Fireworks are released over the downtown skyline during Austin's New Year at Auditorium Shores, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. SARA DIGGINS/AMERICAN-STATESMANAustin will ring in 2026 with a familiar mix: live music, fireworks over Lady Bird Lake, and a national TV audience watching us do it. The free, all-ages event takes place Dec. 31 at Auditorium Shores. Sidner and Champion will anchor the Central Time Zone countdown live from Auditorium Shores, with interviews and appearances that include Flavor Flav and Ariana Madix. When and whereDowntown Austin fireworks closing out the 2016 and welcoming the New Year 2017 for the tens of thusands attending the festivities at Auditorium Shores on Saturday December 31, 2016.

Source: CNN December 29, 2025 21:49 UTC