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FestPop’s Top New Years Eve Music Festivals Picks Around the Globe


FestPop’s Top Picks New Years Eve Music Festivals Around the Globe


SnowGlobe Music Festival 2017

Dec 29-31, 2017 | South Lake Tahoe, CA

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SnowGlobe rolls a dance music festival, ski/snowboard adventure, and New Year’s Eve celebration into one. Here’s how it goes down: you’re swaddled in downy North Face garb, swaying and arm-flailing to the beat, while a snowboarder back-flips off a jump next to the stage. Then fireworks burst and confetti flutters and everyone scream “Happy New Year” before getting back to boogieing to stay warm. Headliners this year include DILLON FRANCISPORTER ROBINSON, TRAVIS SCOTT, ZEDD and much more.

 


Countdown NYE 2017

NOS Events Center

Dec 30-31| San Bernardino, CA

As the hand on the clock strikes midnight, bid farewell to the year at our 4th annual New Year’s Eve bash: Countdown NYE 2017. Taking place Saturday, December 30, and Sunday, December 31, at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, CA, Countdown NYE 2017, the biggest New Year’s Eve celebration on the West Coast, will welcome tens of thousands of Headliners under shimmering lights and a shower of confetti. And best of all, we’re giving you a sneak peek at the top-notch talent we’re bringing to the final festival of the year with our initial lineup, which features world-renowned producers deadmau5.

A limited number of early-bird tickets for Countdown NYE 2017 are on sale now.


SNOWATA 2017

Minneapolis Convention Center

Dec 30-31| Minneapolis, MD

18 & Over
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SNOWATA is a unique indoor music festival tucked cozily inside is a cornucopia heated pleasures.

SNOWTA’s line up fuses the amazing multi-genre music festival with a heavy slant on both Hip-Hop and EDM communities both internationally celebrated and in the region. Chart-topping and major music festival headliners include Excision, Pretty Lights, Gucci Mane, Ganja White Night and so much more you could spend the majority of your time exploring the activities, artwork, and installations.   SNOWTA offers a full arcade with classic arcade games, Alien Laser Tag, Human Bowling, a bigger skate park demo area… as well as a snowboard rail jam and competition with professionals outside in their new area with other activities/contests/ and art that can only exist outside due to the weather.


 

LOST PARADISE

Glenworth Valley 

December  28th 2017 – January 1st, 2018 | Sydney, Australia

Tickets are available now, including 3 or 4 day festival tickets, at www.lostparadise.com.au

Taking place December 28th, 2017 – January 1st, 2018 in the picturesque natural surrounds of Glenworth Valley near Sydney, the lineup includes Âme (live), Mall GrabJon HopkinsPalms TraxJackmasterStephen Bodzin, Little Dragon and more. Other highlights include yoga and meditation workshops in the Shambala Fields; a festival Bazaar; plus foodie pop-ups offering everything from homemade dim sum, fusion Japanese street food, and southern-Indian delicacies, through to wood-fired pizzas, vegan and biodynamic fare.

 


Cosmo NYE Music Festival

December 31st. | Rome, Italy

This NYE, immersive party-making promotion and festival Cosmo will celebrate on December 31st.

The ethos has always been one of unity; the vibe of a festival without the hassle of a mud-filled campsite — one can expect mesmeric visuals, explosions of colorful lighting, wondrous sensory-stimulating production and immersive props in abundance. 10,000 ravers will be taking over Rome this New Years Eve. The line up will include Chris Liebing, Ilario Alicante, Len Faki, Loco Dice, Marco Faraone, an many more. 

Find more information and tickets here.


HYTE NYE Berlin

December 31st 2017 Funkhaus, Berlin

After the much talked about the success of last year’s event, globally renowned underground dance music brand HYTE is returning to Berlin on New Year’s Eve 2017 for a one-of-a-kind 24-hour rave. The line-up will be unrivalled in electronic music anywhere in Europe for this time of year, and will feature the underground elite the HYTE brand is so well known for.

For more information and tickets click here.


REACTION NEW YEAR’S EVE 2017

December 31st, 2017 | Chicago, ILL

React Presents is thrilled to announce the lineup for REACTION NEW YEAR’S EVE 2017, featuring ADVENTURE CLUB, BEAR GRILLZ, a LIVE performance by special guest OOKAY, and more acts TBA! Due to popular demand, this year Reaction will return to city limits with a one-night event at the legendary Aragon Ballroom on Sunday, December 31st.

