Mid-Ohio Valley offers residents a variety of ways to ring in 2025

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PARKERSBURG — Residents of the Mid-Ohio Valley will be ringing in the New Year at several locations in the area on Tuesday.
North Bend State Park in Cairo, W.Va., will be hosting an all-day New Year’s Eve celebration Tuesday, according to its website.
Johnny Staats and his band will be playing live in the park dining room, the website said and “package prices include dinner, hors d’oeuvres, live music and breakfast the next morning.”
Contact 304-643-2931 for more information or to make reservations.
The Valley Gem Sternwheeler in Marietta will be hosting a New Year’s Across the Decades Cruise from 8 p.m.-midnight Tuesday, according to the Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau website.
“We will have a themed dinner that corresponds to the musical decades that will be performed live,” the website said. “Come for an evening of delicious food and musical entertainment.”
Reservations are required and tickets are $60 per person, according to the website.
Find more information and book tickets at www.valleygemsternwheeler.com.
The Blennerhassett Hotel & Spa’s speak easy, the 1889 Club in Parkersburg, will also be hosting a New Year’s Eve party, ” Party Like It’s 1925″, from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Dec. 31-Jan. 1, 2025.
“The Blennerhassett Hotel & Spa’s prohibition-era themed speakeasy is the perfect place to welcome the new year,” a Dec. 14 Blennerhassett Hotel & Spa Facebook post said.
The event features The “Rat Pack” Tribute Show, a complimentary champagne toast, chef’s selection of hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar, according to the post.
More information can be found and tickets can be purchased at www.booktheb.com.
The Lafayette Hotel will be ringing in the new year too at a New Year’s Eve celebration from 8 p.m.-11:59 p.m Tuesday, according to the Marietta-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
“Get ready to ring in the New Year with style and fun at our beautiful venue … The Lafayette Hotel is the perfect place to celebrate the end of the year and welcome in the new one,” the CVB’s website said.
There will be live music, a midnight buffet, a champagne toast and a festive atmosphere, the website said.
Find more information and purchase tickets at lafayettehotel.com.
The Adelphia Music Hall will in Marietta will also be hosting a New Year’s Eve event, the Hollywood Bash, according to its website. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the show starts at 9 p.m.
“The BASH is a high-energy cover band brining an unforgettable party atmosphere to every stage they hit,” the Adelphia’s website said.
Tickets are $30 for general admission, $35 the day of the show, $300 for a table which includes 4 tickets and a bottle of champagne, according to the website. The event is for those age 21 and over.
The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for those who purchase a table, and according to the website, the event will include Hollywood-themed cocktails and guests are encouraged to wear their red-carpet best attire. Prizes for best Hollywood costumes.
General Admission tickets will include a champagne toast at midnight, the website said.
More information and tickets can be found at www.theadelphia.com.
While New Year’s Eve offers several opportunities for fun, with it comes safety concerns.
“We all bring in the new year with family and friends,” Washington County Sheriff-elect Mark Warden said of the holiday. “It is a time to celebrate those close to us, but we must remember to do it safely.”
Those who will be drinking should remember to have a designated driver and drivers should remember to wear a seatbelt, according to Warden.
Warden also cautioned against “buzzed driving.”
“Remember buzzed driving is drunk driving,” he said.
Warden also shared fireworks safety tips.
If you are going to indulge in any type of fireworks, he said to think of others.
“Alcohol and any type of pyrotechnics do not mix,” he said.
The West Virginia Fire Marshal’s Office also has fireworks safety tips for New Year’s Eve.
Each New Year’s Eve, people are injured using consumer fireworks, the agency’s website said, and most often it is children and teens who are injured.
The Fire Marshal’s Office suggests people read the warning labels on fireworks, parents should be supervising teenagers using fireworks and they should not be allowing young children to handle or use fireworks.
The agency’s website also said people shooting fireworks should always have water ready, should never relight a dud firework and should never attempt to alter or modify a firework and or use it in a manner in which it was not intended.
“Enjoy brining in the new year,” Warden said. “Just remember to do it safely.
Michelle Dillon can be reached at mdillon@newsandsentinel.com