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9. New Year's Eve celebrations
A star-studded line up is planned for the New Year’s Eve celebrations on Thursday 31 December, with TV personality and DJ Gok Wan headlining the stage on Keel Square and two firework displays lighting up the night sky. Celebrations will get underway on Keel Square from mid-afternoon, with a programme of fun family entertainment and music, before the early evening fireworks display at 6.30pm. A line up of DJ sets will then warm up the crowd, with Gok Wan taking to the stage before the midnight firework display marks the new year in a spectacular finale to the evening. | Getty Images for STYX

