This New Year’s Eve, the second annual Ring around the World will invite bells to resound in an international moment of unity and celebration. At midnight local time on 31 Dec. 2022, bells are set to toll the hour near the international date line with a stirring arrangement of “Auld Lang Syne.”

This recital will kick-off a series of free and open-to-everyone performances as clocks strike midnight in successive time zones across the continents. From Australia to Africa, and from Europe to the Americas, bells will ring in the New Year in a truly global bell ringing event.

The event is being collaboratively organised by the United States’ National Bell Festival and Australia’s Festival of Bells.

Beginning near the International Date Line, the bells will first resound in Australia and continue as midnight reaches subsequent time zones. Some of the participating bell towers include: