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New Year’s Eve celebrations take place at various venues on December 31st including in downtown Vancouver, out on the water and at area nightclubs.

Below is a list of top New Year’s Eve party venues that take place most years. For ages 19+ party venues, see our article about Vancouver NYE Parties for Adults.

Click on any of the following links to jump to a specific venue or activity, or continue reading for full details about Vancouver’s best places to welcome the New Year.

Or, for details about pyrotechnic shows, click Vancouver Fireworks (which takes you to another page).

Lower Mainland New Year’s Eve Activities

The largest New Year’s Eve celebrations in the Lower Mainland used to take place around Canada Place in downtown Vancouver. The festivities there included ticketed parties as well as free concerts and fireworks. Vancouver’s New Year’s Eve fireworks haven’t happened since 2018, but other events are still taking place.

See below for details about the various December 31st party places. Our list includes nightclubs in the City of Vancouver and elsewhere. It also includes boat parties on the water and fireworks events at ski hills.

Metro Vancouver New Year’s Party Places

New Year’s Eve parties take place at various nightclubs, theatres and other venues around town. Below is a list of New Year’s Eve events that usually happen on or near December 31st. As of mid-October, 2025 details for some events are to be confirmed.

(Note: Rates, venues and other details are subject to change.)

Events in the City of Vancouver

Vancouver Boat Parties – the company offers their Vancouver Hip Hop X Latin Boat Party on New Year’s Eve this year. It’s a floating nightclub-style event on the Magic Spirit yacht.
NYE at Harbour Event Centre – an end-of-2025 event with Darren Styles takes place at the Harbour Event Centre. Tickets start at around $80.
The Improv Centre – there are a few special end-of-year shows at the Improv Centre on Granville Island. In 2025 there’s ‘Tis the Sitcom from November 20th to December 30th. There will likely be a special event on December 31st too.
Guilt & Company – the popular live music venue in Gastown features an evening of casual fun. The 2024 event featured singers NaRai Dawn and Dawn Pemberton. Admission was $15 per set of music (there were four sets). 2025 details are to be confirmed.
New Year’s Eve at Frankie’s Jazz Club – a night of dinner and Jazz at 755 Beatty Street. The 2024 event featured a special meal and live music with Mike Henry’s Soul Show at 9:30 pm. A similar event will likely happen in 2025.
Whispers of Midnight NYE – a New Year’s Eve party with elaborate design and live entertainment at the Paradox Hotel at 1161 West Georgia Street. Tickets for last year’s event started at about $70. 2025 details are to be confirmed.
Cirque NYE – a massive party at Science World that featured multiple floors of dance parties, DJs and live performers in 2024. Tickets started at $80 last year. The event in 2025 will likely be similar.
NYE at the Rec Room – the Rec Room is a modern kind of arcade with plenty of games, drinks and live entertainment. Their Burnaby location hosted a special New Year’s Eve event night in 2024. Hopefully it happens again in 2025.

For a list of more adults-only December 31st venues see Vancouver NYE Parties for Ages 19+.

NYE at Fairmont Vancouver Hotel — Grand Ball NYE at the Hotel Vancouver

New Year’s Eve Boat Parties

One of the best places to celebrate the arrival of the New Year is on a New Year’s Eve boat party cruise. They offer nightclub-style venues, food, drinks and spectacular views of the city.

A popular New Year’s Eve cruise is with Vancouver Boat Parties. Their 2025 event runs from the evening of December 31st until around 1:00 am or so the next day. The Vancouver New Year’s Eve Boat Party takes place on the Magic Spirit yacht and features two dance floors. Expect to enjoy Latin music on one level and Urban music on the other.

Boat parties are very popular things to do so tickets usually sell out in advance. For more details visit the Vancouver Boat Parties website.

NYE Restaurant Dinners

Lots of restaurants offer special dinners and evening events on December 31st each year. Examples of ones from last year are listed below. 2025 details are to be confirmed.

