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This Week in Springfield, Missouri
Find the best things to do this weekend in Springfield and around southwest Missouri.
by Katie Pollock Estes
Dec 26 2024 at 8 a.m.
December 26–January 2
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Top Picks
December 31: Bubbles & Bourbon
14 Mill Market
There are cocktails from Wisner Bar, food from some of 14 Mill Market’s restaurants, music from DJ Miguel, a champagne toast at midnight and more at this NYE party.
December 31: Midnight Masquerade
Branson Convention Center
Munch on hors d’oeuvres and a dinner buffer, sip drinks all night long, enjoy live music and see the sky light up with fireworks at midnight. There’s even a hidden speakeasy on site.
December 29: New Year’s Supper Club
Good Spirits & Co. Headquarters
Good Spirits & Co. Headquarters has a monthly supper club event, and this month’s is a fancy affair! The black tie event includes four courses and a pre-dinner cocktail hour.
This Week
Through December 31: Ice Skating
Cassidy Station
Entertain the kids during their holiday break with outdoor ice skating at Cassidy Station. Bonus on Fridays and Saturdays: cocoa and food trucks.
December 30–31: TJ Miller
Blue Room Comedy Club
Need a good laugh this month? Blue Room Comedy Club has some great stand-up comedians coming to town in December. TJ Miller performs December 30–31.
December 31: Sober New Year’s Eve Celebration
Oasis Hotel & Convention Center
This family-friendly and alcohol-free New Year’s Eve event includes a 1980’s throwback theme, dinner, dancing, live music, a professional photo booth and a sparkling juice toast at midnight. Kids can enjoy balloon animals, face painting and more.
December 31: New Year’s Eve Party 2025
Big Cedar Lodge
This party filled with tasty eats, drinks and live music ends with a champagne toast, firewoods and balloon drop at midnight. Bonus: There are separate New Year’s Eve parties for kids and for teens, so you can bring the whole fam to celebrate at Big Cedar at events made just for them.
Coming Up
January 4: Goat Hike & Winery
Meets at Farmers Park
For this guided adventure, guests meet at Farmers Park in Springfield before being driven to northwest Arkansas for a day of hiking at Devil’s Den State Park alongside four-legged friends from Snack Mountain Goat Packs. Guides share about local plants, animals and natural history. After the hike is a trip to Sassafras Winery.
January 11: Summertime
Hammons Hall
This classical performance by the Springfield Symphony Orchestra features “The Rhyme of Taigu” by Zhou Long, “Violin Concerto” by Brahms (featuring 2024 Hellam Competition Winner Jason Moon) and “Porgy and Bess: Symphonic Picture” by Gershwin.
January 13: Halestorm’s Lzzy & Joe: The Living Room Sessions
Gillioz Theatre
From hard-rock band Halestorm, Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger are performing an acoustic set in Springfield at the Gillioz Theatre. “With this tour, we’re inviting our fans to experience what it would be like hanging with Joe and me in our living room: picking up instruments, telling stories, chatting about songs that helped shaped us,” says Hale.
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I’m Katie Pollock Estes, and I’m 417’s Editorial Director. I’ve been here almost 19 years, spending my workdays hunting for the best things to do and people to know in the Ozarks—and working with writers to share it all with you. Got a tip? Email me your story ideas for Datebook and 417 Magazine!
