Bird Dogs, complete with a Hawaiian theme!

Need one last week of fun before the New Year? No problem! Fun events are everywhere this week around the Bozeman area, from Latin dance to snow tubing.

Costumes, comedy, open bars and bluegrass. New Year's Eve around the Gallatin Valley is providing lots of options for fun...high-end OR on a budget!

Although we're still facing early closing times, going out or staying in, you have options for fun this New Year's Eve around the Bozeman area even if bars and restaurants are celebrating the East Coast midnight.

Sticking around Bozeman to ring in the New Year? Here's a roundup of some of the things going on this Jan. 31, 2016:

Sticking around Bozeman on New Year's Eve and still looking for something to do? Here's a list of some of the best places to ring in the New Year:

The Coney Island Polar Bear Club's annual New Year's swim looks like a great time. People in costumes, swimming, having fun. We probably should've gone, but there was that whole hangover thing to deal with. Which makes us wonder, does jumping into the freezing Atlantic ocean cure a hangover? If so, we're totally there next year.

I didn't plan on destroying my kitchen on New Year's Day but I did. To help ease the pain I cracked open the cold bottle of Korbel that's been in the fridge for an unnamed special occasion.

Everyone knows about the ball that drops in New York City's Times Square to mark the start of a new calendar year. What you may not realize, though, is that other cities around the nation have similar traditions that entertain and enthrall their local communities. Here's a look at some of the odder traditions that will be taking place in America tonight:

Steven Tyler joined Alice Cooper and his stellar backing band onstage Saturday night (Dec. 31) to perform the Beatles classic ‘Come Together’ during a New Year’s Eve concert at Mala Wailea, a famous oceanfront restaurant at the Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, in Wailea, Hawaii.

When I was a kid, my cousins and I would sleep over my Grandparents house on New Year's Eve and watch Dick Clark's Primetime special and it was awesome.