Tutto – in 2024 the Italian restaurant in Yaletown had a $135 four-course NYE dinner with wine pairings. It included either an oyster or courgette galette followed by a starter. Options for a main were sablefish & cauliflower risotto, Steak Diane & scallops, shellfish in lemon butter sauce, and carrot four way risotto. There were great dessert options as well.
P2B Bistro – the restaurant at the Pinnacle Harbourfront Hotel in downtown Vancouver had a three-course dinner with wine pairings on New Years Eve last year. The $99 dinner entrée options included your choice of smoked tuna tataki, boneless chicken supreme, beef short rib & lobster, salmon Wellington, or pappardelle pasta.
Winterlust – this is a unique dining experience where you get your own private dome that seats up to six people at the H Tasting Lounge at the Westin Bayshore Hotel in Coal Harbour. On December 31st last year the restaurant had a special seven-course dinner for around $155. 2025 details are to be confirmed.
The Lobby – the restaurant at the Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier in North Vancouver had a fancy three-course NYE dinner starting at $89 last year. The mains were New York steak & prawn, poached salmon and scallop crudo, herb-crusted rack of lamb, and herb-infused cauliflower steak.
Pier 7 – this restaurant is right on the waterfront in North Vancouver’s Shipyards District. Last year it had a special four-course dinner on December 31st starting at $97. It began with a secret “amuse bouche” that was the chef’s personal creation.

New Year’s Eve on Granville Street

There are a number of nightclubs on Granville Street just south of Georgia Street in downtown Vancouver. In normal years, all fill up on New Year’s Eve, so you need to buy tickets for them in advance. Even if you don’t get into one of the pubs or official party venues, there is lots of partying going on in the street.

On New Year’s Eve the City of Vancouver usually shuts down Granville Street to cars. The strip becomes a pedestrian-only area and fills up with crowds of people. You can’t drink alcohol in public on the street, but walking around and having fun is free.

NYE on Granville Street — Granville Street on New Year’s Eve

December 31st at Area Ski Hills

Lower Mainland ski hills are where you can celebrate New Year’s Eve in the snow. Grouse Mountain usually has a fun event and Cypress Mountain also hosts one that’s smaller and a little less formal event.

New Year’s Eve at GROUSE MOUNTAIN

The Family New Year’s Eve Celebration at Grouse Mountain typically includes skiing, the light walk, and fireworks at the skate pond.

In 2024 the skiing ran all day, from 10:00 am until 11:00 pm. The light walk, meanwhile, opened at dusk and closed at 11:00 pm. There were also fireworks at 9:00 pm.

Last year, The Observatory restaurant also hosted a seven-course dinner with wine pairings. There was a family buffet at the Timber Room as well.

To learn more about what happens at the ski hill around the end of the year, see our article about Grouse Mountain on New Year’s Eve.

Grouse Light Walk Tunnel — The Light Walk Tunnel at Grouse Mountain

New Year’s Eve at CYPRESS MOUNTAIN

Cypress Mountain‘s New Year’s Eve event in 2025 features food and drink specials as well as DJ music. Fireworks take place at 8:00 pm this year too.

Click Cypress on New Year’s Eve for more information.

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New Year’s Eve at Canada Place and False Creek

The Lower Mainland’s largest New Year’s Eve celebrations used to happen around Canada Place in downtown Vancouver on the evening of December 31st.

NOTE: The Canada Place fireworks event hasn’t happened since 2018. It was supposed to return at a new location (in False Creek) a few years ago but it never did. Now, the event’s website doesn’t appear to exist. Hopefully the event takes place in the future. See the Concord Pacific NYE Facebook page for details or click New Year’s Eve Fireworks in False Creek.

Up until 2018, the free street party with 20 food trucks, outdoor concerts and over 100,000 people used to take place along Canada Place Way. There were also indoor ticketed events at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

In years when it did take place, the free Street Party ran from around 7:00 pm until 12:15 am, indoor ticketed events went from 7:00 pm until 1:30 am, and fireworks blasted off at both 9:00 pm and 12:00 am.

Click Canada Place at New Year’s Eve for more information about the event from past years.

Other Information

For information about Vancouver’s main fireworks events, and best places to watch them from (in years when they actually take place), click NYE fireworks.

For ideas on other things to do at other times of the year, check out any of the following: