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'Great things in store': Revelers ringing in 2024 at downtown Johnstown festival

Johnstown residents rang in the New Year with prayers to end violence and resolutions to make the city a better place on Sunday evening at the Celebration Johnstown event.

New Year's Eve celebration in Johnstown

Johnstown Virtual New Years

Johnstown Virtual New Years 1:02 am Celebrating New Year’s Eve looks very different this year because of the pandemic. But an event in Johnstown is still celebrating the end of 2020 in a safe manner. The annual Celebration Johnstown event brings people downtown to celebrate the start of the new year with live music and fireworks. This year because of COVID-19, the event will be held virtually on multiple platforms. “Although pausing for the year is not horrible, is there a way we could re-imagine, and could we do this virtually? And so, it all just fell together beautifully,” said Celebration Johnstown co-chair, Lauren Lazzari.

Johnstown to have virtual New Year's Eve celebration

Ringing in 2021: Celebration Johnstown will offer virtual lineup due to COVID pandemic

Get out the party hats and noise makers and ring in 2021 virtually. Due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns, the in-person Celebration Johnstown family-oriented celebration traditionally held Dec. 31 in Central Park and the downtown Johnstown area isn’t able to held, but the show will still go on. Theresa Subich, a co-chairwoman of Celebration Johnstown, said earlier in the year the planning committee discussed canceling the event because of uncertainties with the virus. “We thought it was best just to sit this year out because we couldn’t have people meeting at venues and putting their health at risk and we couldn’t ask churches to open,” she said. “We planned to make the announcement as late as possible because we didn’t want to get people too upset.”