Performances start at 6 p.m., leading up to the 60-second countdown at 11:59 p.m. and celebration at the stroke of midnight. Once the show wraps up at 12:15 a.m., the New York City Department of Sanitation will start cleaning up the square, including 3,000 pounds of confetti.

It's almost 2026, and thousands of people have flocked to Times Square in New York City to watch the annual ball drop to ring in the New Year.

At the center of the Times Square annual countdown celebration is the new and updated Constellation Ball, with 5,280 Waterford crystals and LED light pucks, nearly double the number of crystals as the...