Need New Years Plans?
Don’t stress. There’s a lot of hype around these five parties – and there are still some tickets left!
1. The Windsor Ball at the Windsor Arms Hotel (18 St. Thomas St, Toronto, ON)
If
there’s one night each year where dressing to the nines and spending
tons of cash is totally acceptable, it’s New Years Eve. The Windsor
Arms Hotel hosts a party of three rooms serving until 3am. One room
will be DJ’ed by the handsome Perry Gilman, while the other will be
hosted by Project Runway’s Jason Meyers. The third room is a mystery,
but we’re sure it won’t disappoint. Of course, this party seems a
little bit on the fussy side, at least compared to some of the others
in the city. You know, with the formal dress code, booth and bottle
service reservations and hoity-toity locale. But we’re kind of into
that, actually. Live a little, will ya? It’s a new decade! The added
bonus? Unlike The Drake, the HQ for another buzzed about New Years
event, there are plenty of rooms at the Windsor Arms available, so you
can get a swanky crash pad and skip out on cab stress.
Tickets
$75 and will increase in price as the date approaches
Doors
9pm
Dress
Formal
Web
http://www.windsorball2011.com/
2. Baby Huey’s NYE (72 Ossington Ave, Toronto ON)
Ossington’s
hipster hotspot does New Year’s Eve in style. Two floors of tunes and cheap drinks
are sure to get patrons nice and sweaty. Keep your eyes peeled for this
one though, the place is so fantastic it doesn’t need a proper sign. If
you think you’re standing in front of a Vietnamese restaurant blaring muffled make-out music, you’ve probably found it.
Tickets
TBA
Doors
Best bet is to arrive early
Dress
Casual
3. Chronologic at The Garrison (1197 Dundas West, Toronto ON)
Toronto’s new indie music venue, The Garrison, is playing host to the popular decade-to-decade dance party Chronologic
this New Year’s Eve. The party has been bouncing around the city lately
but originated at The Boat in Kensignton Market. There, dedicated
party-goers have been lining up outside (despite that musky carpet stench) for quite some time now. DJ Louis Calabro,
who also hosts the 50’s-60’s dance party Goin’ Steady, and DJ Shit La Merde bring the party to a new venue for a massive celebration filled with throwbacks all the way from 1890-2011.
Tickets
$15 in advance,
$20 at the door.
Doors
10pm
Dress
Casual
Web
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113182262084093
4. Parts and Labour New Year’s Eve (1566 Queen West, Toronto ON)
Parkdale’s
newest purlieu (well, semi-new... it opened this summer) Parts and
Labour celebrates its first New Year’s Eve with two dinner seatings
upstairs, and a party with DJ Scott Cudmore downstairs. Upstairs is
large enough not to feel cramped but maintains an intimate feel with
communal tables, exposed brick walls and an array of vintage and
recycled lamps. New Year’s dinner features oysters, prime rib, lobster
and champagne at $100 a head for the 6:30 seating, and $125 for the
10:00 seating. You can always eat at home and catch everyone downstairs
starting at 10 for only $10.
Tickets
For dinner reservations contact
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or 416-588-7750
The Shop (downstairs) - $10 at the door
Doors
6:30 seating, 10:00 seating, The Shop (downstairs) – 10pm
Dress
Dressy-Casual
Web
www.partsandlabour.ca
5. Prohibition Party at The Drake (1150 Queen West, Toronto ON)
Holy Boardwalk Empire, people. The HBO show totally inspired this event! This
New Year’s Eve The Drake Hotel is going back to the roaring twenties
with “a good old fashioned Prohibition Party”. The Drake is always a
popular place for New Year’s Eve so this may be your best option when
it comes to ensuring fail-safe fun. General admission has sold out but
there are still tickets available for the ‘Strolling Dinner’ of passed
hors d’oeuvres, mini meals and Drake’s famous bake sale. The space
promises prohibition-era flapper dancers and a musical performance by
Maylee Todd. Just feel like popping by after midnight for some dancing?
There are some after-midnight tickets still available, too.
Tickets
Strolling Cabaret Dinner - $75
After-midnight - $20
Doors
8pm
Dress
1920’s Dress Code? - might have to call someone
Web
http://www.thedrakehotel.ca/nye
Photo source.
 Hayley Brehl | |
| About the author: | |
Hayley Brehl obtained her BA in English and Creative Writing at Concordia University in Montreal. Living there she met designer, Andy The-Anh and assisted him on her days off from poetry class. That’s when everything changed. She moved back to Toronto and began pursuing a career in fashion. Her favorite things are wedge heels, Indian take-out and her Persian kitten, Moe. | |
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