Buy your tickets here.

 

 


MINIMAL EFFORT 2017

The MacArthur

December 31st, 2017 |  Los Angeles, California

Minimal Effort returns to The MacArthur for its 2017 New Year’s Eve Edition.  The underground elite of Los Angeles will be filled with ahead of its time electronic music lineups. The MacArthur will be turned into an idyllic night by the immersive production Minimal Effort has built a reputation for. Expect multiple environments and an indoor-outdoor experience. This picturesque celebration is crafted with every detail in mind for your New Year’s experience.

Minimal Effort’s New Year’s Eve lineup will feature perpetually of the moment House icon Justin Martin, Italian techno purveyor and Life and Death co-founder DJ Tennis, heir to Detroit Techno’s modern thrown Jimmy Edgar, Dirtybird outlier J.Phlip, cosmic House explorer Oona Dahl, flagbearer of the true American underground DJ Three, grit-driven House specialist Ardalan, and of course the glue of the forward-thinking Minimal Effort curation Human Resources.

Special Guests To Be Announced December 3rd.
Buy your tickets starting November 20th here.

Lights All Night

Dallas Market Hall

Friday, December 29th & Saturday, December 30th | Dallas, TX

Lights All Night is Texas’ longest running end of the year party. Hoping that the turnout is the same as last year, you can expect to be vibing with 40,000 people at Dallas Market Hall. This two-day extravaganza of electronic dance music and hip-hop is on its’ 8th annual festival. Full lineup was released earlier this month. Here is the epic lineup Lights All Night has to offer for you!

Bassnectar • Marshmello • Porter Robinson (DJ Set) • Illenium • NGHTMRE • Seven Lions • Ugly God • Smokepurpp • Maxo Kream • Ookay (Live) • AC Slater • Destructo • Drezo • Liquid Stranger • Morgan Page • TOKiMONSTA • Blackgummy • Holly B2B Slayer • Carlyle • Devault • Niko The Kid • Sage Armstrong B2B Bot • Vincent • Whipped Cream • Wongo

Buy your tickets here.

LIGHTS ALL NIGHT – Aftermovie from Dyad Ventures on Vimeo.


Decadence

Rawhide Event Center

December 30th & 31st | Chandler, Arizona.

This New Year’s Eve you can expect some of electronic dance music’s biggest and most buzz-worthy artists at Decadence 2017. The two day celebration is at the Rawhide Event Center in Chandler, Arizona. In short, artists from Armin Van Buuren to Zed’s Dead and everywhere in-between can be seen at this fourth annual festival on December 30th and 31st of this year. For two exhilarating nights, prepare to transcend time and reality as we are transported into the City Beyond Tomorrow! Enter and catch a glimpse of the extraordinary destiny that exists beyond tomorrow in the city filled with jaw-dropping production, exquisite decor, enchanting performers and unimaginable innovations just waiting to be discovered.

Buy your tickets & view the full lineup.


 THE REST IS NOISE 
NYE & NYD SHOWS 

Photo Credit: Sarah Kourey / Entirety Labs

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LONDON 
PRINTWORKS PRESENTS NYE
printworkslondon.co.uk/events
For the first time ever, Printworks London is taking their party-goers from the day right through the night as they celebrate the last moments of 2017. However, there’ll be no Auld Lang Syne here. Instead, the New Years Eve show is headlined by house legend MK and frequent partner in crime Lee Foss. They are joined by Glaswegian ingenue KC Lights. Ibiza Voice, the White Isle’s premier online music magazine, has full rein on The Charge Bay with German talent Robert Dietz and Brits Laura Jones and Will Clarke, taking to the 1s and 2s.

