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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.

One popular way to celebrate New Year’s Eve is with Vancouver Boat Parties. In 2024 they have two cruises on December 31st: the Hip Hop X Latin NYE Boat Party from 9:00 pm until 1:00 am, and the Night on the Waves NYE Boat Party from 9:30 pm to 1:30 am.

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 happening on or near December 31st in 2024.

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

Events in the City of Vancouver

Vancouver Boat Parties – the company offers two floating nightclub-style events on New Year’s Eve in 2024. The Vancouver Hip Hop X Latin Boat Party happens on the Magic Spirit yacht, and the Night on the Waves Boat Party happens on the Burrard Queen.
Guilt & Company – the popular live music venue in Gastown features an evening of casual fun. The 2024 event features singers NaRai Dawn and Dawn Pemberton. Admission is $15 per set of music (there are four sets).
NYE at Harbour Event Centre – an end-of-2024 event with DJ music from R3HAB takes place at the Harbour Event Centre. Tickets start at around $85.
New Year’s Eve at Frankie’s Jazz Club – a night of dinner and Jazz at 755 Beatty Street. The 2024 event features a special meal and live music with Mike Henry’s Soul Show at 9:30 pm.
The Improv Centre – there are a few special end-of-year shows at the Improv Centre on Granville Island. In 2024 there’s Merry/Happy/Jolly from November 21st to December 29th, followed by the one-day NYE at TIC event on December 31st.
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 start at about $70 in 2024 and the event runs from 9:00 pm until 2:00 am.
Cirque NYE – a massive party at Science World that features multiple floors of dance parties, DJs and live performers. Tickets start at $80 and the event runs from 9:00 pm to 2:30 am.
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 is hosting a special New Year’s Eve event night.

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 2024 events run 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. The Night on the Waves Boat Party is on the Burrard Queen and features some Top 40 hits and throwback tunes along with R&B and Hip Hop.

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 in 2024 are listed below.

Tutto – the Italian restaurant in Yaletown has a $135 four-course NYE dinner with wine pairings. It includes either an oyster or courgette galette followed by a starter. The options for a main are sablefish & cauliflower risotto, Steak Diane & scallops, shellfish in lemon butter sauce, and carrot four way risotto. There are great dessert options as well. If you like Italian food, you’ll love this place!
P2B Bistro – the restaurant at the Pinnacle Harbourfront Hotel in downtown Vancouver has a three-course dinner with wine pairings on New Years Eve. The $99 dinner entrée options include 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 the restaurant has a special seven-course dinner for around $155.
The Lobby – the restaurant at the Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier in North Vancouver has a fancy three-course NYE dinner starting at $89. The mains include 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. It has a special four-course dinner on December 31st starting at $97. It begins with a secret “amuse bouche” that’s 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.

Sasquatch Mountain hosts a night of live music and fireworks beginning at 9:00 pm in 2024. Before that there’s also a series of kids activities held from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. The entire night is free to attend.

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 runs all day, from 10:00 am until 11:00 pm. The light walk, meanwhile, opens at dusk and closes at 11:00 pm. There are also fireworks at 9:00 pm.

This year, The Observatory restaurant also hosted a seven-course dinner with wine pairings. There’s 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 the past featured s’mores to roast around fire pits. There’s also usually live entertainment and DJ music. Fireworks take place some years too. 2024 details are to be confirmed as of mid-December.

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: