Let’s face it: December 31 is the most stressful night of the year. You’ve got two options: join the friends who’ve decided that going out is “too much work” and resign yourself to a random house party, where you’ll endure endless Calvin Harris remixes before stumbling home at a respectable hour. But where’s the fun in that? We’ve got a better idea. With a minimal amount of effort and planning, you can finally get the New Year’s Eve you deserve—on a dancefloor, under pulsing lights, getting wavy to music that you love, all the way till sunrise. Here’s our guide to the most debaucherous parties in the country. Ring in 2015 right.
Chicago
Smart Bar
Space Oddity Costume Party
featuring Zeds Dead, Djemba Djemba, Jauz
Get weird in style with world-beating basspeddlers Zeds Dead as they call upon up-and-comers Djemba Djemba and Jauz to support a weird-and-wacky styled costume party in the heart of Chicago.
Aragon Ballroom | Event Info | Tickets
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Paradigm presents: Dirtybird New Years Eve
featuring Justin Martin, J.Phlip, Christian Martin, Ardalan
Presented by the widely respected loft-saavy party crew, Paradigm, this year’s throwdown brings in the raucous San Francisco bass-tech crew for a curation of all-night booty-dropping rhythms and a whole ‘lotta sweat. Don’t miss it.
Lacuna Lofts | Event Info | Tickets
The Mirror Ball: A New Years Eve Extravaganza presented by Smart Bar Residents
featuring Justin Long, Michael Serafini, Jeff Derringer
Smart Bar | Event Info
Denver
Decadence Festival
Decadence Festival
featuring Bassnectar, Disclosure, Kaskade, Armin van Buuren
Denver and dance go together like peas and carrots, so there’s no more fitting way for the city to roll in NYE than two nights of festival revelry replete with a Bass Stage and a Global Dance stage that’ll bring together everyone from Claude VonStroke to Zedd. This line-up is stacked, New Years’ or otherwise.
Colorado Convention Center | Event Info | Tickets
AA NYE Warehouse
featuring Danny Daze, Greg Eversoul
Cluster Studios |Event Info | Tickets
Las Vegas
Hakkasan
New Year’s Eve at Hakkasan
featuring Calvin Harris, Eva Shaw & Burns
Nothing screams opulence like spending your New Years Eve in the City of Sin. And even better (and more naughty), in the mammoth mega-club Hakkasan, with one of the biggest DJs in the world, Calvin Harris. The lanky Scotsman will be bringing his big beats to the hedonism-fueled adult-playground this 31st for a night of grandeur, CO2 blasts, and yeah $500,000 bottle service.
Hakkasan at the MGM | Tickets
New Year’s Eve 2015 with Iggy Azalea in Concert
Drai’s Nightclub at The Cromwell Hotel | Tickets
Reflections New Year’s Eve with Steve Angello
LiFE Nightclub at the SLS | Tickets
Alesso at LIGHT New Year’s Eve
The LIGHT at Mandalay Bay | Tickets
New Year’s Eve at XS with Zedd
XS at Encore | Tickets
Los Angeles
O’Karim Odoms at a Rhonda party
Rhondapolis
featuring Hot Chip (DJ set), Jimmy Edgar, Derrick May, Etienne de Crécy, Moon Boots, Goddollars, more
The polysexual panoptican of Los Angeles clubbing takes over an entire hotel for its annual New Year’s Eve confab. Throughout thirteen floors are four stages and countless revelers who bring their costume A-game and will help you ring in a new year with style and damn good music.
The Standard, Downtown | Event Info | Tickets
Grand Park New Year’s Eve
featuring Made in Heights, Breakestra, Garth Trinidad
In perhaps the most wholesome of our NYE options in Los Angeles, downtowners will converge on Grand Park for a free celebration that features indie-tronic newcomers Made in Heights alongside KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad.
Grand Park, Downtown | Event Info | Free
OMFG NYE Los Angeles (3-day event)
featuring Flosstradamus, Madeon, Eric Prydz
If one night of new years isn’t enough for you, how about 3? SoCal partysquad LED will take over the Shrine Expo Hall for December 29, 30, and 31 and it’ll be straight festival vibes as Bixel Boys, Anna Lunoe, and GTA all provide support.
