Free Fireworks, Champagne Toasts, Music, and More
by Stranger Things To Do Staff | Courtesy of TheStranger.com
Just because you don't have loads of money doesn't mean you can't have free champagne at a masquerade party. SHUTTERSTOCK
There are lots ways to splurge on New Year's Eve this year, but being on a budget doesn't mean you can't send 2017 out with a bang. Below, you'll find all the ways to ring in the new year that won't cost more than $15, from New Year's Eve at the Needle to the New Year's Eve Garbage Bash, and from First Night Tacoma to the Barrel Thief's Prohibition New Year's Eve Party. For even more options, check out our complete New Year's Eve calendar.
1. A Very Linda's Tavern New Year's Eve
Linda's Tavern cheerily invites you to "party like we are not all fucked" at their cover-free New Year's bash, with a sparkling midnight toast and all-night jams from DJ Chris Cab.
(Capitol Hill, free admission)
2. Aaron Crawford
In his sophomore release Evergreen, Seattle country stud Aaron Crawford showcases his influences from church music, Johnny Cash, U2, and more. Join him for an intimate set this New Year's Eve at the Little Red Hen, complete with a champagne toast and party favors.
(Green Lake, $10)
3. Bakeréé New Year's Eve
Join the Bakeréé and Canfinder at a New Year's Eve party, where you can have a nosh from the SlideThru food truck, dance to live music, hang out in Canfinder's mobile lounge, and take 20 percent off products from Flight, Freddy's Fuego, Dabstracts, and Exotiks.
(Georgetown, free admission)
4. Ballard Loft New Year's Eve
DJ Indica Jones will be spinning all night long at this New Year's Eve party. Expect party favors and confetti cannons at midnight.
(Ballard, free)
5. Capitol Lounge New Year's Eve 2018
Go all out for this New Year's Eve on the hill with DJ sets by Shan Tha Don and Trent Von on the dance floor of the Capitol Lounge.
(Capitol Hill, $10)
6. Celebrate New Year's Eve with the Still Ill DJs
Join Still Ill DJs Paco and Chetbong for '90s and early 2000s hiphop and R&B at Pettirosso's New Year's Eve celebration. They'll provide complimentary champagne for the obligatory midnight toast.
(Capitol Hill, $10)
7. Champagne Kisses: New Year's Eve with Princess Charming
Local cabaret artist Princess Charming will be hosting and performing at this New Year's Eve extravaganza, featuring disco classics from DJs Sling Dion and Kirky, "Timmy and Kacey on the pole," and a complimentary champagne toast at midnight. Come early for "the world's tiniest Tea Dance."
(Capitol Hill, free/$5)
8. Chupacabra New Year's Eve
Watch the Space Needle fireworks from a bay window perch while you drink champagne. Food will be available until midnight (with happy hour starting at 10), but there will also be standing room later in the evening.
(South Lake Union, free admission)
9. Club Contour New Year's Eve 2018
Club Contour dresses up for New Year's Eve with a champagne toast and a club-wide countdown to midnight and featured DJs Fred Eddison and Chase leading the way to the dance floor, playing hiphop, top 40, mash-ups, and EDM all night long.
(Pioneer Square, $10+)
10. Corner Bar New Year's Eve
Bring your noisemakers to galavant through the streets in a "Not-So-Silent-Night Parade," followed by dancing with DJ Dr. Lehl, DJ Evan, and McTuff.
(West Seattle, free)
11. DROP THIS! New Year's Eve 2018
With a capital-S Stacked line-up of talented local DJs and producers, Monkey Loft will tower over their NYE competition thanks to live sets by Hanssen, Succubass, Sharlese, Chad Neiro b2b Kadeejah Streets, Justin Collins b2b Rhines, Nikolay Cloud b2b Kyle Douglas, and Sean (Night Train) b2b Peter Evans.
(Downtown, $15-$20)
12. Eagle Masquerade
DJ Mike Sniffen will man the decks at this fetish masquerade party to ring in the new year, complete with party favors, a champagne toast, and a clothes check.
(Capitol Hill, $6/$8)
13. First Night Tacoma
Kick off the New Year with Seattle's smaller, more manageable neighbor town's 25th annual all-ages festival. "The world's shortest parade" will start the festivities, followed by dancing, music, and other performances on "over a dozen" stages, and the evening will wind up with fireworks.
(Tacoma, $12/$13)
14. Flammable New Year's Eve
San Francisco's Sunshine Jones will ring in a better year with a live set at Re-bar, with support from Karl Kamakahi, Xan Lucero, and Brian Lyons.
(Downtown, $10)
15. Hey Now! - New Year's Eve Edition
Finish off the year by dancing to all your guilty pleasures at Barboza, like the Backstreet Boys, Nelly, Katy Perry, Shaggy, Blink 192, the Black Eyed Peas, NSYNC, and Ke$ha.
