Looking for New Year’s Eve celebrations in Chicago minus the late night? Most kids, and even some adults, can’t make it until midnight for a typical New Year’s Eve celebration. That’s why plenty of Chicago area kids’ venues have put together events to celebrate Noon Year’s on the last midday of the year.
Celebrate with bubbles at the always-popular DuPage Children’s Museum, enjoy roller skating in Mundelein or on the South Side, or bowl or play bocce to end 2024 at Pinstripes locations in Streeterville, Oak Brook, South Barrington, or Northbrook. Or, play whirlyball in Naperville or Lincoln Park or see a performance of the Blue Man Group in Lakeview.