
City Cast DC with Michael Schaffer
🪩 What to do on NYE in DC
December 28, 2023
Hey, Washingtonians! 2024 is soooo close. What are you doing to bring in the new year? Whether you want to dress up, black out, or be in bed by 10 p.m., we’ve got something for you below.

What To Do
Thursday, Dec. 28
- 🎸 Evan Gross & The Derelict Casino | 7 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. | $18 | Truxton Circle
- 🥟 Handmade Empanada Party | 6:30 p.m. | $59 | Union Market
Friday, Dec. 29
- 🍺 Bluejacket Beers & Bites | 7 p.m. | $65 | Navy Yard
- 🎤 Tunes: Fixed Bias / The Sniffs / Ari Voxx | 8:30 p.m. | $20 | Brookland
- 😆 DC Improv: Cerrome Russell | 7:30 p.m. | $22 | Dupont
Saturday, Dec. 30
- 📽️ Celestial Voices on Film: Diva | 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. | Free | National Mall
- 🪴 Succulent & Sangria Workshop | 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. | $30-$40 | Alexandria
- 🕺Traditional West African Dance Marathon | 12 p.m. | $75 | Mount Rainier
Sunday, Dec. 31
Free
- 🪩 as you are: D.C.’s New Queers’ Eve: Glitter Ball | 10 p.m. - 2 a.m. | Free | Barracks Row
- 🍾 Año Nuevo en Casta's | 9 p.m. - 3 a.m. | Free | West End
- 🎈 Noon Yards Eve | 10 p.m. - 1 a.m. | Free | Navy Yard
Under $50
- 🎆 Family New Year's Party at metrobar | 4 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | $7 | Brentwood
- 🍻 The Town Tavern: A Not So Ordinary New Year’s Eve | 9 p.m. - 3:30 a.m. | $25+ | Adams Morgan
- 🎶 Black Cat NYE Ball | 8 p.m. | $35 | 14th Street NW
$50 - $100
- 🎩 New Year’s Eve MONOPOLY at DC9 | 10 p.m. - 4 a.m. | $60+ | Shaw
- 👔 New Year’s Eve Party at The Park | 8 p.m. - 3 a.m. | $70 | Downtown
$100+
- 🌟 Ciel in the Stars | 9 p.m. | $150 | Mt Vernon Triangle
- 🎉 A Midnight Masquerade at Dirty Habit DC | 5 p.m. - 2 a.m. | $250+ | Penn Quarter
- 🚢 Gatsby's DC Fireworks Yacht Party | 8 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. | $275+ | Southwest Waterfront

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