(Capitol Hill, $10/$15)
16. Hopvine New Year's Eve Karaoke
Spend the last moments of the year singing from the heart. At midnight, enjoy a complimentary champagne toast.
(Capitol Hill, free)
17. Hula Hula New Year's Eve Karaoke
Sing your heart out and sip special drinks on New Year's Eve.
(Capitol Hill, free)
18. Joe Judice
Join Joe Judice at the Fid as he plays original songs inspired by the Grateful Dead, Phish, Widespread Panic, Neil Young, and Van Morrison.
(Ravenna, free)
19. Kings of Cavalier, Nordus, Upwell, Crown Villains
Scream into a New Year with the local bad boys of Kings of Cavalier, Nordus, Upwell, and Crown Villains at Darrell's. You'll get your party hat and champagne too, so no worries.
(Shoreline, $8)
20. The Masonry New Year's Eve
Drink special beers from Engine House #9 and Shelton Brothers while you dance to tunes from DJ Nick Weitzel at this New Year's Eve bash.
(Fremont, free admission)
21. A New Year's Celebration with Super Sonic Soul Pimps and Karmic Unrest
Alternately conceived by an "alien mother and earthly pimp," the members of Super Sonic Soul Pimps have developed a band mythology that involves wild tales of interspecies love and galactic adventure somehow resulting in their experimental funk grooves. They'll be joined by Karmic Unrest for this High Dive New Year's Eve party.
(Fremont, $10-$20)
22. New Year's Eve with Afrocop
Afrocop are an awesome, future-minded funk/fusion jazz trio with a penchant for abstract keyboard explorations and banging backbeats. Hear them bring in the new year at Vito's, along with special guests.
(First Hill, free)
23. New Year's Eve at the Anchor
All ages can ring in the new year with plentiful guitar solos by dancing to hard rock from Lust Punch, rock and blues from Blackstone Daze, and "power rock" from XOfenders.
(Everett, free)
24. New Year's Eve at Eden
Dance to sets from DJs John England and Ben Traxx, see a live performance from Josephine Howell and the Bad Boys Band, and clink to the new year with complimentary bubbly at midnight.
(Pioneer Square, free)
25. New Year's Eve at El Chupacabra Alki
Emerald City Soul Club will be spinning R&B, soul, funk, disco, and reggae into the new year. Dance 2017 away and enjoy an unobstructed view of the Space Needle's fireworks.
(West Seattle, free)
26. New Year's Eve with The Hot McGandhis
Sway to soulful jazz and funk with the Hot McGandhis this New Year’s Eve at the Triple Door.
(Downtown free)
27. New Year's Eve at Korochka
Enjoy free champagne and sparklers at midnight at Korochka's New Year's Eve party.
(Lake City, free admission)
28. New Year's Eve at the Maple Bar
Snag deals on champagne bottles all night and clink to the days ahead with a complimentary champagne toast at midnight.
(Maple Leaf, free admission)
29. New Year's Eve at the Needle
Don't want to splurge on New Year's Eve entertainment? Check out Seattle Center's annual free party, featuring a performance from Northwest pop cover band Sway, a light show and KEXP DJ-soundtracked dance party, and (the most important part) fireworks at midnight.
(Seattle Center, free)
30. New Year's Eve at Old Pequliar
Phatti LaBelle will DJ this free party on the last night of the year.
(Ballard, free)
31. New Year's Eve at the Owl N' Thistle
Snack on some hors d'ouvres and boogie with the Owl House Band into the wee hours.
(Downtown, free admission)
32. New Year's Eve at the Pocket
The scrappy little Pocket will throw a free party for community members with champagne, "Giant Twister," other games, dancing, and a balloon drop. This is the party for you if you love fringe theater and keeping your hard-earned dough.
(Greenwood, free)
33. New Year's Eve at Saint John's
Wave goodbye to the good, the bad, and the really bad of 2017 and welcome a better year ahead with a no-frills night of champagne toasting. DJs Elzabub and Moomoomix will provide the tunes.
(Capitol Hill, free admission)
34. New Year's Eve at Shelter Lounge
The lounge's trivia night will take place before DJ Sidlicious takes over. At midnight, enjoy complimentary champagne for a New Year's toast.
(Green Lake, free)
35. New Year's Eve with Sundae + Mr. Goessl
Cozy up in the Hotel Sorrento's Fireside Room on New Year's Eve with local '30s pop-inspired duo Sundae + Mr. Goessl.
(First Hill, free)
36. New Year's Eve with the Yada Yada Blues Band
The YYBB are a slick little blues outfit, that "avoid typical covers and focus on deeper cuts of artists lesser known to today's listener." South Sound Tug and Barge will open their Parliament Tavern set with "a rip-snorting set of party protest folk stomps," and there will be a champagne toast at midnight.
