The New Year’s Eve Ball Drop is back in downtown Jennings, 8 p.m.-midnight, Tuesday, Dec. 31.

The second annual New Year’s Eve On Main Street Ball Drop, hosted by the Jennings Festival Association, will feature live music and a giant ball drop with revelers ringing in 2025 at midnight.

“We are the only ball drop in Southwest Louisiana,” City Project Coordinator Katelyn Little Breaux siad. “We held it for the first time last year and we plan to make it even bigger this year.

“It’s truly magical seeing so many people on Main Street having a blast dancing and getting to see the ball drop and bring in the new year together,” she continued. “It’s something you have to experience in person to truly appreciate.”

Festivities kick off at 8 p.m. with a live DJ playing on Main Street near City Hall from 8-9 p.m.

The Eighties Experience, a 1980s cover band, takes to the stage at 9 p.m. They will entertain until the ball drops at midnight near the main stage in front of City Hall.

Children are welcome to attend.

The New Year’s Eve event is open free to the public, but tickets are need for the separate adult-only VIP event to be held 8 p.m.-2 a.m. at the Main Street Event Center, 210 N. Main Street.

The VIP event will include catered food, open bar, photo booth, DJ, front row ball drop viewing and an after party from midnight to 2 a.m. A party bus ride home will also be available.

Cost is $125 per person and $200 per couple. Seating is limited to 125 people.

For more information visit jenningsfestival.com.