Niagara Falls New Years Eve
photo credit: InnocentEyezCelebrate New Year’s Eve in Niagara Falls Canada with The Sheepdogs, Our Lady Peace, Keshia Chanté, Stephanie McIlroy, Simple Plan, and more at Queen Victoria Park.
Come celebrate this Dec 31st with fireworks and a free family concert in the park, right next to the Falls. Ring in 2012 with over 40,000 spectators at this year’s festival, hosted by Niagara Parks Commission and Entertainment Tonight (ET), televised around the world and hosted by ET’s Cheryl Hickey and Rick Campanelli, starting at 10 p.m. on Global.
Community partners include: The Niagara Parks Commission (Host Sponsor), The City of Niagara Falls, Fallsview Tourist Area, Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort, Victoria Centre Tourist Area, Clifton Hill Tourist Area, Canadian Niagara Hotels, Skylon Tower, Lundy’s Lane Tourist Area, Celebrate Ontario and others.
If we are coming from Hamilton, and don’t wish to book accommodations for overnight (we wish to come home after the concert), are there any trains or buses running into the early hours? I’m just wondering how to commute, and we don’t wish to drive.
Thanks in advance!
I’m from Hamilton. Check out Coach Canada bus at the Go station. You can go to the falls (say you want to go to the casino). You can not take luggage but you can spend 24 hours there and the best part is you get dropped at the new casino (you will need ID and no minors) The cost for the 1st time is around 23$. You get a 10$ token or cash for the casino upon arrival (its worth stopping into the casino getting the money even if you don’t play). If you already have a casino card for the Falls, show it your ticket will be 13$ and you get the 10$ token/cash for the casino so your round trip is only 3$. Well worth it considering if you take a normal Falls bus, no casino round trip you are looking at $40.
From Toronto, you can take a train to Burlington, then transfer to a “Go Bus” to continue on to Niagara Falls. Here is the holiday schedule for this year:
http://www.gotransit.com/publicroot/en/schedules/pubsched.aspx?table=12&direction=1&day=9&page=1&new=
The HWY 420/Stanley Avenue stop in Niagara Falls is about a 10-15 minute walk to Clifton Hill and the Falls.