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Already checked out all the galas, boat parties, costume balls, and cover-free New Year's parties? Well, not to confuse you further or anything, but there are more! We've rounded up all the awesome live shows at which you can rock your way into 2012 [New Highway Hymnal + earthquake party!, J. Geils, and Mean Creek to name a few], NYE dance parties [Tupac Rave at Good Life sounds fun, plus "Heroes" NYE edition, Don't Ask Don't Tell: OPULENCE, and more] and, of course, the fancy schmancy nightclub parties for the stilleto and mini-dress crowd. It's all here...now it's up to you to decide how you're going to say peace out to 2011!
ROCKING IN THE NEW YEAR
The New Highway Hymnal is at O'Brien's
"RYAN'S SMASHING
LIFE PRESENTS NEW YEAR'S EVE" | With Mellow Bravo, Township, Planetoid,
Cocked N Loaded, and the Grinds | 8 pm @ Middle East
downstairs | $12; $10 advance | mideastclub.com
"TOTALLY 90s NYE PARTY" | With Boston's only Justin
Timberlake tribute band, the Timberfakes, and Porctopus as "Lady Ska-Ga" | 8 pm
@ Middle East upstairs
| $25 | mideastclub.com
THE NEW HIGHWAY
HYMNAL + EARTHQUAKE PARTY! + THE FAGETTES
| With DJ sets by Phoenix writer
Liz Pelly | 9 pm @ O'Brien's | $25 | obrienspubboston.com
KINGSLEY FLOOD +
MEAN CREEK + FREEZEPOP | With DJ set by
the Bodega Girls | 8 pm @ Brighton
Music Hall | $15 | brightonmusichall.com
J. GEILS + JEFF
PITCHELL & THE TEXAS FLOOD + THE
JEFFETTES | With Amy Black in the Ballroom and Donn Hill and the Jazz Depot in the Tap Room | 7 pm @ Bull
Run | $100; $90 advance | bullrunrestaurant.com
"ROCK ON!
PRESENTS THE JOSHUA TREE NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY" | U2 tribute | 8 pm @ Hard
Rock Café | $25; $50 VIP with dinner | 617.424.7625
or hardrock.com
LUCERO + MOVERS
& SHAKERS + LIONIZE
| 8 pm @ Paradise Rock Club | $25 | thedise.com
"NEW YEAR'S EVE
ROQUE & GLAM SLAM!"
| With the Upper Crust, Sidewalk Driver, and Gene Dante & the Future
Starlets | 8 pm @ Church | $25 | churchofboston.com/club
JASON ANDERSON &
THE BEST + MATH THE BAND | 8:30 pm @ P.A.'s Lounge | $10 | paslounge.com
"HEAR NOW LIVE
PRESENTS NEW YEAR'S EVE" | With Doctor Doom Orchestra and Danny Pease
& the Regulators | 8 pm | Precinct, 70 Union Square, Somerville
| call for ticket info | 617.623.9211 or precinctbar.com
"PLOUGH &
STARS NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY" | With Joe Fletcher & the Wrong Reasons | 10:30 pm @ Plough & Stars
| call for ticket info | 617.576.0032 or ploughandstars.com
JAZZ IT UP
CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE
+ INSIDE STRAIGHT + MELISSA WALKER
| Shows at 8 + 11 pm @ Scullers | $50 for the 8 pm show; $309 dinner and show [per couple]
+ $60 for the 11 pm show; $379 dinner and show | scullersjazz.com
"NEW YEARS EVE
WITH SOUL CITY" | 8 pm @ Ryles | $49.95;
includes hors d'oeuvres and midnight champagne toast | rylesjazz.com
YOU CAN DANCE IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN LEAVE LAST YEAR BEHIND
"HEROES NEW
YEAR'S EVE BASH" | "Heroes"
gets the NYE special treatment with DJ Chris Ewen | 10 pm @ T.T. the Bear's
Place, 10 Brookline St, Cambridge | $20; $15 advance | ttthebears.com
"DON'T ASK DON'T
TELL: OPULENCE NYE" | "Grab that gown, mop those shoes, shine those
pearls, weave that wig," 'cause DADT is getting opulent | 9:30 pm @ Great
Scott | $10; $12 after 11 pm | greatscottboston.com
"TUPAC RAVE: NYE
2012" | Music by DJs Johanns G, Lacey, Craig MacNeil, Olivetti, On &
On, Knife, Leah V, and Evaredy. With Vicks Inhalers, Pacifiers, Glow Sticks,
Thug Life Tattoos, Bandanas, Thug Passion Toasts At Midnight, Candy Necklaces,
West Coast Hip Hop, 90s Rave Den, Lightshow, and a super surprise guest! | 9 pm @ Good Life | $35 | goodlifebar.com
"BOOTY VORTEX NEW
YEAR'S EVE PARTY" | 9:30 pm @ Johnny D's | $26 | johnnyds.com
RIVER GODS NEW
YEAR'S EVE PARTY | Champagne
and dancing all night | 9 pm @ River Gods
| call for ticket info | 617.576.1881
MIDDLESEX NEW
YEAR'S EVE | DJ Kon spins | 9 pm @ Middlesex
| price TBD | middlesexlounge.us
"SOUL-LE-LUH-JAH
NEW YEARS EVE PARTY" | Details TBA, check ZuZu's website | 11 pm | ZuZu,
474 Mass Ave, Cambridge | $15 | zuzubar.com
"GLITZ NEW YEAR'S
EVE PARTY" | With DJ Darrin, plus complimentary early morning buffet,
games, and more | 9 pm @ Machine
| $25; $20 advanced | dykenight.com
PARTIES FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO DRESS UP AND SHOW IT OFF
"2012 HOUSE
PARTY" | With DJ
Costa | 10 pm @ Estate | $60 | theestateboston.com
DISTRICT NEW
YEAR'S EVE | With passed
appetizers, champagne toast, ball drop projections, and DJ Matty D | 9 pm @ District | $50-$500 | nyedistrict2012-esearch.eventbrite.com
GYPSY BAR NEW
YEAR'S EVE | With DJs,
champagne toast, and party favors | 9 pm @ Gypsy Bar |
$50 | gypsybarnye.eventbrite.com
LIQUOR STORE NEW
YEAR'S EVE | With DJs, champagne toast, and party favors | 9 pm @ Liquor
Store | $25 | liquorstorenye.eventbrite.com
"NYE 2012: END OF
WORLD PARTY BLACK + WHITE PARTY" | With four-hour premium bar, hors
d'oeuvres, DJs, ball drop projections, and surprise guests. "Dress to impress"
| 9 pm @ Mija Cantina & Tequila Bar |
$100-$600 | clubzone.com
And for more New Year's parties, plus all the First Night
events you need to know about, visit thephoenix.com/newyears!
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