This year's family-friendly event will bring attention to Scranton's diversity through the theme "New Year's Eve Around the World."

"What we kind of focused on was how the ethnicity of the city is evolving and changing," First Night project director Paige Balitski said. "And we thought, you know, we should revisit what ethnicities were in the beginning of Scranton and what it's changing into and adding to all of that."

"As far as acts go, I'm really kind of psyched about the didgeridoo band and the wild West show," she said. "That's going to be real huge."