Shrine Expo Hall, Exposition Park | Event info | Tickets
Minimal Effort NYE
featuring Mikey Lion, Lee Reynolds, Fur Coat
Lot 613, Downtown | Event Info | Tickets
Sound Nightclub Presents NYE 2015
featuring Danny Tenaglia
Sound, Hollywood | Event Info | Tickets
Total Eclipse
featuring Twin Shadow, Pegasus Warning
The Ace Hotel, Downtown | Event Info | Tickets
Montréal
Omisoka
Party du Jour de l’An
featuring Akufen, Alfred Borden, Lexis
Bleury bar à Vinyle, Quartier des Spectacles | Event Info
OMISOKA NYE
featuring Jon Hopkins, Purity Ring, Com Truise, Pomo and more.
Secret Location | Tickets
Stereo NYE
featuring Thugfucker, Chaim, Hunter/Game, Head Nodders, Adam Husa
Stereo Bar, Gay Village | Event Info
Miami
Soul Clap
Discobox presents New Years Eve 2014 with Crew Love
featuring Soul Clap, Pillowtalk, No Regular Play, Slow Hands, Navid Izadi
If you’re one of those “clubs are overrated types” then you probably can’t go wrong ringing in the new year in a glitzy roller disco with the kings of oozy, funk-house vibes—Crew Love. With Soul Clap, doo-wop house trio Pillowtalk, and deep-house jazz-crooners, No Regular Play on deck, the vibes will be plentiful. Don’t be afraid to whip out some bell-bottoms and lets that chest hair hang out.
Basement Miami, South Beach | Tickets
Let’s Get Weird!
featuring DHM, Diego [SAFE], Sir William Renuart, The Jacktivist
The Electric Pickle, Wynwood | Event Info | Limited Free Tickets with RSVP
Solomun NYE
featuring Solomun, Danyelino, Hardline, Ms. Mada
Story Miami, South Beach | Tickets
New York City
Cityfox
Machinedrum & Friends NYE 2015
featuring Machinedrum, DJ Spinn and Taso, DJ Earl, Dave Q, Mess Kid and more
Regardless of your cynicism or poverty, you’ll (finally) get a proper New Year’s Eve this year. At least, that’s the promise of New York party promoters RINSED. They’re bringing in Ninja Tune affiliate Machinedrum for a three-hour set, with visuals controlled by the producer himself. Plus, a healthy dose of footwork courtesy of Chicago footwork mainstays DJ Spinn, Taso, and Earl. “I don’t really care about New Year’s Eve or Wednesday nights in general, but I like science so I’ll do the gig” is supposedly what Machinedrum told the promoters. Sounds like a good enough reason to party.
Brooklyn Night Bazaar, Greenpoint | Event Info | Tickets
SHADE: 2084
featuring Egyptrixx, Physical Therapy, Michael Magnan, Morgan Louis, Nita Aviance
In the not-too-distant future, what’s left of the human race will huddle in an abandoned warehouse for one last techno blowout as the world crumbles outside. Nope, not the plot for Danny Boyle’s next movie. It’s the dystopian narrative woven into SHADE: 2084—the New Year’s Eve version of Ladyfag and Seva Granik’s unparalleled party series, headlined by Night Slugs’ Egyptrixx. Club kids, queers, Chelsea boys and fuccgirls will party till 9AM with the assurance that “Big Brother is not watching.” Orwell would be so proud.
Secret Location | Event Info | Tickets
Ingrosso NYE 2015
featuring Sebastian Ingrosso, Cedric Gervais
If pageantry, pomp and grandeur is your recipe for a successful send-off to 2014, head directly to Marquee New York and check your credit card anxieties at the door. Former Swedish House Mafia don Sebastian Ingrosso and Grammy champ Cedric Gervais will reign over the megaclub’s VIP crowd, whose appetite for champagne and sparklers knows no bounds. The highest-calibre table costs as much as an entry-level Porsche—so, you know, bring your friendly neighborhood hedge funder.
Marquee New York, Chelsea | Event Info | Tickets
The Cityfox Experience: Studio AV 2015
featuring Âme, Mano Le Tough, Apollonia, Baikal and more
When it comes to building a rave from scratch, no one puts in more care (or dough) than Cityfox. Their big-money soundsystem, visual effects, and cadre of underground-approved DJs create a sleek partying experience that rivals—if not surpasses—a proper club experience. Plus, their New Year’s Eve location is supposedly the grande dame of warehouse spaces, perfect for the deep techno and house leanings of Germany’s Âme, Mano Le Tough, and Mixmas all-stars Apollonia. Bring your deepest V-neck.
