Family-Friendly New Year’s Events in Tulsa
Out with the old and in with the new year! Find places and events to celebrate the new year with your family in the Tulsa area.
We will update this list as information becomes available. If you know of an event we could add, please email our calendar editor, tara.rittler@gmail.com.
Tiny Tots New Years Celebration
- When: 2025 Details TBD
- Where: Wheels and Thrills, 10637 N. Garnett Rd., Owasso
Wheels and Thrills’ Annual Tiny Tots New Year’s party is for those 6 and under and their families! Your $14.50 ticket includes jumping, riding toys, skating, playzone, laser tag, a $5 arcade card, games and a balloon drop at 10 a.m. wheelsandthrills.com
Global Gatherings: New Year’s Edition
- When: 2025 Details TBD
- Where: Gathering Place, 2650 S. John Williams Way
Global Gatherings is back for a special winter edition that will celebrate New Year traditions from around the world.
Noon Year’s Eve at Discovery Lab
- When: 2025 Details TBD
- Where: Discovery Lab, 3123 S. Riverside Dr.
Send off 2024 in style at Discovery Lab! Join us for a countdown to NOON – party will include activities, a DJ, and more!
Ringing In At Redbud
- When: Dec. 31, 7 p.m.-12:30 a.m.
- Where: Redbud Festival Park, 109 N. Main St., Owasso
This one-of-a-kind experience will include a night of show-stopping entertainment including local musical acts, comedians, fun, and games. Family-friendly hour is from 7-8 p.m.
New Years Eve 1920s Swing Dance
- When: 2025 Details TBD
- Where: Southminster Presbyterian Church, 3500 S. Peoria Ave.
Join The Oklahoma Swing Syndicate (TOSS) for their annual New Years Swing Dance! This is a family-friendly event, no partner needed, all ages welcome. Swing lessons are from 9-9:30, and the dance is 9:30-12.
Family Noon Year’s Eve Skate Party
- When: 2025 Details TBD
- Where: Wheels and Thrills, 10637 N. Garnett Rd., Owasso
Families of all ages will love this fun event, with a massive balloon drop at noon, plus skating, laser tag, a Playzone and arcade. Food is included in the ticket price! wheelsandthrills.com
Family Friendly New Year’s Eve Party
- When: 2025 Details TBD
- Where: WeStreet Ice Center, 4143 S. Yale Ave.
WeStreet Ice Center is hosting a New Year’s Eve party as part of their ongoing Winter Wonderland celebrations.
Race Into the New Year
- When: 2025 Details TBD
- Where: River West Festival Park, 2100 S. Jackson Ave.
RunnersWorld Tulsa puts on this family-oriented 5K/1-mile fun run every year. Afterwards, there will be fireworks at midnight and treats. Learn more and sign up at raceintothenewyear.itsyourrace.com/event.aspx?id=10323
First Day Hike – Guided Tours at Turkey Mountain
- When: Jan. 1, 9 a.m.-1:55 p.m.
- Where: Turkey Mountain, 6850 S. Elwood Ave.
Weather permitting, step into the New Year right and head to Turkey Mountain for a First Day Guided Hike! Free Guided Tours will be led every hour starting on the hour from 9am to 1pm thanks to volunteers from our Turkey Trail Team!
Those wishing to join the hike should meet at the main, lower, paved parking lot at 6850 S. Elwood Ave by the Turkey Welcome Sign, Big Horn Sheep Statue, and Restrooms. Tours will be approximately 2.2 miles and be moderate to moderately difficult. Very small children and those with mobility issues are encouraged to use our Faimly Gravel Trail “Tvlsi” or the paved trail instead of this moderately strenuous hike. Hikes will take about 1.5 hours. Sturdy shoes, weather appropriate clothing, and a water bottle highly encouraged.
Tours will be led every hour starting on the hour from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Rhema Lights
- When: Nightly through January 1, 5:30-11:30 p.m.
- Where: Rhema Bible Church, 1025 West Kenosha, Broken Arrow
Walk through a wonderland of lights! Enjoy refreshments like hot cocoa and popcorn. Admission is free (donations accepted); concessions available for purchase.
Visit Tulsa Zoo
- When: Daily
- Where: Tulsa Zoo, 6421 E. 36th St. N.
The Tulsa Zoo will be open New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day! Plan your visit at tulsazoo.org.
Visit Oklahoma Aquarium
- When: Daily, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (last admission sold at 5 p.m.)
- Where: Oklahoma Aquarium, 300 Aquarium Dr., Jenks
The Oklahoma Aquarium will be open New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day during regular hours.
10 Ways to Celebrate New Year’s Eve with the Kids
- Get out the fancy glasses (or plasticware). Get a variety of juices (orange, cranberry, grape) and some fizzy water, cider or soda and let kids create their own mocktails. Have a contest to come up with the most delicious drink and most inventive name.
- Winterfest in downtown Tulsa is still going strong. Why not take the family ice skating?
- Let the kids choose the songs and have a dance party. Or have each kid choose a song and come up with a dance to perform for the rest of the family.
- Write resolutions together. Talk to kids about your resolutions and why you picked them, and then help kids come up with some of their own. Write them down and post them, or put them in a time capsule to open next New Year’s Eve to see who kept their resolutions. You might even break a big resolution into smaller steps with one-month increments.
- If you’re having friends or family over, let the kids make a photo booth. Get a big roll of craft paper (white or a color) and let the kids decorate it with designs or a scene. Find some silly hats, glasses and other props and let everyone take pictures in the photo booth. There are also photobooth apps you can download.
- Make activity balloons. Write down any activity on a slip of paper (like “play Old Maid” or “Draw a picture of mom”) and put slips into balloons. Pop one an hour until midnight and do the activity in the balloon.
- Have each child pick a favorite book and, if he or she can read, read it to the family, or have mom or dad read it.
- Have a cozy movie night with hot cocoa, lots of blankets and pillows and popcorn.
- Gather supplies to make a family scrapbook showing the past year.
- Get noisemakers and supplies for kids to make crazy hats. At midnight, let them go outside to bang pots, make noise and celebrate the new year.
