New Year’s Eve Details

Info from Dept. of Information of Taipei City Government
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This year’s New Year’s Eve Party will be different from those in the past. Taipei’s tenth, the 2006 New Years Eve Party promises to be one of the most extravagant ever.


This year’s celebration will go until five in the morning on January 1. Street lights, lamp posts, Christmas trees, and department store windows will be brilliant with light.

The city government has organized roadside events: the final rounds of the MRT Cup pop music contest, street dance performances, the Hakka Mobile Tea House, WhiteNight Crazy Music, three-on-three street basketball, HO-Yi-Yam indigenous cuisine, and the New Year’s Dance Party.

Below is a list of activities in the Xinyi Business District:

1. Taipei New Year’s Eve Party 2006 (2005/12/31, 19:00 ~ 2006/1/1, 01:00): Civil Plaza. Major pop artists such as A-mei, MAY DAY, FIR, and Stephanie Sun; Taipei 101 countdown fireworks show. Do not miss this once-a-year event!
2. MRT Cup Pop Music Contest Finals (2006/1/1, 01:00 ~ 05:00): Taipei City Hall’s southeastern “street-dancing” corner. In addition to the finals, the band “Soda Green” will perform.

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