The Sydney New Year's 2014-15 Party Guide
From fancy terrace soirees to meaty, beaty rooftop barbecues, Sydney's got more than $7.2 million worth of fireworks happening around town. Choose your final 2014 adventure with this handy, handpicked guide — we've even sorted out your hangover with the perfect NYD kick-ons. Happy New Year Sydneysiders.
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EventNew Year's Eve at Sweethearts Rooftop Barbecue
Wed, 31 Dec, 2014
Sweethearts Rooftop, Potts Point
Topped off with a four-hour drinking package featuring everything from bubbly to beer, Sweethearts’ NYE is sure to start your 2015 on the right foot. Offering openair summer vibes and all-the-meat-you-can-eat, this is one New Year’s Eve hootenanny that upgrades the ol’ backyard snags on the barbie set-up.
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EventNew Year's Eve at The Butler
Wed, 31 Dec, 2014
The Butler, Potts Point
See the sky set alight this New Years Eve from Sydney’s newest terrace bar, The Butler. Pott Point’s latest arrival is putting on a lavish, seven-course banquet to welcome 2015 in style. Tipped to guarantee ticketholders an impressive selection of French flavours with an unexpected Caribbean twist, this intimate soiree offers sweet city views.
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EventThe Roosevelt's New Year's Eve Eccentric Billionaires Party
Wed, 31 Dec, 2014
The Roosevelt, Potts Point
Taking inspiration from the ’50s and ’60s, yet with a modern twist, the Roosevelt is the place to be for New Year’s if you’ve ever fancied yourself a contemporary incarnation of a cashed-up mid-century eccentric. They’re offering bottomless champagne, unlimited martinis, canapes, as well as entertainment for the evening.
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EventBondi Icebergs' New Year's Day Party
Thu, 1 Jan, 2015
Bondi Icebergs, Bondi Beach
Set atop one of Bondi’s most postcardy venues, Icebergs’ NYD pool party is the Field Day for punters who want things a little more high-heeled and beachside. For a cheeky four hundy (yep, that’s a casual $400 per ticket), you can compare New Year’s resolutions with Bondi’s chia-lovin’ party people.
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NewsSydney Lockouts Will Be Lifted for New Year’s Eve
Looks like Sydney’s going to get a taste of the old days; the lockout laws will be lifted for one night only on New Year’s Eve. The laws are apparently being lifted to avoid crazy rushes to venues before 1.30am after the fireworks finish. In other words, you’ll be treated like some kind of responsible adult for one glorious evening.
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NewsField Day Drops Massive 2015 Lineup
The annual reason to not entirely obliterate yourself on New Year’s Eve, Field Day has announced a solid lineup for its 2015 instalment. After significant hints at SBTRKT appearances post-Falls, the Young Turks favourite has been confirmed alongside Dillon Francis, alt-J, Jamie xx and more thumbs up-inducing names.
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EventPapa Gede's 'No-Pressure New Year’s Eve Solution'
Wed, 31 Dec, 2014
Papa Gede's, Sydney
The Kent Street bar has done you an end-of-year favour and abated the perils of New Year’s in the CBD. Implausibly high cover charges. Solved. Queues that make you feel like an extra in Ben-Hur. Solved. The enormous responsibility of hosting an insane New Year’s party in your crap shack. Solved.
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EventLost Paradise
Sat, 28 Dec 2024 - Wed, 1 Jan 2025
Glenworth Valley, Glenworth Valley
For a New Year’s Eve experience minus the suits and suffocating crowds, shift your gaze to the latest boutique music and arts festival to burst out of the woodworks: Lost Paradise. A 5000-capacity, three-day event at the old Peats Ridge Festival spot, Glenworth Valley, Lost Paradise is your family-friendly alternative to a cramped Sydney NYE.
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EventThe Soda Factory NYE House Party feat. Grandmaster Flash
Wed, 31 Dec, 2014
The Soda Factory, Surry Hills
This New Years Eve, it’s time to turn back the clock. Pumping out his signature ’90s hip hop classics, the legendary Grandmaster Flash is hitting the Soda Factory for a house party like no other. The founding father of the hip hop scene will be sending off the year-that-was in spectacular fashion.
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EventNYE on the Harbour 2014-15
Wed, 31 Dec, 2014
Cargo, Sydney
Sure, Cargo might not be your weekly go-to, but this year’s NYE lineup – topped with some of Australia’s best beatmakers – is a legitimately solid option for a killer night. With the likes of Hermitude, Crooked Colours, Yolanda Be Cool and a mystery DJ set to hit the stage, this dance party is a safe bet for the final hours of 2014.
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EventNYE Party at the House
Wed, 31 Dec, 2014
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Returning to the Sydney Opera House’s Western Broadwalk, the NYE Party at the House might be the most expensive place to retire on the last night of 2014, but if you are even slightly partial to uninterrupted views of the fireworks, fine food and drink, you’ll understand why.
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EventWoodford Folk Festival 2014/15
Sat, 27 Dec 2014 - Thu, 1 Jan 2015
Woodfordia, Woodford
Set up camp, let your hair get knotty, and roam makeshift tarpaulin towns.
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EventGoodgod's Jiggy NYE Ball with Levins and Shantan
Wed, 31 Dec, 2014
Goodgod Small Club, Sydney
After the wild success of 2014’s NYE PROM, Goodgod is back with an even shinier and more ecstatic take on New Year’s Eve. The Small Club’s twin princes — DJ Levins and Shantan Wantan Ichiban — have put together the soundtrack, inviting a bunch of their favourite rap and R&B artists along for the ride.
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NewsThe Best New Year's Day Parties in Sydney
From indulgent seaside brunches to openair SBTRKT sets, mini-festivals at the pub to lavish Veuve-fuelled beach parties and soul-infused shindigs, Sydney’s best New Year’s Day parties are sure to erase those Poor Life Decisions of hours earlier and start you off on the right foot.
