# New Year's Eve fireworks in Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach > Surfers Paradise Beach and Broadbeach's Kurrawa Park each host two free New Year's Eve fireworks displays, an 8pm family show and a midnight finale, both walkable from Viscount's beachfront balconies. - Tag: Local events - Published: 2026-07-08 --- Surfers Paradise Beach and Broadbeach's Kurrawa Park each run two free public fireworks displays every New Year's Eve: an early family show around 8pm and the main display at midnight. Both are outdoor, ticketless and family-friendly, and both sit within easy walking distance of Viscount on the Beach. ## Two free displays on Surfers Paradise Beach Presented by City of Gold Coast, the Surfers Paradise fireworks launch from an offshore barge and are watched from the sand of Surfers Paradise Beach, the closer of the two locations to Viscount, directly across First Avenue. The pattern repeats every year: an 8pm show timed for families with younger kids who won't make it to midnight, then the main display at midnight for everyone still up. In central Surfers, the Esplanade and Orchid Avenue close to traffic for the night to give the crowd safe beachfront access, so walking or the tram is the practical way to move around, not driving. ## Watching from the balcony or the sand Every Viscount apartment is ocean-facing, so the 8pm show is visible from the balcony without leaving the building, useful if young kids need to be in pyjamas and winding down before the main event. For the midnight display, it's a two-minute walk across First Avenue onto the beach for an unobstructed view of the barge, then straight back upstairs afterwards rather than fighting a crowd off the sand. Self-contained kitchens mean dinner doesn't hinge on a restaurant booking on the busiest night of the year on the Gold Coast, worth factoring in given tables book out early. ## Broadbeach and Kurrawa Park, the walk south The other option is Kurrawa Park on Old Burleigh Road, Broadbeach, which follows the same two-display pattern with food trucks and family entertainment from earlier in the evening. Pratten Park next door serves as overflow when Kurrawa Park fills up. It's reachable from Viscount two ways: either on foot, roughly 15 minutes down the lit, paved Oceanway with not a road crossing in sight, or by tram, boarding at Florida Gardens station just 500 metres from the door. ## If you want a dressed-up night out SkyPoint, on the Level 77 observation deck 230 metres above the Gold Coast, and The Star Gold Coast both run ticketed New Year's Eve functions each year, dance floors, dining and fireworks sightlines from height. Both lean adult rather than family, and The Star runs several separate events across its venues on the night. Worth knowing about if the group includes anyone after a dressed-up evening out, but neither is the free, family-facing option the beach gives you at no cost. ## Planning the night New Year's Eve in Surfers Paradise draws a big crowd, so claiming a spot on the sand early matters if a front-row view is the goal, or the balcony solves that problem outright. Parking on-site is free, but with the Esplanade closed and central Surfers busy, walking or the tram beats trying to drive anywhere that evening. For more of what's on either side of New Year's, see [Christmas on the Gold Coast](/experience/blog/christmas-on-the-gold-coast/index.md), or read more about the [Oceanway walk to Broadbeach](/experience/blog/surfers-paradise-beaches-and-oceanway/index.md) that gets you to Kurrawa Park on the night. [**Check availability and book your stay**](/broadbeach-accommodation/index.md) for New Year's Eve on the beachfront, or see the [facilities](/stay/facilities/index.md) that make the rest of a family stay easy.