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Cancelled, on-schedule New Year’s Eve events in Seattle

Dec 30, 2021, 4:11 PM | Updated: Dec 31, 2021, 6:33 am

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A firework display at Seattle's Space Needle (photo via Flickr)

(photo via Flickr)

Amid a spike in omicron-variant COVID-19 cases in King County that has left some public health officials again recommending that people stay home for the holiday, a number of Seattle New Year’s Eve parties, concerts, and events have been cancelled to close out 2021.

New Year’s Eve casualties of the pandemic:

  • Recently relocated and renovated The Crocodile’s “New Year’s Eve Freakout”
  • WaMu Theatre’s “Abduction” event
  • The Downtown Showbox’s New Year’s Eve concert
  • Chong the Nomad at The Tractor Tavern
  • Viennese New Year at The Seattle Symphony (Performances on Dec. 30 and Jan. 2 will proceed as scheduled.)
  • Shiba San at Q Nightclub

Seattle concerts and events that are still scheduled:

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Cancelled, on-schedule New Year’s Eve events in Seattle