Moonpie Over Mobile New Year Celebration

Ring in the new year with a giant electronic MoonPie drop and a Live Music Performance by Clint Black with opening acts Grayson Capps and the Jukebox Brass Band! This free event, in its 17th year, has grown to more than 50,000 revelers filling the streets with the festive vibe Mobile is known for. This year's celebration will have locals and visitors dancing in the streets to the sounds of a national recording star to be named in September!

Festivities on NYE during the day include a Kids Zone with family friendly fun in Mardi Gras Park and a MoonPie Drop for the kids. In the evening there will be a best decorated umbrella contest, the cutting of the world's largest, edible MoonPie baked by Chattanooga Bakery, and a second line parade led by the Port City Secondliners and the Jukebox Brass Band to the main stage to kick off the evening's live music. Moments before midnight, we will count down into the new year while the street party peaks with the ceremonial dropping of the world's largest, electronic MoonPie as the clock strikes 2025. The 12-foot-tall MoonPie will descend from the 34-story RSA Trustmark skyrise to welcome in the new year and the beginning of Mobile's Mardi Gras season.

Schedule of Events

11am - 1pm: Kids Zone
Taking place in in Mardi Gras Park - we'll be celebrating the new year early for the kids! There will be bounce houses, a mini-resolution wall, NYE crafts, a second line march to see the MoonPie drop at noon, MoonPie treats and more!

Noon: Moonpie Noon Year's Eve Drop For Kids
Let the kids ring in 2024 with the MoonPie dropping for them specifically at Noon!

7pm: Dj Dalton Muse
DJ Dalton Muse will be playing on the Main Stage before, after and in-between all musical performances to keep the party going.

7:30pm: Best Decorated Umbrella Contest
Come show off your best decorated Mardi Gras umbrella for a chance to win a prize and lead the parade. Contest will be held in the Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel Courtyard next to the MoonPie cutting and the Resolution Wall!

7:30pm: The Port City Secondliners
The Port City Secondliners featuring the Jukebox Brass Band will be getting down in the Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel Courtyard.

7:45pm: Cutting Of The Moonpie
Enjoy a piece of the World's Largest MoonPie in the Courtyard of the Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel.

8:10 pm: Second Line Parade
March with us from the Riverview Courtyard to the Main Stage led by elected officials. The public is invited to bring a Mardi Gras umbrella and join the procession!

8:30pm: Opening Remarks
Join Mayor Sandy Stimpson and Honorary Chairman, Fred Richardson at the Main Stage.

8:45pm: Opening Act: The Jukebox Brass Band
On the Main Stage

9:30pm: Opening Act: Grayson Capps
On the Main Stage

10:40pm: Headliner: Clint Black
On the Main Stage

Midnight
Countdown On the Main Stage and MoonPie Drop