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New Year’s Eve shindig ahead
Marktplatz will be awash in activities on New Year's Eve just like last year, there will be a trackless train for families to ride. – Photo by Mara Williams
A: Main, Community, Gillespie Life, News
December 28, 2023
New Year’s Eve shindig ahead

This year’s New Year’s Eve Marktplatz ball drop celebration will take visitors back in time – the Jurassic Period.

The City of Fredericksburg invited some prehistoric guests to greet visitors and help ring in the new year — dinosaurs.

The countdown to the 2024 ball drop is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 31 at Marktplatz from 3-6:30 p.m.

There will be children’s amusements and inflatables, life-sized coloring book, face painting, photo booth, dance performances, a DJ, a trackless train, reptil...

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