Watch the 2021 Times Square New Year’s Eve show live at NewYorkLatinCulture.com on Thursday, December 31, 2020, starting at 6pm ET. The live event is closed to the public because of COVID-19.
Times Square New Year’s Eve 2021 Schedule
- 6pm Lighting and raising the Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball
- 6:08pm Actor Billy Porter 🇺🇸 (Kinky Boots) performs “For What It’s Worth”
- 6:57pm Actor Kelly Osbourne 🇬🇧 (Ozzy’s Kid) leads the hourly countdown with pyrotechnics
- 7pm Actor Jonathan Bennett 🇺🇸 (Mean Girls) highlights Good Riddance Day
- 7:03pm The USO Show Troupe 🇺🇸 performs a Military Salute, “Stars and Stripes” and “Empire State of Mind.”
- 7:58pm Hourly countdown with pyrotechnics
- 8pm Singer Andra Day 🇺🇸 sings “Rise Up” and “Forever Mine”
- 8:11pm Waterford Crystal Toast
- 8:30pm Country singer Jimmie Allen 🇺🇸 sings “Make Me Want To” and “Freedom Was A Highway”
- 8:45pm Disco legend Gloria Gaynor 🇺🇸 sings “I Will Survive,” “Never Can Say Goodbye”and “Joy Comes in the Morning”
- 8:57pm Vaccine researcher Juanita Erb 🇺🇸 from the NYU Langone Health Vaccine Center leads the hourly countdown with pyrotechnics
- 9:39pm Machine Gun Kelly 🇺🇸 sings a medley of “My Ex’s Best Friend” and “Bloody Valentine”
- 9:58pm Actor Jonathan Bennett 🇺🇸 leads the hourly countdown with confetti
- 10:01pm Dance crew Waffle Crew 🇺🇸 (America’s Got Talent) performs
- 10:06pm Barefoot Toast
- 10:18pm Anitta 🇧🇷 sings a medley of “Downtown,” “Me Gusta,” “Vai Malandra,” and “Bola Rebola” for Univision
- 10:37pm Cyndi Lauper 🇺🇸 and Billy Porter sing a medley of “True Colors” and “Hope”
- 10:58pm TV host Raúl de Molina 🇨🇺 leads the hourly countdown with confetti and pyrotechnics
- 11:01pm Pitbull 🇨🇺🇺🇸 sings a medley of “Rock and Roll All Night,” “Don’t Stop the Party,” “I Believe That We Will Win,” and “Give Me Everything”
- 11:38pm Jennifer Lopez 🇺🇸🇵🇷 sings her hits
- 11:55pm Andra Day 🇺🇸 sings “Imagine”
- 11:59pm New York City Mayor Bill Di Blasio 🇮🇹🇺🇸 triggers the one-minute ball drop
- 12:00am January 1, 2021 ~ Confetti, pyrotechnics, and a lot of relief that we made it this far.
2021 will be Better Together
Heroes of 2020
This year’s theme is “Heroes of 2020” honoring the first responders, frontline and essential workers who have sacrificed so much in service to our communities.
- Frank Auriemma, NYC Public School Teacher
- Zaki Azam, Doctor
- Denny Brito, Sanitation Supervisor
- Ardist Brown, Doorman
- Ling Chan, U.S. Postal Service
- Ronald Colbert, Staten Island Ferry deckhand
- Joseph Cuccurullo, Hotel worker
- Chris Davlantes, ER Doctor
- Baldwin Davis, Public Safety Worker at the Times Square Alliance
- Denise Dillon, Grocery Clerk
- Ceyenne Doroshow, Black Lives Matter and Trans Activist
- Juanita Erb, Vaccine Researcher
- Felicia Fojas, Elmhurst Hospital Pediatrician
- Amy Freeman Ivanov, Acute Care Therapist
- Annmarie Gajdos, Mental health social worker
- Danny Haro, Pizza Delivery
- Shane Hathaway, Hold Fast Restaurant on Restaurant Row
- Leah Jimenez, Public School Teacher
- Hye Jun Lee, Election poll worker
- Kristina Libby, Artist
- Sandra Lindsay, Nurse (first person COVID-19 vaccinated in the US)
- Jenny Liu, CityMD COVID Tester
- Shayna McClelland, Photographer, Pictures for Elmhurst
- Bernadette Murrell, Sanitation Worker for the Times Square Alliance
- Paul Nebb, Emergency Medical Technician
- Carol Porter, Piano teacher and musician
- Jemi Puno, Flight Attendant
- Bridget Reid, Community Service Worker
- Jeremy Richmond, Army Recruiter
- Artie Smarsch, NYPD
- Dustin Suanino, Palliative Care Physician
- Louis Toigo, Sanitation Worker
- Wayne Tucker, Musician
Some of these heroes work in professions that are rarely celebrated. Yet in 2020, we learned first hand how important everyone’s contributions are to everyone else’s well-being. Thank you for your service.