Lite + Brite’s Guide to Austin New Years Eve 2025

With all due respect to folks who love to party on NYE, we—as people who love to party all year round—generally consider it to be amateur night. Many NYE events are designed to be overpriced and aimed at the lowest common denominator, which is of course the polar opposite of the sort of events we want to feature in Lite + Brite. So we’ve scoured the listings and pulled together this list of Austin New Years Eve options which seem like they might appeal to our readers. As always, let us know if there’s anything we’re missing (or anything that does not live up to its description). However you choose to spend December 31st, we hope that 2026 brings you a year full of creative, silly, affordable, communal, and memorable reasons to leave the house.

• Austin’s New Year at Auditorium Shores (free)
  Ring in the new year w/live music, drone show, + fireworks
• Mi Casa Es Su Casa at Hotel San Jose (free)
  Outdoor dance party w/DJ
• Tacos + Tires at Martin Pool (free)
  Social bike ride, tacos, + live music by a pool
• Disco into the New Year at Pease Park (free)
  Booze-free party w/DJ spinning disco + mocktails
• Austin Roundup’s Queer Cosmic Highway at Austin Galano Club (free)
  Cosmic-themed party w/drag, tarot, “BUBBL’R Pong” + dance floors
• Party Like It’s 2099 at Cheer Up Charlie’s ($15)
  “Intergalactic, cyberpunk party” w/performers, Q+As, DJs
• New Queers Eve Masquerade at Chess Club ($20)
  Masked party w/queer burlesque performers + themed photobooth
• New Years Eve at Tiny Minotaur ($20)
  “Fantasy shenanigans w/music, ritual fires, + glizzy topping buffet”
• NYE Ball at Elysium ($24)
  DJs spinning 80s, 90s, + goth tunes w/burlesque + drag
• NYE Block Party at 29th St. Ballroom ($24)
  Multiple rooms w/live local bands + diverse DJs
• NYE ’26 at Coconut Club ($30)
  Five active dancefloors = loads of DJs across genres
• NYE Party at the 13th Floor ($33)
  Ring in the new year w/local bands
• Brisket Eve at the Far Out Lounge ($33)
  BBQ trucks, emo cover bands, + DJs spinning millennium tunes
• Gay Phantom of the Opera at Highland Lounge ($34)
  Phantom-themed costumes, live music, drag, photo ops, + DJ
• The Early Dance Party ✕ Nasty’s Throwdown at 3Ten ACL Live ($37)
  Ring in NYE w/seasonal reprise of DJ Mel’s weekly dance party
• New Years Eve Gala at Saengerrunde Halle ($40)
  Traditional German live music, dancing, + breakfast
• One More Time at Hotel Vegas ($42)
  Local bands dress up + cover 00s indie sleaze faves
• Drab Majesty at Mohawk ($47)
  Stellar live music lineup w/DJs playing darkwave + goodie bags
• A Pompeii Drama at Roma ($55)
  Roman debauchery-themed party w/DJs + volcanic eruptions
• Saints + Sinners at Eberly ($93)
  Experience heaven + hell w/DJs, live cover band, + burlesque
• L’Atlantis at Justine’s ($175)
  Surrealist undersea party w/“lobster telephones” + mermaids