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WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEARS IN THE NEW NEW YORK?
A NYE 2009 REPORT
PLEASE NOTE: THESE ARE NYE EVENTS FOR DECEMBER 31, 2008. FOR THIS YEAR'S NEW YEARS EVE PICKS, VISIT OUR
NEW YEARS EVE 2010 SUGGESTIONS PAGE.
Though New Year's Eve in New York City clubs is often referred to as "amateur
night", it IS possible to spend a fabulous night out without breaking your
budget or being in a crowd of the clueless. We've been producing, performing at
and attending alternative New Year's Eve events in Gotham for years, and are
happy to share some tips. First of all, beware of ridiculously high cover
charges - they usually mean a crowd that you wouldn't want to rub shoulders
with, let alone bring in a new year. Secondly, avoid Times Square and midtown at
all costs - the events listed here will take you to neighborhoods where cabs
should still be available except at the absolute peak hours, and the streets
passable.
Here are four New Year's Eve options that we recommend, including those we'll be
appearing at AND those we've attended in the past. We'll be adding to this page
as new events come to our attention, and also recommend checking the
MOTHERBOARDS NIGHTCLUB FORUMS for dozens more options and choices. Have a
magical New Year's Eve and we hope to see you at one or more of these!
FOR GLAM KIDS AND ROCKERS
RATED X/TRASH NYE
DON HILLS
511 GREENWICH STREET NYC
FROM 9 PM - 8 AM (LATE LICENSE)
$15 ADVANCE, $20 AT DOOR
21 AND OVER/ID IS A MUST
INFO AND TICKETS
If you used to spend New Years at the late, lamented M*THERFUCKER, or prefer a
youngish crowd and rock soundtrack, this is DEFINATELY your place for NYE 2009.
DON HILL'S is a great NYC club, and the SOHO neighborhood is much more pleasant
than most on this night. With DJs and hosts including MOFO honcho MICHAEL T, DJ
JESS, ALEX MALFUNCTION and the fabulous THEO KOGAN, we know the energy and crowd
will be uplifting. Attractions and highlights include performances by TEAM
ROBESPIERRE, CRUEL BLACK DOVE, THE MOOD, AUTODRONE and JOANNA ANGEL + THE GIRLS
OF BURNINGANGEL.COM, late night fun with XRIS SMACK! of BYTE, PEPPERMINT
GUMMYBEAR, NEON MUSIC and THE GLITTER KIDS. A plethora of drink specials keep
you comfortably numb and with a door by THOMAS ONORATO, you better be dressed!
FOR DANCING QUEENS AND EARLY MORNING STARS
MR. BLACK NEW YEARS EVE
TUBWAY VS. GARY 49
MR. BLACK 3
251 WEST 30TH STREET NYC
FROM 2 AM - 9 AM (EXTENDED LICENSE)
$30 COVER
mrblacknyc.com
Much-loved gay dance club MR. BLACK joins its two popular weekend nights GARY 49
(Fridays) and TUBWAY (Saturdays) for a New Year's party that it sure to be the
best dancefloor in town. For old-school-meets-new-school NYC realness, this one
will be hard to top - the doors dont even OPEN till 2 AM. DJ's SAMMY JO and
JOHNNY DYNELL of Gary 49 and NITA and GANT JOHNSON of Tubway will battle in sets
through the morning, and all MR. BLACK's Fabulous Flaming Creatures and Staff
will be on hand. Full Information coming soon - check back for updates to this
page.
For more recent MR. BLACK reports and pictures, visit the MOTHERBOARDS MR. BLACK TOPIC
FOR PERIOD COSTUME AND MUSIC FANS
DANCES OF VICE PRESENTS
THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD
NEW YEAR'S EVE EXTRAVAGANZA
THE MONTAUK CLUB
25 EIGHTH AVENUE, BROOKLYN (PARK SLOPE)
8PM to 2AM
$25 ADVANCE/ $40 AT DOOR
dancesofvice.com
DANCES OF VICE events are always visually stunning, elegant and filled with
people you want to meet, and New Year's Eve should be no exception. The venue
itself is a beautiful private club in Park Slope, and if you are already in
Brooklyn this is a great way to skip Manhattan madness altogether that night.
"Sultry screen sirens and studio moguls converge for a glitzy New Years gala!
Tomorrow's starlets and leading men throng to the Montauk Club and celebrate the
coming year with requisite abandon! Dances of Vice resident musicmakers GRANDPA
MUSSELMAN & HIS SYNCOPATORS play the hottest classic swing, big band, cabaret
songs, and dance music of the 1930s and 40s in the grandiose Montauk Club
ballroom (featuring a spacious hardwood dance floor for all you hoofers)! Also
featuring amazing magic shows by the "charming trickster" NELSON LUGO,
bellydancer JENIVIVA, musician LUCAS LANTHIER, burlesque artist VERUCA
HONEYSCOTCH of The Peach Tartes, and surprise artists to be announced!"
FOR CHAMPAGNE LOVERS AND SOPHISTICATES
LUCKY BUBBLE
NEW YEARS EVE 2009
THE BUBBLE LOUNGE
228 WEST BROADWAY NYC
9 PM - 4 AM
RESERVATIONS 212 431-3433 or bubblelounge.com
THE BUBBLE LOUNGE is an comfortably elegant Tribeca venue dedicated to
Champagne, so naturally it is always a popular destination for New Years Eve.
LUCKY BUBBLE, their NYE event, is an evening of creative fun and games centered
around everyone's favorite New Year's beverage, continuing through the midnight
hour. The games of chance - aided by starlet HEATHER LITTEER - include "Name
That Tune For Champagne", "Bubble Jeopardy" and a raffle for a full jeroboam of
champagne. After the midnight countdown, patrons can dance or lounge to one of
New York's most legendary DJs, JOHNNY DYNELL, while enjoying the superb
selection of champagne, full bar and food.
Tables are almost gone at presstime!
Table Reservations (per person) $25 admission, $75 minimum
General Admission $30 including one drink (seats not guaranteed)
Photos: A JACKIE FACTORY silver showgirl circa 2007 * THEO KOGAN and MICHAEL T of RATED X/TRASH * DJ JOHNNY DYNELL (photo by MATT MENDENHALL) * DANCES OF VICE producer SHIEN LEE, at the Montauk Club (photo by MARLO GAMORA) * HEATHER LITTEER at a JACKIE FACTORY NYE 2006 production
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