\n\tThe countdown is officially on, with less than six hours until it\u2019s time to ring in the new year and the annual New Year\u2019s Eve ball drop in Times Square.<\/p>\n
\n\tFor those planning to enjoy the festivities from home this year, you can also witness all the excitement and action in New York City<\/a> via livestream. The free live webcast begins at 6 p.m. ET \/ 3 p.m. PT on Wednesday and features live performances, interviews, behind-the-scenes stories and hourly countdowns.<\/p>\n \n\tTwo familiar faces return to host the NYE 2026 webcast: actor and TV personality Jonathan Bennett and Jeremy Hassell.<\/p>\n \n\tBennett, best known for his starring roles in\u00a0Mean Girls\u00a0and\u00a0Hallmark holiday films, such as A Keller Christmas Vacation, Happy Howlidays and\u00a0The Holiday Sitter, has hosted the event for several years. Bennett has also hosted\u00a0Cake Wars,\u00a0Halloween Wars\u00a0and\u00a0Holiday Wars. As for Hassell, he has been part of the Times Square New Year\u2019s Eve celebration since 2016.\u00a0Throughout his career, he has hosted several live events and celebrity interviews.<\/p>\n \n\tThe event will feature musical performances by\u00a0B.o.B, who will sing \u201cAirplanes,\u201d \u201cNothin\u2019 On You\u201d and \u201cIncwadi,\u201d and Tones and I, performing \u201cGone Gone Gone,\u201d \u201cFly Away\u201d and \u201cDance Monkey,\u201d as well as John Lennon\u2019s \u201cImagine.\u201d New York dance group AGNEW is also set to perform on the Planet Fitness Center Stage, while several other artists are set to take to the Countdown Stage for ABC\u2019s Dick Clark\u2019s New Year\u2019s Rockin\u2019 Eve<\/a>, including Ciara, LE SSERAFIM, Little Big Town, Maren Morris and Diana Ross.<\/p>\n \n\tAs for the famous ball drop, the mayor of New York City is set to push the crystal button.<\/p>\n \n\tAfter the clock strikes midnight in Times Square and celebrations erupt, a surprise second ceremonial moment will also follow to celebrate America turning 250, and will feature the Ball lighting up with an America250 design.<\/p>\n \n\tTo watch the NYE 2026 webcast, click here<\/a>, or visit the official Times Square Facebook<\/a> page.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The countdown is officially on, with less than six hours until it\u2019s time to ring in the new…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":483600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,145751,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-483599","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-years-eve","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115817133235475551","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}