Famously Hot New Year (#FHNY) will take place in front of the S.C. State House at Main & Gervais in downtown Columbia, S.C. on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, 6:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. #FHNY is free and open to all ages, encompassing a free concert by Ms. Lauryn Hill and three S.C. bands, a midnight countdown with Columbia, S.C., Mayor Steve Benjamin, the most colossal NYE fireworks display in the Carolinas, and a range of family-friendly events, local attractions, hotels and hospitality districts within blocks of S.C.’s free party of the year.