Ring in the new year with a giant electronic MoonPie drop AND not one, but FIVE hip-hop legends! Slick Rick, Rob Base, Big Daddy Kane, Dana Dane and Yo-Yo (Yolanda Whitaker) will be serving up the beats on New Year’s Eve in Downtown Mobile! This free event, in its 16th year, has grown to more than 50,000 revelers filling the streets with the festive vibe Mobile is known for. This year’s celebration will have locals and visitors dancing in the streets to hip-hop classic hits that shaped the genre, such as “It Takes Two” (Rob Base), “Ain’t No Half-Steppin’” (Big Daddy Kane), “Children’s Story” (Slick Rick), “Cinderfella” (Dana Dane) and “You Can’t Play with My Yo-Yo” (Yo-Yo). Each legend will perform their own set leading up to one epic countdown at midnight! Having five headliners perform in one evening is a first for MoonPie Over Mobile and with it being the 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop, it’s destined to be a celebration like none other!

Kicking off the evening will be the opening act, Yeah Probably! Based out of Mobile, this crew of passionate players blends every bit of musicality and diversity to provide a show that creates a truly unique experience. With an excellent display of smooth harmony, grooving vibes, and melodic flow, they have quickly become the crowned jewel of soul and pop in Alabama. Your host for the evening, spinning hits and keeping the crowd hyped before, between and after sets, is the one-and-only DJ Blayze.

Festivities on NYE during the day include a Kids Zone with family friendly fun in Mardi Gras Park and a MoonPie Drop for the kids. In the evening there will be a resolution wall for attendees to post their hopes and dreams for the new year, a best decorated umbrella contest, the cutting of the world’s largest, edible MoonPie baked by Chattanooga Bakery, and a second line parade led by the Port City Secondliners and the Jukebox Brass Band to the main stage to kick off the evening’s live music. Moments before midnight, we will count down into the new year while the street party peaks with the ceremonial dropping of the world’s largest, electronic MoonPie as the clock strikes 2024. The 12-foot-tall MoonPie will descend from the 34-story RSA Trustmark skyrise to welcome in the new year and the beginning of Mobile’s Mardi Gras season.

Guaranteed to be the best New Year’s Eve celebration in the South, it’s the perfect time to experience the magic of Mobile.

Schedule of Events:

11AM – 1PM: KIDS ZONE
Taking place in in Mardi Gras Park – we’ll be celebrating the new year early for the kids! There will be bounce houses, a mini-resolution wall, NYE crafts, a second line march to see the MoonPie drop at noon, MoonPie treats and more!

NOON: MOONPIE DROP FOR KIDS
Let the kids ring in 2023 with the MoonPie dropping for them specifically at Noon!

4PM: RESOLUTION WALL
Write down your resolution and hang it in the sky on our resolution wall. Located in the Renaissance Riverview Hotel Plaza Courtyard.

7PM: DJ BLAYZE
DJ Blayze will be playing on the Main Stage before, after and in-between all musical performances to keep the party going.

7:30PM: BEST DECORATED UMBRELLA CONTEST
Come show off your best decorated Mardi Gras umbrella for a chance to win a prize and lead the parade. Contest will be held in the Renaissance Riverview Hotel Plaza Courtyard next to the MoonPie cutting and the Resolution Wall!

7:30PM: THE PORT CITY SECONDLINERS
The Port City Secondliners featuring the Jukebox Brass Band will be getting down in the Renaissance Riverview Hotel Plaza Courtyard.

7:45PM: CUTTING OF THE MOONPIE
Enjoy a piece of the World’s Largest MoonPie in the Courtyard of the Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel.

8PM: SECOND LINE PARADE
March with us from the Riverview Courtyard to the Main Stage led by elected officials. The public is invited to bring a Mardi Gras umbrella and join the procession!

8:20PM: OPENING REMARKS
Join Mayor Sandy Stimpson and Honorary Chairman, Fred Richardson at the Main Stage.

8:30PM: OPENING ACT: YEAH PROBABLY
On the Main Stage

9:25PM: HEADLINERS: YO-YO, DANA DANE, BIG DADDY KANE, SLICK RICK AND ROB BASE
On the Main Stage

MIDNIGHT
Countdown and MoonPie Drop  On the Main Stage

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Date: December 31, 2023

Time: 11am

Location: 51 St Joseph Street, Mobile, AL 36602

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