New Year’s Eve Events on Hilton Head Island

Hilton Head Island offers a variety of festive events and parties to ring in the new year.

Many of the island’s resorts and restaurants host their own New Year’s Eve events, featuring delicious food and champagne toasts. From Harbour Town in Sea Pines Resort, where a large, illuminated ball drops from atop the famous lighthouse, you’re sure to enjoy the count down to the new year.

Alexander’s New Year’s Eve Dinner

• Three-course prix-fixe New Year’s Eve dinner on Sunday, December 31 from 5 – 9 p.m. $75++ per person (price includes the Champagne toast).
• 76 Queens Folly Rd., Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort
• (866) 921-6639
• www.alexandersrestaurant.com

New-Years Vagabond Cruise

Join the crew aboard the Spirit of Harbour Town for the seasonally inspired New Year’s Eve Dinner Cruise and watch the ball drop from the top of the Harbour Town Lighthouse. Choose from dining inside the climate-controlled cabin with panoramic windows or dine outside on our upper level with canopy.

• 149 Lighthouse Rd., Sea Pines Resort
• (843) 363-9026
• www.vagabondcruise.com/holiday-cruises/new-years-eve-dinner-cruise

Top Dawg Tavern

• Dine off the Top Dawg Menu and enjoy a champagne toast at midnight.
• 13 Harbourside Ln., Building #2, Unit CD, Shelter Cove Harbour
• (843) 785-5600
• www.topdawgtavern.com

Beach House

• Special menus at The Porch and drink specials at the Tiki Nest.
• 1 South Forest Beach Dr.
• (855) 474-2882
• www.beachhousehhi.com

New Year’s Eve in Harbour Town

• Food, fun, entertainment, live music and count down the ball drop. Two ball drops take place at 7 p.m. and again at midnight.
• 149 Lighthouse Rd., Sea Pines Resort
• (843) 842-1979
• www.seapines.com/experiences/events/new-years-eve-celebration

Coastal Restaurants and Bars (CRAB Group)

• Most of the CRAB Group restaurants will offer special menus for the evening.
• (843) 536-8600
• www.hiltonheadcrab.com

Please call ahead to confirm times and status of all events.