Grab your friends, family, neighbors, colleagues and clients to send off 2019 with a night of music featuring Shinyribs and The Peterson Brothers, and one of Austin’s largest fireworks display. Find a spot center stage for your blanket or chair while you take in the bands and have a bite to eat from one of the local food trucks.

Frequently Asked Questions:

How do I get there?

• There are a number of parking options near Vic Mathias Shores including: City Hall (163 Lavaca St.) One Texas Center (505 Barton Springs Rd.) and The Convention Center Garage (500 E. Cesar Chavez).

• If you’re planning on having someone drop you off please remember citations will be issued to drivers that pick-up/drop-off in an open travel lane and/or outside of the designated pick-up/drop-off area.

• On-site bike parking will be available.

• Sit back and let Cap Metro do the driving for you. Cap Metro will offer free rides on buses and the Metro Rail after 5pm on New Year’s Eve. Visit Cap Metro at www.capmetro.org for public transit options.

• Please note: A few street closures will take place at the site and for the fireworks show. Those closures include: Cesar Chavez Street west of Guadalupe Street and the South 1st Street Bridge, Riverside Drive from Lamar Boulevard to South 1st Street, and South 1st Street from Riverside Drive to Cesar Chavez Street.

What am I allowed to bring?

• Blankets
• Camping chairs
• Umbrellas (small, hand-held style)
• Baby strollers
• Small wagons
• Binoculars
• Personal cameras, including digital cameras; DSLRs with stock lenses; point-and-shoot cameras, and traditional film cameras
• Only leashed pets will be allowed. We strongly suggest taking your pet home before the fireworks finale at 10 p.m. People with aggressive pets will be asked to leave the event.

What items are prohibited?

• Smoking
• Drones
• Alcoholic beverages
• Glass containers
• Styrofoam containers
• Smoking
• Professional video cameras
• Pop-up tents or anything that blocks others from seeing the show
• Amplified music or noisemakers of any kind, other than traditional NYE party favors
• Unauthorized/unlicensed vendors
• Fireworks or explosives of any kind
• Weapons of any kind

What food trucks will be there?

Food trucks include: Burro Cheese Kitchen, Evil Weiner, Four Brothers, Happy Lobster, Kebabalicious, Pueblo Viejo, Red Fin, Stacked Sliders and Waffle Love!

For more event, entertainment, and parking information on Austin’s New Year visit austintexas.gov/any

Special thanks to Austin Convention Center and Austin Parks Foundation for supporting this event.