10 Awesome Ways to Celebrate on New Year’s Eve

First Night Tri-Cities invites you to bring your family and friends to attend a drug and alcohol-free night celebrating the arts. Nowhere else in the Tri-Cities will you be able to celebrate New Year's Eve with your entire family--no matter what their age--enjoying such a wide variety of visual and performing arts that is affordable and accessible to all. Live music of all kinds, a hypnotist, a Kid's Zone and fireworks offered. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. and go until 12:30 a.m. "Buttons" are the tickets and can be purchased at any SunMart, the Richland Community Center, the Tri-City Herald or Pasco City Hall.

Game starts at 7:00. Tickets are between $9 and $20.

Starts at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are between $20 and $30 --$10 for kids. Features 40 professional bull riders from PRCA, PBR, PWRA, NPRA and 3 other rodeo associations!

The restaurant serves a five-course meal while Faith and Tony play contemporary hits. Event starts at 6:00 p.m. Cost is $65.

Tickets are $10; show starts at 8:30 p.m. Dante has been performing comedy since 1986. Most people know Dante as a cast member on season NBC's "Last Comic Standing." He was the grand prize winner on "Americas Funniest People."

Crashworx is comprised of five musicians who play classic rock music. Formed in early 2010, they quickly gelled as a group and began compiling songs that span from the 60's through the 90's, quickly rising to become one of Tri-Cities most sought-after bands.

If you desire a place where you can enjoy your spouse, hang with friends, laugh, dance, eat and win prizes. With the comfort that childcare is provided! This is it!

Goes from 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.

Tickets are $70; event begins at 7 p.m. and goes to 1 a.m. The 20-piece swing band plays until 8 p.m. Then the buffet opens. Terry West and Seattle DJ begins at 9 p.m.

Ever since heading to the hills with my best friends to escape Y2K, camping has been my favorite New Year's Eve party. Unfortunately, I'm married now and the kids have to be in bed by 9:00 at the latest. If you drink, there's no one to tell you you're past your limit. If you don't, there's no live music that is as sweet as a crackling fire.