Photo Credit: Max Meichowski / Fanatic 

Sunday 31st December 2017

PRESS HALLS:
MK
LEE FOSS | ROUTE 94
KC LIGHTS

CHARGE BAY:
ROBERT DIETZ
SECOND CITY | LAURA JONES
WILL CLARKE

19:00 – 04:00 | 1 Printworks Surrey Quays Road, London
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HOSPITALITY, THE BLAST & METROPOLIS PRESENT
printworkslondon.co.uk/events
New Year’s Day sees a jam-packed lineup as three drum & bass heavyweights, Hospitality, The Blast & Metropolis, come together to form UNDIVIDE. It’s a collaboration that will have partyers throwing up their gun-fingers as they welcome 2018. Drum & bass’ three wise men, Noisia, is headlining the Print Halls alongside an exclusive back-to-back set featuring Special Request, a.k.a Paul Woolford, and DJ ZincLondon Elektricity, enters the fray along with Manchester’s finest, Dub Phizix & StrategyBladerunner, Serum & Voltage, NuTone b2b Bcee, Etherwood b2b Hybrid Minds and TS2W b2b Jaydrop conclude this dangerous lineup. It’s going left-field in Charge Bay as dubstep pioneer Caspa and Commodo, showcase the very best tunes on the periphery of dubstep and grime whereas Slipmatt faces off with Mumdance in a strictly Hardcore session! Nicky Blackmarket, Madam X, Star One and The Blast DJs round off Room 2.

Photo Credit: Carolina Faruolo / Fanatic

PRESS HALLS:
NOISIA (DJ SET) | DJ ZINC B2B SPECIAL REQUEST
LONDON ELEKTRICITY | DUB PHIZIX & STRATEGY
KINGS OF THE ROLLERS | NUTONE B2B BCEE
ETHERWOOD B2B HYBRID MINDS
TS2W B2B JAYDROP
 
CHARGE BAY:
CASPA
MUMDANCE B2B SLIPMATT (HARDCORE SET)
COMMODO | MADAM X | STAR ONE
NICKY BLACKMARKET (BM RECORDS SET)
NORTH BASE | THE BLAST DJS
20:00 – 05:00 | 1 Printworks Surrey Quays Road, London
MANCHESTER
NYE AT WHP
Manchester’s premier clubbing institution ushers in the new year with a glittering bass-house soundtrack. Expect four to the floor beats, core-shattering baselines and garage-tinged rhythms spun by the likes of Hannah Wants, Low Steppa, Friend Within and Mak & Pasteman.

Photo Credit: Rob Jones

Saturday 31st December 2017
HANNAH WANTS
DISCIPLES | BONDAX | LOW STEPPA
ICARUS | FRIEND WITHIN
DENNEY | MAK & PASTEMAN | KLOSE ONE
GOTSOME | DEL-30 | RICH REASON | VERSUS20:00 – 05:00 | Store Street, ManchesterTickets
THE CLOSING PARTY
The final event of the 2017 season is a twelve-hour marathon, showcasing some of the most exciting and influential names across house & techno. New Years Day will star Bicep, The Black Madonna, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Hunee, Midland, George Fitzgerald, Daniel Avery, Denis Sulta, Tom Trago, Peggy Gou, Shanti Celeste, Kim Ann Foxman, DJ Seinfield, Lone, Or:la, Overmono – DJ Set and many more.

Photo Credit: Gemma Parker

Monday 1st January 2018
BICEP 
THE BLACK MADONNA | MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE | HUNEE
DANIEL AVERY | GEORGE FITZGERALD | MIDLAND
DENIS SULTA | PEGGY GOU | TOM TRAGO
SHANTI CELESTE | KIM ANN FOXMAN 
DJ SEINFELD | LONE 
OVERMONO – DJ SET | BABA STILTZ | OR:LA
KRYSKO | GREG LORD 
ZUTEKH DJS | HIGH HOOPS DJS
20:00 – 05:00 | Store Street, Manchester
BRISTOL
ELROW NEW YEAR’S EVE & NEW YEAR’S DAY AT MOTION

www.bristolinmotion.com

It’s an 2-day elrow takeover at Bristol’s definitive electronic music venue as they do the seemingly impossible and transform this edgy skatepark into a Toontown Farmyard. elrow mascot Rowgelia the chicken finally gets the attention she deserves as she inspires the From Lost To The River theme. Bringing along her motley crew of bonkers barnyard buddies for some farmyard fun full of interactive performers and crazy set design, party-goers can expect a surreal New Year’s to remember!


31st December 2017
LINE UP TBA
1st January 2018
SPECIAL GUEST [EXTENDED SET]
GROOVE ARMADA | STEVE LAWLER
CATZ ‘N DOGZ | BUSHWACKA!
MELÉ B2B LORD LEOPARD
DENNEY | ANDRES CAMPO | BASTIAN BUX
+ LOTS MORE
New Year’s Eve | 20:00 – 06:00 | 74-78 Avon Street, BS2 0PX
New Year’s Day | 15:00 – 03:00 | 74-78 Avon Street, BS2 0PX