Top places to party on New Year's Eve
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Beat’s New Year’s Eve Smackdown Home. 10.30pm. Before 11pm: men & women $15, after $20, includes one drink. Reliably brill indie mavens Jo Ng and Jinette Chittick lead Home’s hip young things into 2011 with an all-sorts bag of fun-filled electro disco, decades-exploring pop-rock and house party-indie anthemics ’til 4am.
The Crystal Ball: The New Year’s Eve Special with Daniel Wang (USA) The Rabbit Hole. 10pm. Free. ‘With the spirit of Karen Carpenter and Clara Rockmore guiding me, here come classical-reggae and nu acid-disco for 2011,’ announces this Berlin-based Ghostly International label star who heads up this ace New Year freebie with obscure, step-back-in-time Italo disco, funky, nostalgia-laced house and delightful forward-looking disco nouveau.
DISCO:VERY with Jeremy Boon + JNR + special guests Velvet Underground. Men & women $40, includes two drinks. An oh-so-sweet counter to Zouk’s trance-heavy antics, resident sophisticate funksmiths are joined by Funk Bastard, Ava Sakine, Aldan, Miss Mic and Kaye for some sweet-sounding roller-disco vibes and big-souled, ’70s and ’80s hand-me-down boogie-house candy to raise you up to the midnight boogaloo and beyond.
Doomph Tanjong Beach Club. 10pm. Free. Local groove-makers Matty Wainwright and Brendon P’s swinging, swaggering monthly party gets a heady New Year makeover with the disco explorers doling out mighty fine Italo grooves, throwback fidget-funk, soulful, sex-laced ’80s boogie and cutting-edge nu-disco for a glammed-up in-crowd on the beach.
Good Times New Year’s Eve Special Second floor, BluJaz Cafe. 9.30pm. Advance tickets $10 ([email protected]); on the door $15. The left-field-loving resident funmongers at this long-running alterno fiesta drop oodles of party-happy indie gems, jazz, neo-funk, deep, soulful house, and old- and new-school hip hop at this seriously wallet-friendly feel-good finale to the year-end. Plus live music from Sixx.
Mask-A-Rave New Year’s Eve Bump & Fash, The Butter Factory. 9pm. Bump: men $35, women $30, includes two drinks; Fash: men $28, women $23, includes two drinks. Two rooms of monster, masked mayhem with Drem and Mylk hosting the New Year hoopla at Bump with fellow hiphop- loving housemates Dave Does and Shawn Livewire counting you down in Fash with all-genres, all-eras party-happy club bangers.
New Asia Countdown Party: Stonebridge (Sweden) New Asia Bar. 9pm. Men & women $40, includes one drink. With one of the most sought-after views of the city’s midnight firework spectacular, the Swedish dance maverick returns with his chi-chi, sun-laced house and big-hearted techno floor-shakers to take this non-stop, cool-looking crowd across the New Year threshold.
New Year’s Eve: DJ KFC OverEasy. 10pm. Head down to this buzzy, low-key waterside trendster watering hole for a photo-happy view of the fireworks, feelgood grooves from your resident beat dropper and all-night drinks deals. Minimum spend for advance table bookings.
New Year’s Eve: Andrew M (Australia) Loof. 10pm. Laidback alfresco views of the fireworks with sexy, soulful house grooves and lowdown fidget-funk delights from the special guest jock. Minimum spend for advance table bookings.
Poplicious Central Square, Clarke Quay. 10pm. Clarke Quay explodes into a giant cheese-pop wonder for its student- and teen-favoured countdown party with America’s Got Talent star and YouTube phenom Derrick Berry headlining with his peculiarly convincing Britney Spears routine, alongside loads more razzle-dazzlement.
Siloso New Year’s Beach Party Siloso Beach, Sentosa. 6pm-6am. Advance tickets (until 20 Dec) $39, after $49. Sentosa’s epic, all-night beach spectacular returns with another grand edition of midnight pyromania, plus five non-stop party warrens to hop to. Café Del Mar pulls the hip scenesters with its low-key, downtempo grooves; Coastes brings the BBQ action and live Balearic-ambient rhythms; Azzura leans into more upbeat, dance-floor-rocking Ibiza-style hoodoo; while the main arena is where to catch all the unabashedly partytastic countdown surprises, with live stage shows a go-go. Plus, not forgetting, the now-infamous midnight foam pool. Dive in!
St. Regis New Year’s Eve Ball John Jacob Ballroom, St. Regis Hotel. 8pm. $425, includes seven-course meal. Swoon into the New Year in well-to-do decadence at this top-tier, talk-of-town society shindig, where a lavish Spanish-style dinner is served to the music of the resident 11-piece house orchestra. Entertainment includes songs from West End luminaries Joanne Gray and Tom Griffiths, and Spanish guitar from flamenco virtuoso Diego Cortés.
Zouk’s New Year’s Eve with Marco V (Netherlands) Zouk. 10pm. Men & women $40, includes two drinks. Clearly there are enough trance fans in town to give the Dutch trancemaster Zouk’s coveted New Year spot. But who are we to complain? Cross the midnight hour with melodic, bass-driven tech-house, prog-trance and tough-edged electro care of this longstanding dance powerhouse.