(West Seattle, $10)
37. New Year's Eve Bash with Dead Sonics, Hi Crime, New Felts
Get into a night of fusion at the Skylark with Dead Sonics cranking out the "intergalactic punk rock infused hip-hop jams," and support sets by Hi Crime and New Felts.
(West Seattle, $8)
38. New Year's Eve: Champagne & Cocktails
Toast to an effervescent new year at Poco with sparkling cocktails and lots of bubbly.
(Capitol Hill, free admission)
39. New Year's Eve: Darqness vs. 69/50
Excellent local QTPOC collective Darqness will join forces with artist group 69/50 for a New Year's Eve party at the Hillman City Collaboratory rife with hiphop, rap, R&B, and electronica talent. Get ready for ripping live sets from cosmic performers like DoNormaal, Guayaba, Taylar Elizza Beth, and Brian is Ze, and high-energy dance blocks from Darqness resident DJs Toya B, Howin 1000, Dos Leches, and Reverend Dollars.
(Hillman City, $10)
40. New Year's Eve Garbage Bash IV with Honcho Poncho, Sons of Rainier, and Chris Acker
Seattle alt-rockers Honcho Poncho will headline the fourth annual New Year's Eve Garbage Bash at Conor Byrne, an all-out holiday party with local group Sons of Rainier and New Orleans alt-country singer-songwriter Chris Acker, and rumor has it there may be costumes and a hot dog-eating contest.
(Ballard, $10/$15)
41. New Year's Eve Karaoke Bash
Choose your karaoke song wisely at this Columbia City Theater New Year's Eve party—it will be the last song you'll sing this year, or the first song you sing next year.
(Columbia City, free)
42. New Year Masquerade Bash at Fadó
Don a glittery mask, dance to tunes from DJ Nate, and enjoy a complimentary champagne toast at midnight.
(Downtown, $10/$15)
43. New Year's Eve Prefunk Party
Ring in the new year at Absinthe with free hushpuppies and beignets, bottomless champagne, $4 speciality shots, happy hour bites, prizes, and giveaways.
(Belltown, $10)
44. Pink and Gold New Year's Eve
Drink "cheap" champagne, knock back a few glitter Jell-O shots, and boogie to DJ Alex Noble at Neon Boots, which will be decked out in pink and gold for New Year's Eve.
(Belltown, free admission)
45. Prohibition New Year's Eve Party
Party like it's Prohibition at the Barrel Thief's '20s-themed bash, which will feature era-appropriate music, black and white gangster films with no sound playing in the background, a Prohibition-inspired cocktail menu, a champagne flight, and a midnight countdown with sparkling champagne toast included with admission.
(Fremont, $5)
46. Ring in the New Year at Bottlehouse
Bottlehouse's New Year's Eve includes bites, champagne toasts, and a Hershey's kiss at midnight.
(Madrona, $15)
47. Sallie Ford, Lonely Mountain Lovers, La Fonda
Sean Nelson writes, "Portland artist Sallie Ford on the bill is almost too good to take. Ford’s album Slap Back, on which she metamorphosed from very-good-singer-songwriter-with-a-country-bent to garage-soul-psych-rocker (who still writes fantastic songs), has made the past year a lot more bearable." What better way to celebrate the end of said year than with this Sunset Tavern show?
(Ballard, $15)
48. Sam's Tavern New Year's Eve
Sam's Social Sunday Seahawks Party will merge with a New Year's Eve celebration for a night of music (supplied by Dr. Fever), views of the Space Needle fireworks, Jell-O shots, champagne, football, and more.
(South Lake Union, free)
49. Smashing Flannel, The Aqua Nets, Princeology
If you're apprehensive about the future, throw it back this New Year's Eve with '80s and '90s hits from Smashing Flannel and the Aqua Nets at Substation. Prince cover band Princeology will open the evening with Prince hits and deep cuts.
(Ballard, $15)
50. STAGE Seattle New Years Eve 2018
Party to Top 40, EDM, and mash-ups in two rooms themed "Vegas" and "Miami." There will be party favors, a balloon drop, giveaways, and free champagne.
(Pioneer Square, $15)
51. Success, Ol' Doris, Kids on Fire, Good Touch, Boss Tanaka, The Drowns
Progressive punk rockers Success make music that is simultaneously "driving, motivating, and catchy." They'll be joined by Ol' Doris, Kids on Fire, Good Touch, Boss Tanaka, and the Drowns for this Kraken show.
(University District, $10)
52. Wilde Rover New Year's Eve
Celebrate the new year by seeing a live performance by Herding Cats and enjoying a complimentary champagne toast at midnight.
(Kirkland, $15)