Join the celebration as we ring in 2010!
New Year's Eve Celebration
Downtown Jacksonville
New Year's Eve
Thursday, December 31
VyStar 5K Run
1:30 p.m.
The Jacksonville Landing
The VyStar 5K Run is a great way to get involved with all the excitement the Toyota Gator Bowl has to offer. If running, walking, or biking is your thing, this race is for you. The race is held right before the Gator Bowl Parade, and runs along the parade route through downtown Jacksonville. Each entrant will receive a VyStar Credit Union 5K Run T-shirt.
Click here for complete race information.
Winn-Dixie Hometown Gator Bowl Parade
3 p.m.
Downtown Jacksonville
$10 Reserved Parade Seat
You are invited to celebrate New Year's Eve at the Winn-Dixie Hometown Gator Bowl Parade. The parade features colorful floats, high school bands, college bands, giant helium balloons, and entertaining specialty units. The units will be routed along the Northbank in downtown Jacksonville. Click here for complete parade information.
The City of Jacksonville is proud to support and participate in the 2009 Winn-Dixie Hometown Gator Bowl Parade. Look out for our float with some fun and crazy characters riding along!
Parade Route
- The parade will start at the Prime Osborn Convention Center and on Water Street in front of the Federal Reserve Bank.
- Take Water Street (east) continuing east to Independent Drive
- Make a left on Laura Street (north) to Bay Street
Make a left on Bay Street (west)
- Follow Bay Street ending at the Prime Osborn Convention Center (end of parade)
Gator Bowl Pep Rallies
The Jacksonville Landing Courtyard
ACC Pep Rally: 1:30 p.m.
Visiting Team Pep Rally: 5:30 p.m.
Get pumped up for the Toyota Gator Bowl Classic! Excited fans are invited to show their team spirit at the Pep Rallies at The Jacksonville Landing. Join the bands, cheerleaders, and mascot in the excitement on New Year's Eve.
New Year's Eve Party
The Jacksonville Landing Courtyard
Live entertainment in the courtyard to be announced soon!
New Year's Eve Fireworks Spectacular
Midnight
Downtown Jacksonville
Presented by The City of Jacksonville
Count down to 2010 with a spectacular fireworks display over the St. Johns River to light up the night sky and celebrate the New Year.
Fireworks will be shot from one barge in front of The Jacksonville Landing and another barge in front of the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The fireworks can be viewed from the Northbank and Southbank.
January 1, 2010
Budweiser Tailgate Party
Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Pepsi Pavilion
$10 at the gate or free admission with the PATCH
Enjoy the thrill and excitement of college football as thousands of out-of-town fans come together to celebrate their team in a festive and family-oriented entertainment atmosphere. Truly a party where team spirit abounds, there will be pep rallies, cheerleaders and bands from both Universities that will be sure to ignite the passion in every college football fan.
A multitude of interactive games to test your athletic skills, a variety of inflatables for kids of all ages to enjoy and all of your tailgating concession essentials make this a Tailgate Party not to miss!
Konica Minolta Gator Bowl Classic
Jacksonville Municipal Stadium
With six Heisman trophy winners, 175 all-Americans and over 1,000,000 fans, the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl is truly more than a football game...it is a premiere event of Florida's First Coast.
For ticket information, visit www.gatorbowl.com
If you are disabled and need an accommodation to attend a special event, call the Disabled Services Division (904) 630-4940 (Voice), (904) 630-4933 (TDD).