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Beat’s New Year’s Eve Smackdown Home. 10.30pm. Before 11pm: men & women $15, after $20, includes one drink. Reliably brill indie mavens Jo Ng and Jinette Chittick lead Home’s hip young things into 2011 with an all-sorts bag of fun-filled electro disco, decades-exploring pop-rock and house party-indie anthemics ’til 4am.
The Crystal Ball: The New Year’s Eve Special with Daniel Wang (USA) The Rabbit Hole. 10pm. Free. ‘With the spirit of Karen Carpenter and Clara Rockmore guiding me, here come classical-reggae and nu acid-disco for 2011,’ announces this Berlin-based Ghostly International label star who heads up this ace New Year freebie with obscure, step-back-in-time Italo disco, funky, nostalgia-laced house and delightful forward-looking disco nouveau.
DISCO:VERY with Jeremy Boon + JNR + special guests Velvet Underground. Men & women $40, includes two drinks. An oh-so-sweet counter to Zouk’s trance-heavy antics, resident sophisticate funksmiths are joined by Funk Bastard, Ava Sakine, Aldan, Miss Mic and Kaye for some sweet-sounding roller-disco vibes and big-souled, ’70s and ’80s hand-me-down boogie-house candy to raise you up to the midnight boogaloo and beyond.
Doomph Tanjong Beach Club. 10pm. Free. Local groove-makers Matty Wainwright and Brendon P’s swinging, swaggering monthly party gets a heady New Year makeover with the disco explorers doling out mighty fine Italo grooves, throwback fidget-funk, soulful, sex-laced ’80s boogie and cutting-edge nu-disco for a glammed-up in-crowd on the beach.
Good Times New Year’s Eve Special Second floor, BluJaz Cafe. 9.30pm. Advance tickets $10 ([email protected]); on the door $15. The left-field-loving resident funmongers at this long-running alterno fiesta drop oodles of party-happy indie gems, jazz, neo-funk, deep, soulful house, and old- and new-school hip hop at this seriously wallet-friendly feel-good finale to the year-end. Plus live music from Sixx.
Mask-A-Rave New Year’s Eve Bump & Fash, The Butter Factory. 9pm. Bump: men $35, women $30, includes two drinks; Fash: men $28, women $23, includes two drinks. Two rooms of monster, masked mayhem with Drem and Mylk hosting the New Year hoopla at Bump with fellow hiphop- loving housemates Dave Does and Shawn Livewire counting you down in Fash with all-genres, all-eras party-happy club bangers.
New Asia Countdown Party: Stonebridge (Sweden) New Asia Bar. 9pm. Men & women $40, includes one drink. With one of the most sought-after views of the city’s midnight firework spectacular, the Swedish dance maverick returns with his chi-chi, sun-laced house and big-hearted techno floor-shakers to take this non-stop, cool-looking crowd across the New Year threshold.
New Year’s Eve: DJ KFC OverEasy. 10pm. Head down to this buzzy, low-key waterside trendster watering hole for a photo-happy view of the fireworks, feelgood grooves from your resident beat dropper and all-night drinks deals. Minimum spend for advance table bookings.
New Year’s Eve: Andrew M (Australia) Loof. 10pm. Laidback alfresco views of the fireworks with sexy, soulful house grooves and lowdown fidget-funk delights from the special guest jock. Minimum spend for advance table bookings.
Poplicious Central Square, Clarke Quay. 10pm. Clarke Quay explodes into a giant cheese-pop wonder for its student- and teen-favoured countdown party with America’s Got Talent star and YouTube phenom Derrick Berry headlining with his peculiarly convincing Britney Spears routine, alongside loads more razzle-dazzlement.
Siloso New Year’s Beach Party Siloso Beach, Sentosa. 6pm-6am. Advance tickets (until 20 Dec) $39, after $49. Sentosa’s epic, all-night beach spectacular returns with another grand edition of midnight pyromania, plus five non-stop party warrens to hop to. Café Del Mar pulls the hip scenesters with its low-key, downtempo grooves; Coastes brings the BBQ action and live Balearic-ambient rhythms; Azzura leans into more upbeat, dance-floor-rocking Ibiza-style hoodoo; while the main arena is where to catch all the unabashedly partytastic countdown surprises, with live stage shows a go-go. Plus, not forgetting, the now-infamous midnight foam pool. Dive in!
St. Regis New Year’s Eve Ball John Jacob Ballroom, St. Regis Hotel. 8pm. $425, includes seven-course meal. Swoon into the New Year in well-to-do decadence at this top-tier, talk-of-town society shindig, where a lavish Spanish-style dinner is served to the music of the resident 11-piece house orchestra. Entertainment includes songs from West End luminaries Joanne Gray and Tom Griffiths, and Spanish guitar from flamenco virtuoso Diego Cortés.
Zouk’s New Year’s Eve with Marco V (Netherlands) Zouk. 10pm. Men & women $40, includes two drinks. Clearly there are enough trance fans in town to give the Dutch trancemaster Zouk’s coveted New Year spot. But who are we to complain? Cross the midnight hour with melodic, bass-driven tech-house, prog-trance and tough-edged electro care of this longstanding dance powerhouse.
