Overview
- Galician towns including Sanxenxo, Marín, Barro, Ponte Caldelas and Caldas de Reis have scheduled simulated countdowns around midday, with some children’s sessions and an early event on December 30.
- Asturias has detailed a broad slate from Gijón’s evening ‘peque campanadas’ to Oviedo’s Nochevieja En Ruta, plus free-access parties and shuttles in Avilés and late‑night celebrations across Navia, Luarca, Salas, Tineo, Cangas del Narcea, Parres and Ribadesella.
- Mexico’s tourism hubs have finalized large public programs, with Cancún’s Malecón Tajamar set for live music, drone and laser shows and a food pavilion, and Los Cabos, Acapulco and Mazatlán planning fireworks, concerts and, in Mazatlán, an expected return of a drone show.
- Puerto Vallarta will host a free concert confirmed by Jalisco’s government headlined by French electronic duo The Blaze to welcome 2026.
- Cultural explainers in the coverage revisit rituals such as the 12 grapes and note that Kiribati enters 2026 first by time zone while Howland and Baker Islands are last, with several countries observing New Year on non‑Gregorian dates.