New Year's Eve Celebration with Two Fireworks Displays

Gok Wan is headlining the New Year's Eve celebration at Keel Square on 31 December, where he'll be playing a headline DJ set to bring in 2027. It's a free event, so there's no entry fee and no booking required — you just turn up when you're ready.

Wan's set is the main draw, but the day starts well before that. There's an afternoon of family entertainment, live music, and fairground rides, so it's as much a daytime thing as a late-night one. Festive light installations will be up around the square, and food and drink traders will be on hand to keep you going through the day and into the evening. If you've got kids with you, the fairground rides and family entertainment mean you can make a proper afternoon of it before the party shifts gears.

The big thing that sets this one apart is the fireworks: there are two displays on the night, so you get more than just the midnight countdown. Between the live music, the rides, the food, and the fireworks, it's a full day's worth of stuff in one spot rather than just a few hours of dancing.

It all happens at Keel Square in Sunderland on 31 December. There's no entry fee and no booking required, so you can just show up whenever you fancy.