Performances start at 6 p.m., leading up to the 60-second countdown at 11:59 p.m. and celebration at the stroke of midnight.

Watch as thousands gather in Times Square for the dropping of the New Year's Eve ball at midnight to ring in 2026!

"Time-balls" precede the Times Square New Year's Eve tradition. Balls have been "dropped" since at least the 1830s at England ...

NYE celebrations at Times Square have been held for 122 years. Here's how to watch the ball drop headed into 2026.