New Year’s Eve is one of the best holidays in Macau.
The city comes alive with parties, dinner buffets, fireworks, music, and dancing to ring in the new year.
New Year’s Eve, Macau 2024/2025 NYE Events, Fireworks, Parties
The Cultural Affairs Bureau is gearing up for an unforgettable New Year’s Eve with not one but two countdown events to ring in 2025. Revellers can choose between the New Year’s Eve Countdown Concert at Sai Van Lake Square on Macao Peninsula or heading to the Taipa Houses Museum for a second festive concert.
Each event will feature an exciting line-up of live music and an upbeat atmosphere, promising a vibrant celebration to welcome the new year.
The 2024 Macau Countdown Concert and the 2024 Taipa Countdown Show will be held at Sai Van Lake Plaza and Taipa Houses, respectively, on the evening of 31 December. Famous Hong Kong singers George Lam, Sally Yeh and Johnny Yip will participate in the closing performances, celebrating the New Year with many artists, for the delight of residents and tourists.
Macao Countdown Concert
The 2024 Macau Countdown Concert will be held at Sai Van Lake Plaza on 31 December from 10pm to 12:10am the following day, featuring closing performances by renowned Hong Kong singers George Lam and Sally Yeh, who will present uplifting classic hits, as well as a thrilling line-up of singers and bands including Maria Cordero, German Ku, Vivian Chan, Rico Long, Nick Ngai, FIDA, Daze in White, Ocean Walker, and Ying May Supermarket, KC Ao Ieong and DAX One Dance Complex. Bobo Leong and Jeoffrey Wong will serve as the masters of ceremonies, leading the singers and the audience to the countdown for the new year.
Taipa Countdown Show
The 2024 Taipa Countdown Show will be held at Taipa Houses, focusing on integrating diverse cultures. The stage performances will start at 8:30pm, with the participation of local singer and bands: winifai, Concrete/Lotus and Peony & Lon, who will perform and liven up the atmosphere, ending with a series of classic songs performed by Hong Kong singer Johnny Yip.
In addition, a series of cultural performances will be presented, including dance by Victor Kumar and the Bollywood Dreams Group, traditional Philippine dance by the Bisdak Association of Macao, traditional song and dance by the Indonesian, Myanmar and Vietnamese communities in Macao, Jason Fong light juggling and magic shows, as well as Youth Variety Show.
Cultural booths will be set up by members of the Philippine, Indian, Indonesian, Myanmar and Vietnamese communities in Macao from 8:30pm to 11:30pm, showcasing local traditional costumes, tourist information, authentic snacks and drinks, and highlighting the lifestyle in Macao characterised by the harmonious co-existence and integration of different cultures and peoples.
Admission to both events is free. Road closure, security checks and traffic control measures will be implemented, and details of measures will be announced later.
Chromosome Universe New Year Countdown Show
December 31, 9pm at MGM COTAI, 1/F Roof Terrace, Macau
Created by captivating energy and roaming with a redefined identity, this time, it’s our brand-new universe.
The Chromosome Universe New Year Countdown Show · Chromosome Family New Year’s Eve Party has been officially announced! Bring your most exhilarating energy and join us for this dazzling celebration party!
Ticket prices start at 580 RMB/HKD/MOP.
Another Year Bites the Dust
December 31, 11pm – 6am at DD3 Verandah, 2nd Floor Espanha II Fisherman’s Wharf, Macao
Cheers to a night of memories, magic, and dancing into the New Year! Join us at DD3 Verandah for an unforgettable celebration as we say goodbye to the old and welcome in the new! As we let another year bite the dust, let’s raise our glasses and dance like nobody’s watching! Together, we’ll ignite the night and create legendary moments that will last a lifetime!
Admission is 250 MOP for 3 DRINKS
2025 JSTV New Year’s Eve Concert
December 31, 7pm at Galaxy Arena
This year, the 2025 JSTV New Year’s Eve Concert will continue to focus on the theme of “Lighting up happiness with efforts”, inviting powerful singers to join the show, interpreting the deep connection between struggle and happiness through innovative choreography, and presenting audiences with a New Year’s Eve celebration that is both timely and emotionally resonant.
Technically, the 2025 JSTV New Year’s Eve Concert will break the visual boundaries to create a multi-dimensional immersive performance stage. The stage design of the evening party will take mirror as the theme, through the refraction and reflection of light and shadow, to visually create an expansion of the extended space, breaking through the physical boundaries between the stage and the audience and closely integrating the real and the unreal together, to create a borderless visual effect.
The 2025 JSTV New Year’s Eve Concert will be held in Macau for the eighth time, once again hand in hand with Galaxy Arena. The party will incorporate positive elements such as the event’s theme and social topics into the programme creation and arrangement, cohesion of festive emotions, spreading the strong voice of the times, promoting cultural exchanges, and encouraging hundreds of millions of viewers to chase the light of life through perseverance.\
2025 JSTV New Year’s Eve Concert, let’s set out together for a better 2025 at 7:30 p.m. on December 31!
There’s something for everyone during New Year’s Eve in Macau.
