Some love it, some hate it, but the truth is, New Year's Eve is only fun if you've got a plan. Don't end听2016 feeling bored, check out what the city has to offer!
The West Ballrooms of the 麻豆传媒映画Convention Centre will be transformed the biggest indoor New Year's Eve parties in the city. The event will feature performances from the New Pornographers, Yukon Blonde, Delhi 2 Dublin and more. Partygoers will have the option to either watch the fireworks indoors through the large floor-to-ceiling glass windows or from outdoor Pacific Terrace plaza area.
Truth North tickets are available .
麻豆传媒映画Convention Centre West Ballrooms
1055 Canada Pl, 麻豆传媒映画BC
Saturday, December 31, 2016 (Doors at 8:00pm)
Licensed event (19+)
Family First Night is the North Shore's longest running听family friendly New Year's Eve event.听Enjoy snow tubing & tobogganing, live entertainment, magic, fire spinning, musical performances and more! There will also be food vendors, complimentary s鈥檓ores and a self-guided, lantern lit snowshoe trail that leads to chocolate fondue. CHOCOLATE FONDUE! All of this followed by an early NYE countdown, party favors and a fireworks finale at 9:00pm.
Tickets are available online,听.
Family First Night at Mt Seymour
1700 Mt Seymour Road North 麻豆传媒映画BC
December 31, 6:00pm 鈥� 9:00pm
Located along the seawall in front of the 麻豆传媒映画Convention Center West building, this all ages area provides premium firework views and in-and-out privileges to enjoy the two live music stages (featuring performances by the Sheepdogs, Winter Sleep, Meghan Patrick and more), plus a variety of food trucks and other fun, family friendly activates.
Tickets to Concord's New Year's Eve 麻豆传媒映画Outdoor Celebration
are available .
麻豆传媒映画Convention Center North Promenade
1055 Canada Place, 麻豆传媒映画BC
Gates open at 7:30pm
This is an inclusive dance party, open to all people! Dance, move and let loose alongside the city鈥檚 best underground electronic music collective. There will be a 鈥渕ood lounge鈥� for you to rest your feet and a confetti countdown to ring to ensure that 2017 starts with a bang.
Visit the for more info.
Groundwerk New Year鈥檚 Eve
Anza Club (3 West 8th Ave, Vancouver听BC)
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If you have young children who sleep early (or are just flat out tired), celebrating New Year's Eve at midnight can be challenging. Coinciding with the East Coast's midnight countdown, the Family Fireworks at Concord's New Year's Eve 麻豆传媒映画allows families with kids to enjoy and embrace the NYE events and atmosphere. Family Fireworks consists of a countdown at 9:00pm from the stages and concludes with a short burst of fireworks from the offshore barge.
Tickets to the early evening fireworks viewing zones are available .
麻豆传媒映画Convention Center North Promenade
1055 Canada Place, 麻豆传媒映画BC
Gates open at 7:30pm
The US election, Kate and Will鈥檚 visit, climate change, the demise of Brangelina and the construction of more Bike Lanes are just a few of the stories that grabbed the headlines this year. All this and more will provide the material for the 麻豆传媒映画TheatreSports League鈥檚 quick-witted improvisers as they find the funny in the important and not so important events of 2016. Working with suggestions from the audience, the improvisers will create on-the-spot mash-up interpretations of various events, all certain to elicit maximum hilarity. What better way to start the New Year than with a big lol?
You can purchase tickets .
麻豆传媒映画TheatreSports League鈥檚 Year in Review
1502 Duranleau St, 麻豆传媒映画BC
December 31, 2016 at 7:30pm, 9:30pm and 11:15pm
Ever wanted to make up for what was surely a disastrous prom experience? Here's听your chance! The iconic East Van venue will host a New Year鈥檚 Eve prom, spinning all of your favourite pop, old school hip Hop, 80's, 90's and Y2k hits that you love to hate.
Tickets can be purchased .
Biltmore Cabaret
2755 Prince Edward St, 麻豆传媒映画BC
People love drinking on New Year鈥檚, but why not swap the sub-par shots for some delicious, local microbrew? This year, Faculty Brewing Co is hosting an awesome get-together of local breweries that鈥檚 sure to please any and all beer aficionados. If beer isn鈥檛 your thing, there will also be B.C. Tree Fruits Cider and Oddity Kombucha.
