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New Year's Eve Celebrations

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
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Enter into the new year by participating in several events marking the beginning of 2025, including live music, skiing, fireworks, and numerous parties. 
 
New Year's Eve At Jiminy Fireworks, Parade, and Live Music
Jiminy Peak, Hancock 
Dec. 31, 8 p.m. to midnight
 
Spend the day skiing or snowboarding and enter the new year with a bang. 
 
At 10:15 p.m., when the lifts close for the evening, the resort will have a light-up parade during which tunes will be pumpin' in the base area while patrol sweeps the mountain. 
 
Then, the slope lights will be turned off, the skiers will wind their way down the darkened mountain with only their torches lighting the way. 
 
As soon as they extinguish their torches at the base of the Berkshire Express, the resort will light up the sky with a fireworks display. Hot Shot Hillbillies Duo will be playing in Christiansen's Tavern starting at 8 p.m. until midnight
 
More information here
 
New Year's Eve Ball Drop
Center Street Parking Lot, North Adams 
Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. 
 
North Adams Ball Drop 
Center Street Parking Lot
Time 8 to 9:15 p.m. 
 
North Adams rings in the New Year with its second annual ball drop, held earlier in the evening for the whole family to enjoy. Grab some of the swag and count down for the New Year at 8, then stay for refreshments. The ball is the creation of North Adams Sheet Metal. See last year's story here.
 
More information here
 
Bousquet NYE Party
Bousquet Mountain, Pittsfield
Dec. 31 at 9 p.m. to Jan.1 at 12:30 a.m. 
 
Celebrate the new year with skiing, live music, and more. From 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. ride the mountain with your snowboard or skis and conclude the evening with a party. 
 
The event will feature a Torchlight Parade by Bousquet Mountain Ski Patrol and Ski and Ride School and music by Old Soul Sounds in the lounge. 
 
At the stroke of midnight, there will be exclusive hors d'oeuvres and a champagne toast. 
 
Must be 21-plus to participate. Pre-sale tickets are $35, and day-of tickets are $39. More information here.
 
Pittsfield-Adams Elks Lodge New Year's Eve Party 
27 Union St, Pittsfield 
Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. to Jan 1. 12:30 a.m. 
 
Have a roast beef or chicken piccata dinner while dancing to tunes by DJ PupDaddy Productions. People are welcome to dress in 70s attire. 
 
Tickets are $50 per person. More information here
 
New Year's Eve with Max Creek
The Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield 
Dec. 31 at 8:30 p.m. 
 
Berkshire County band Max Creek will perform their eclectic style that blends rock, country, reggae, soul, jazz, and calypso with their original songwriting. 
 
Tickets cost $34 for advance general admission or the day of the show: $39. More information here
 
New Year's Eve Jazz
Methuselah Bar and Lounge, Pittsfield  
Dec. 31 from 9 p.m. to midnight
 
There will be jazz and sparling wine tasting for $25. A $20 cover includes a champagne toast at midnight. More information here
 
New Year's Eve Glow Party 
K&M Bowling, Pittsfield 
Dec. 31 from 5 p.m. to Jan. 1 at 12:15 a.m. 
 
There will be cosmic bowling. Tickets cost $20 per person. The event includes free glowsticks and party favors. More information here
 

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Dix's Dinger Propels NAFD/NAPD to League Title

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Anna Dix really cleaned up on Tuesday night.
 
The NAFD/NAPD catcher went 4-for-4 at the plate and ended the championship game of the North Adams Women’s Softball League with a three-run home run to left to give her team an 12-9 walk-off win over Belle Ame Lashes.
 
Then, Dix literally cleaned up, grabbing a couple of the bases and putting them in the Disanti Field storage shed before joining her teammates for a team picture at home plate to celebrate the win.
 
“Usually, it’s the home team that brings them in,” she said afterward.
 
Sure, but the player of the game who just clinched a league title with one swing of the bat?
 
“I’m just that person,” Dix said with a shrug. “I like to clean up after playing and all that stuff.”
 
She and her North Adams Fire Department/North Adams Police Department teammates trailed, 8-6, midway through the fifth inning and again, 9-7, with three outs left to go.
 
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