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Rome will ring in 2026 with\u00a0a\u00a0free New Year’s concert\u00a0at the Circus Maximus with a line-up including Alessandra Amoroso, Fabri Fibra and Tananai.<\/p>\n
The concert kicks off at 21.00, with djs set to keep the party going into the wee hours.<\/p>\n
For those who want to see out 2025 by combining sport\u00a0with the sights of the Eternal City, the\u00a0We Run Rome\u00a0event takes place through the streets of the capital on New Year’s Eve afternoon.<\/p>\n
From a cultural point of view,\u00a0the city hosts the\u00a0Roma Gospel Festival\u00a0at the Auditorium Parco della Musica, with a performance by the Marquis Dolford & The Capital Gospel Group on New Year’s Eve.<\/p>\n
New Year’s Eve clubbing and parties\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Capodanno\u00a0parties will be held in bars, night clubs and hotels across the city but bookings should be made as far in advance as possible.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n There are also plenty of parties at popular bars and diners such as Drink Kong, Hard Rock Cafe, Scholars Lounge, Abbey Theatre, Finnegan\u2019s and the Race Club Speakeasy.<\/p>\n New Year’s food<\/strong><\/p>\n The traditional Italian New Year\u2019s Eve meal consists of cotechino<\/em> (similar to salami), zampone<\/em> (stuffed pig\u2019s trotters), and lentils which are meant to bring luck for the coming year, all washed down with a glass or two of prosecco or spumante.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Dining out<\/strong><\/p>\n If you wish to dine out on New Year’s Eve it is best to reserve your table well in advance \u2013 and be prepared to pay more than usual.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Restaurant guide Puntarella Rossa offers a good list of suggestions of where to eat in Rome on New Year’s Eve.\u00a0<\/p>\n Fireworks<\/strong><\/p>\n The best places to watch fireworks light up the skies over Rome include the Gianicolo, over Trastevere, and Pincio, over Piazza del Popolo.<\/p>\n Every year the city issues an order prohibiting the use of firecrackers, bangers and other explosive material on New Year’s Eve however the ban is widely ignored.<\/p>\n New Year’s Eve traditions<\/strong><\/p>\n A well-known but almost-extinct Capodanno tradition (in Rome at least) involves people throwing old objects out the window, symbolising their readiness to welcome in the new year.<\/p>\n Another Italian superstition holds that wearing red underwear when the clock strikes midnight will bring good luck for the year ahead.<\/p>\n Getting home<\/strong><\/p>\n Metro services run until 02.30 on New Year’s Eve (early hours of 1 Jan) before being substituted with nightbuses. On New Year’s Day, Rome’s public transport network resumes at 08.00 and follows the normal festivo timetable.<\/p>\n New Year’s Day Parade<\/strong><\/p>\n Some of America’s best-known high school marching bands will stage a free parade in central Rome on 1 January to celebrate New Year’s Day.<\/p>\n The\u00a0family-orientated event involves US marching bands joining forces with Italian musical folk groups to perform alongside majorettes, street performers, dancers and historical re-enactors, starting in Piazza del Popolo at 15.30.<\/p>\n Capodarte<\/strong><\/p>\n Rome will mark New Year\u2019s Day with Capodarte 2026, a programme of dozens of cultural events, including free concerts, taking place across the city.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Plunge into the Tiber?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n One of the city\u2019s most unusual spectacles on New Year\u2019s Day is the Tuffo nel Tevere at midday when daredevil divers take the 18-metre plunge off Ponte Cavour into the icy waters of the river Tiber. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Celebrating New Year in Rome: events, parties and traditions. Rome will ring in 2026 with\u00a0a\u00a0free New Year’s concert\u00a0at the Circus Maximus with a line-up including Alessandra Amoroso, Fabri Fibra and Tananai. The concert kicks off at 21.00, with djs set to keep the party going into the wee hours. 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