Events on New Year's Day

Across genres and across America, you'll find fascinating events, cultural experiences, world-class performances, and one-of-a-kind activities to ring in the New Year like never before - all of which are absolutely free! See what BellFest has in store for you.

Below are events from our 2021 National Bell Festival. Stay tuned for releases on future programming!

Kettlebell Workout with Luwamé
Location: Streaming Online
Time: 11:00-11:30am (Eastern)

Kickstart the New Year and get the blood flowing with a high-energy, full-body, and dynamic kettlebell workout. Kettlebells are great for adding resistance to athletic movement, helping your body efficiently burn extra fat, build strength, and tone muscle through a variety of positions and motions. 
Brunch with Chef Anthony Chittum
Location: Streaming Online
Time: 12:00-12:45pm (Eastern)

Watch Chef Anthony Chittum from his kitchen at Iron Gate as he prepares a signature dish to make your New Year’s Day brunch tastier than ever. Awarded for his inspired Greek and Italian cuisine, Chef Chittum will teach you how to bring those sun-ripened flavors to your table.
Yoga with Paige Lichens
Location: Streaming Online
Time: 1:00-2:00pm (Eastern)

Start your New Year exploring simple yet powerful techniques in yoga and meditation, perfect for all levels of experience. Gain a fresh new perspective, clarify the mind, and channel happy new beginnings with a calming practice of reflection, refinement, and alignment.
Ringing in Washington
Time: 12:30-3:00pm (Eastern)

The nation's capital will erupt into sound this New Year's Day as bells and bell towers ring in the New Year together. From the soaring heights of cathedrals and basilicas, to local parks, neighborhood parishes, and municipal buildings, bells will resound with the spirit of togetherness and camaraderie. Even our friends in Maryland and Virginia are joining in the pealing! 
 
Nationwide Bell Ringing
Time: 2:00-2:20pm (Eastern)

The National Bell Festival invites bells and bell towers across America to ring out together on New Year’s Day, creating a canopy of sound over our nation. Cathedrals and churches, community organizations and historical structures, national parks and memorials, and people from coast to coast are encouraged to gather and contribute to the sound.
 
Watercolors with Cris Clapp Logan
Location: Streaming Online
Time: 3:30-4:00pm (Eastern)

Release your inner artist and learn to watercolor with acclaimed illustrator, Cris Clapp Logan. Have you ever wanted to bring a blank canvas to life through vivid color and rich expression? Cris will share her artistic tips as she creates an original artwork from start to finish.
Concert: First and Forward
Location: Streaming Online
Time: 4:30-5:00pm (Eastern)

The National Bell Festival is thrilled to present Elizabeth Hill on piano for a program highlighting the rich diversity and history of piano works in America. Each of the featured composers, spanning more than a century of creative exploration, expands upon the musical language of heritage, of folk and sacred music, to forge new and boundary-reshaping narratives in their art.