Celebrate New Year's Eve with The Machine and More at Seattle Center Tonight

Celebrate New Year's Eve at the Seattle Center tonight, December 31, from 7 p.m. to January 1 at 12:30 a.m.

New Year's Eve Activities Include:

The Machine, offering highly danceable, fun, party rock and roll, performs in a free concert as part of Seattle Center Winterfest on Seattle Center Armory Mainstage, 8 p.m.-11:45 p.m., and Winterfest Ice Rink remains open until 11:30 p.m.

Venues across the Seattle Center campus are expecting packed crowds for New Year's Eve including T-Mobile New Year's Eve at the Needle, Chihuly Garden and Glass New Year's Eve pARTy, Indulgence New Year's Eve Bash at EMP Museum, SPECTRA 2016 at Pacific Science Center, New Year's Eve at Teatro ZinZanni, Amy Schumer at KeyArena (12,000+ expected) and Straight No Chase at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall at Seattle Center (2,500+ expected).

Seattle Center Monorail provides service until 1 a.m. on Jan. 1. The Monorail trains will cease operations between 11:15 p.m. and approximately 12:20 a.m., to comply with fire regulations.

As in past years, an exclusion zone will be enforced on New Year's Eve to keep Seattle Center visitors safe from fireworks debris. Entry to Next 50 Plaza, Broad Street Green and areas around the Space Needle and EMP Museum will be restricted. Designated passageway through those areas, including Harrison and Thomas streets between 5th Ave. N. and Seattle Armory, and entrances to the Space Needle and Chihuly Garden and Glass will remain open until 10 p.m. At 11 p.m., Thomas St. will close; and at 11:30 p.m., Harrison St. will close.