by Noella Noelophile®
(Photo courtesy of Winter Fest OC, and used with permission.)
Would you like to spend New Year’s Eve with a Yeti?
Not to mention snow flurries, confetti cannons and tribute bands?
It’s all happening in Costa Mesa, courtesy of Winter Fest OC.
As Southern California’s largest winter festival, Winter Fest OC has been celebrating the season since late November.
(Photo courtesy of Winter Fest OC, and used with permission.)
(Photo courtesy of Winter Fest OC, and used with permission.)Located at the Orange County Fairgrounds, they welcome visitors to enjoy ice skating, a snowboard simulator, their new “North Pole Pop-Up” walk-through experience, LED mini golf, ice bumper cars and much more.
And their Christmas season 2022 culminates in their New Year’s Eve celebration, this Saturday, December 31st.
Included in the admission price, this special event starts at 5:00 pm on he 31st, with a Holiday Parade and lighting spectacular.
(Photo courtesy of Winter Fest OC, and used with permission.)
Then, just in case you can’t stay till midnight, there will be a 6:00 pm New Year’s Eve countdown, complete with fireworks and music by 80’s tribute band Flashback Heart Attack.
(Photo courtesy of Winter Fest OC, and used with permission.)
The entertainment continues throughout the evening, with a DJ and dancing, and the tribute band. DSB Journey.
Then, of course, at midnight, the countdown happens, as everyone welcomes in the New Year, with music and fireworks.
(Photo courtesy of Winter Fest OC, and used with permission.)
And expect to see Yowie the Yeti and his friends amid the festivities!
Meanwhile, if you’re looking for fun activities and it seems like Christmas has sped by like a greased reindeer (wouldn’t that be a mess!), Winter Fest OC is open at noon every day this week. Plus, after all the celebrations, they’re open for a final blast, New Year’s Day, from noon to 10 pm.
Happy New Year, a little early (where did 2022 go?), and have fun.