New Year鈥檚, New Beers: A NYE Craft Beer Extravaganza
1683 Ontario Street, 麻豆传媒映画BC
9:00pm 鈥� 2:00am
Ready to revisit your holiday memories? Whether your feeling festive or not, the Bright Nights Train鈥檚 3-million twinkling lights are an absolutely beautiful way for you and your family to ring in 2017.
Bright Nights Night Train in Stanley Park
Stanley Park, 麻豆传媒映画BC
3:00pm 鈥� 10:00pm
The Waterfront Gala Ball combines an epic party with elegance and class.听Dress to the nines and enter the beautiful Fairmont Waterfront Hotel through a red carpet and ring in the New Year in style. The catch? You must 25 or older to enter. Yes, the epic party is supposedly for the mature at heart.
Tickets are available .
Fairmont Waterfront
900 Canada Place Way,听麻豆传媒映画BC
Rather than hating on New Year鈥檚 Eve at home, why not go against the grain amongst friends at one of Mt Pleasant鈥檚 favorite neighbourhood watering holes? Essentially this is just a regular Saturday night at Colony, but keeping things low-key still sounds like a great way to start 2017!
The Anti-NYE Party at Colony
2904 Main St, Vancouver, BC
Entry is FREE.
New Year鈥檚 at the Hotel 麻豆传媒映画will feature Vancouver鈥檚 most exciting talent鈥攁ll playing and partying across multiple luxury ballrooms in Vancouver鈥檚 鈥淐astle in the City鈥�. Taking over an entire floor at the hotel, attendees can expect an extraordinary event that features the best party DJs, musicians, and performers.
Tickets are available .
Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
900 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC
Yup, 2016 was a tough one. Ready to move on? Say sayonara at Doolin鈥檚 in Downtown Vancouver. Free pizza at midnight, so鈥� See you there?
You can purchase tickets .
F**k You 2016 NYE Party
Doolan鈥檚 Pub (654 Nelson St Vancouver, BC)
8:00pm
One of the most unique NYE celebrations in the city. Welcome the New Year in Vancouver鈥檚 infamous glowing orb, alongside 5 bars, 2 rooms of music on 2 floors, 6 DJs and an absolutely bonkers sound and light display.
Tickets are available .
TELUS World of Science
1455 Quebec St
Vancouver, BC
Join the Fox Cabaret as they celebrate the launch of 2017 with dance, DJs, performance and more. The night will feature the LOVE DJs, Vancouver鈥檚 premiere jazz band, The Rossi Gang and one of the most fun countdowns in the city.
Tickets are available
Fox Cabaret
2321 Main St.
Vancouver, BC
Live from The Rio Theatre, it鈥檚 Patrick Maliha鈥檚 naughty New Year鈥檚 Eve party featuring standup comedian Christina Walkinshaw, Vancouver鈥檚 The Gentlemen Hecklers and a live听Acro-yoga performance.听Sounds crazy, looks crazy and will probably be鈥� Crazy!
Tickets are available
Rio Theatre
1660 E Broadway
Vancouver, BC
That's right, public transit! If you're headed to a part or just have been meaning to explore what other neighbourhoods have to offer, New Year's Eve is the time to do it. All听TransLink services will be free from 5:00pm on December 31 until 5:00am on January 1, 2017. You can use TransLink's online to figure out your听route ahead of time.
Possibly one of the strangest and most fun ways to end the year, the Decentralized Dance Party aims to achieve world-peace through the means of partying! This New Year鈥檚 Eve, they鈥檙e broadcasting a live citywide dance Party that anyone and everyone is welcome to join. By synchronizing the FM radios found in cars, home stereos and thousands of boom boxes, they will create a massive Decentralized Sound System that will unite The Entire Lower Mainland in a record-setting mobile celebration! Did we mention that it鈥檚 free?
Visit their听 for more info.
Bands? Yes. Pizza? Yes. Drinks? Absolutely. Long lines, expensive drinks and crowded clubs? No way.
No B.S. New Year's Eve Pizza Party
Wise Hall & Lounge (1882 Adanac Street, 麻豆传媒映画BC)
9:00pm 鈥� 2:00am
City of 麻豆传媒映画Archives, CVA 371-836.
The 麻豆传媒映画Polar Bear Swim Club is one of the largest and oldest Polar Bear Clubs in the world. Its initial swim was in 1920 when a small number of hardy swimmers took the plunge into English Bay on New Year鈥檚 Day.听What a way to听start 2017!
麻豆传媒映画Polar Bear Swim
January 1, 2017 (2:30pm)
English Bay, 麻豆传媒映画BC
