Your Best New Year's Eve Ever!

The race is on to score sweet NYE plans that'll beat last year's too tame house party. So gather round your friends, browse through our picks, and purchase those ticks before inflation hits at the door on the night of.

 

Back Bay Gala
Hyatt Regency Boston, One Avenue de Lafayette, Boston; 781-444-7771; bostoneventguide.com

Celebrate New Year's Eve in style with a cocktail reception option, or go all out with the all-inclusive dinner or the hors d’oeuvres reception packages. After dinner and drinks, move on over to the dance floor and dance the night away to the band The Love Dogs, as they set the beat for swing, motown, soul, R & B, 70s, 80s, 90s, and current top-40 dance hits. Note: This gala is generally attended by professionals in their 40s and 50s+.

Time: 7:30 p.m., dinner package; 8:30 p.m., reception package; 9:30 p.m., party only
Price: Before 12/29; $199, all-inclusive dinner package; $125, all-inclusive reception package; $89, party only

 

Bohemian Revelry
The Beehive, 541 Tremont St., Boston; 617-423-0069; beehiveboston.com

It's the The Beehive's first New Years Eve celebration, and it's sure to attract swarms of the hottest ladies and gentlemen in Boston. The theme is Bohemian, and there will be a Parisian burlesque show and a live seven-piece salsa band, Grupo Fantasia. You won't grow hungry here: Chef Rebecca Newell will also cook up some European and Mediterranean-influenced plates of "gypsy fare" and desserts.

Time: 9:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m.
Price: $95 plus cash bar

 

Club Bohemia New Years Eve
Cantab Lounge, 738 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge; 617-482-4920; club-bohemia.com

Apple Betty, the Lyres, The Fighting Cocks and The Time Beings hit the stage for a rockin' night that's as far away as you can get from the teenieboppers without staying in...

Time: 9 p.m.-2 a.m.
Price: TBA

 

 

dante New Year's Eve 2007
dante, Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H Land Blvd., Cambridge; 617-497-4219; restaurantdante.com

Celebrate the last hours of 2007 with a five-course, prix-fixe New Year's Eve dinner at restaurant dante, including caviar, kumamoto oysters, potato spuma, beet tartare, pasta and lentils, fresh black truffles, cotechino sausage, beef Wellington "Italiano" with seared foie gras, frutti di bosco, and baked Alaskan vanilla gelato with chocolate cake and sour cherry amarone sauce.

Time: 6 p.m.
Price: $100 (first seating); $125 (second seating)

 

Felt NYE 2008 - A Far East Experience
Felt, 533 Washington St., Boston; 617-350-5555; feltclubboston.com

Travel to the Far East without ever leaving Boston for this Asian-inspired evening, hosted by MTV’s Celebrity guest, DJ Mia, and featuring a two-hour sushi bar, Southeast Asian hors d'oeuvres and libations, Taiko drummers, dragon dancers, and of course, gorgeous geishas. There will be four levels of Far East entertainment and a Chinese drop of the ball at midnight complete with a champagne toast.

Time: 9 p.m.-2 a.m.
Price: $60, general admission; $100, VIP

 

 

First Night 2008
Various locations around Boston; firstnight.org/FirstNight2008

Enjoy a night at the theater… and the museums, movies, and performance centers with First Night 2008! Just purchase a First Night button and gain access to tons of activities at more than 40 indoor and outdoor venues throughout the city, including the Family Festival at the Hynes Convention Center and a fireworks display.

Time: 1 p.m.-midnight
Price: $15 per button (buy online or at various locations around Boston)

 

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