New Year's Eve Events: London vs Toronto, Mississauga, and Waterloo

Since New Year’s Eve is on a Saturday I thought that, if I was going to travel to a public New Year's Eve event in another city, this would be the year.

I started with a look at London and was impressed to find that they had the band Glass Tiger as well as lots of events throughout the night. Because my new girlfriend is a big fan of Disney I thought the 7 pm Disney event would be up her alley. Even the 9 pm children's fireworks display gives one a double helping of fireworks.

Next was Waterloo. I was surprised to find out that their three New Year’s Events didn't go till midnight. One went till 10 pm and the other two events were over by 9 pm.

Further down the road is Mississauga. When I first checked their website in early December I read a message saying that they had spent millions updating their central city park and that they would hold a New Year’s Eve Event this year. The message made it sound like there was nothing left in the budget to afford a staff member the time to add any details on their New Year's Eve event. Last time I checked they had added some local bands to play at the event.

Toronto to my surprise is having country star George Canyon as their main entertainer. This is a surprising choice-having a country star in the most urban place in Canada. The City of Toronto website provides very little details on the event other then it runs from 10 pm till midnight and that City TV will be helping host the event this year. Considering the amount that Toronto spends on tourism one would have thought they could have afforded to put more details on their website for anyone from out of town looking to attend.

My decision is that I'm going to stay in London this New Year’s Eve and enjoy the festivities. Congratulations to the City of London staff for doing a great job preparing for this event and publishing the details.