Secret Location | Event Info | Tickets
New Year’s Eve at Verboten: All That Glitters
featuring Lee Burridge, Andhim, Matthew Dekay, Bedouin & Mike Khoury
Verboten, Williamsburg | Event Info | Tickets
New Year’s Eve, Goodbye Glasslands!
featuring surprise special guests
Glasslands, Williamsburg | Event Info | Tickets (pre-sale sold-out, available at the door)
Mutual Dreaming’s NYE 2015
featuring Galcher Lustwerk, Huerco S., DJ Richard
Palisades, Bushwick | Event Info | Tickets
Baby’s NYE 2015
featuring Mykki Blanco, Dubbel Dutch, MR UNO, Mr. Twin Sister, Chances with Wolves and more
Baby’s Alright, Williamsburg | Event Info | Tickets
Bangon! NYC presents NYE 2015: Time & Space
featuring Lee Foss, Anabel Englund, Shiba San, Sweater Beats, and more
Secret Location | Event Info | Tickets
Tiki Disco
featuring Eli Escobar, Andy Pry and Lloydski
Sugar Hill Disco & Restaurant, Bed-Stuy | Event Info | Tickets
Jack U (Diplo x Skrillex) NYE 2014 at Madison Square Garden
featuring Diplo, Skrillex, A$ap Ferg, Rudimental, Yellow Claw
Madison Square Garden, Midtown | Event Info | Tickets
Resolute/Blkmarket/Output Present: New Year’s Eve at Output
featuring DJ Koze, Raresh, Rhadoo, Petre Inspirescu, Wareika, Sven Weisemann, and more
Output, Williamsburg | Event Info | Tickets
Wild Life New Year’s Eve
featuring Disclosure, Claude Vonstroke, Dusky
Pier 94, Hell’s Kitchen | Event Info | Tickets
San Francisco
Sea of Dreams
Sea of Dreams New Year’s Eve Festival
featuring Pretty Lights, Flying Lotus, Glitch Mob, Lettuce, more
The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium will be overrun for two nights with leading lights from all over the left-of-center electronic spectrum. Beginning on December 30 and continuing on to NYE, the stacked line-up for the festival is as weird and wonderful as you could ask from a rager in the bay.
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, Civic Center | Event Info | Tickets
Mighty & [Set] Present NYE
featuring Fehrplay, Team No Sleep
Mighty, Inner Mission | Event Info | Tickets
Mezzanine New Year’s Eve
featuring Cut Copy
Mezzanine, Soma | Event Info | Tickets
Seattle
Resolution
Resolution Festival
featuring Hardwell, Morgan Page, Bro Safari
A Wide-ranging one night festival put on by USC Events features the biggest names in big room, trance, and bass as you ring in 2015. Elsewhere on the line-up, everyone from Cosmic Gate to CRNKN shows up, so you can get down in whichever way feels right.
WaMu Theater, Pioneer Square | Event Info | Tickets
Foundation NYE
featuring Paris Blohm, Rion
Foundation Nightclub, Belltown | Event Info | Tickets
Toronto
New Year’s Eve at Liberty Grand
Countdown NYE
featuring with RL Grime, Keys N Krates, Bassjackers, MAKJ
Liberty Grand, Exhibition Place | Tickets
RAW NYE
featuring Nitin, My Favorite Robot, and more.
Remix Lounge, Du West | Event Info
Union NYE
featuring Carlo Lio, Nathan Barato, and The Junkies
CODA, Seaton Village | Tickets
Vancouver
Tiesto
Mad Decent NYE
featuring Travi$ Scott, Swizzymack, and guests
At The Waldorf, Grandview-Woodland | Tickets
Solid NYE
featuring Tiësto, Steve Aoki, Andrew Rayel
Pacific Coliseum, Hastings Park | Tickets
Beyond US & Canada
MEXICO
Aurora featuring Odesza, Gold Panda, Aeroplane, Plastic Plates, The Range
Party in the ruins like the ancient Maya would have wanted you to. This party pops on the Zona Archeological park, a balmy beachfront paradise with Pre-Columbian architecture as a backdrop. Oh, and great tunes too.
Villa Pescadores, Tulum | Event Info | Tickets
NETHERLANDS
Tweeduizendtrouw featuring John Talabot, Steve Rachmad, Motor City Drum Ensemble + more
If you haven’t been to Trouw, the much-loved techno haven in the heart of Amsterdam’s club scene, this is one of your last chances. The venue closes forever on Saturday night after five years and one last 35-hour party. Think of New Year’s Eve as a warm-up to goodbye.
Trouw, Amsterdam
UNITED KINGDOM
THUMP’s Disco Emporium
We’re taking over the VIP room to bring you an immersive disco-themed party with our THUMP DJs and a few super special guests dropping their favourite disco deep cuts. From cosmic to Italo, Salsoul to Chic, we’ve got it covered.
Troxy, London | Event Info | Tickets
