Photos: Anchorage rings in 2024 with fireworks and festivities

Crowds gathered for live music, dance performances and a fireworks display downtown to usher in the new year.

By Bill Roth
Updated: January 1, 2024 Published: January 1, 2024

Fireworks are reflected on Ship Creek during the annual New Year's Eve celebration in downtown Anchorage on Sunday. (Bill Roth / ADN)

With mild temperatures on Sunday, people gathered in downtown Anchorage for the annual New Year’s Eve celebration featuring live music, dance performances and a fireworks display.

Precious Gray attended the New Year's Eve celebration in downtown Anchorage with her children on Sunday. (Bill Roth / ADN)

Alaska Fire Circus entertained the crowd during the New Year's Eve celebration in downtown Anchorage on Sunday. (Bill Roth / ADN)

People watch the Alaska Fire Circus performance during the New Year's Eve celebration in downtown Anchorage on Sunday. (Bill Roth / ADN)

A pedestrian crosses Third Avenue as people arrived downtown to watch the fireworks display on New Year's Eve in Anchorage on Sunday. (Bill Roth / ADN)

People gathered at warming barrels prior to the annual New Year's Eve fireworks display in downtown Anchorage on Sunday. (Bill Roth / ADN)

Fireworks burst near downtown Anchorage during the New Year's Eve celebration on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. (Bill Roth / ADN)

Children play on a sledding hill in the Chinook Lot at Third Avenue and E Street during the New Year's Eve celebration in downtown Anchorage on Sunday. (Bill Roth / ADN)

An Alaska Railroad locomotive decorated in Christmas lights arrives at the Anchorage station on New Year's Eve. (Bill Roth / ADN)

Pyrotechnicians with Lantis Fireworks prepare for the New Year's Eve fireworks display near downtown Anchorage on Sunday. (Bill Roth / ADN)

Fireworks burst near downtown Anchorage as part of the city’s New Year’s Eve celebration. (Marc Lester / ADN)

Bill Roth

Bill Roth is a staff photojournalist at the Anchorage Daily News.

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