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New Year's Eve in Boulder

Wahoo! It's the eve of a fresh, new year. Here's what's happening across Boulder for New Year's Eve, from parties and concerts to winter light displays and "first day" hikes.

New Year's Eve Parties & Live Music in Boulder for 2024-2025

License No. 1 New Year’s Eve Party
License No. 1
5pm-2am
Ring in the New Year at Hotel Boulderado's speakeasy-style bar starting at 5pm. Get tickets.

St Julien New Year's Eve Party
St Julien Hotel & Spa
9pm
Dance the night away, sip on refreshing cocktails and raise a toast to the year ahead with your friends and loved ones at St Julien's New Year's Eve party.

Rosetta Hall New Year's Eve Party
Rosetta Hall
9pm
Live music, small bites and seafood, bottomless sparkling wine and a champagne toast with exclusive access to the mezzanine and rooftop. Get tickets.

AMORphosis: A NYE Celebration of Change
Junkyard Social Club
7:30pm-2am
Pop the cork off the New Year at Junkyard Social Club. With surprise pop-up performances and fire art, this bash will be poppin’ in every sense of the word. Get tickets.

Umphrey's McGee at Boulder Theater
Boulder Theater
Doors open at 8pm
Dance into the New Year at a performance by Umphrey's McGee, a unique improv rock group. Get tickets.

Cabin Fever Boulder with Loczi at The Fox
Fox Theatre
Doors open at 8pm
Join Boulder's burner community for a night of deep progress tech-house music to dance into 2025.

New Year's Eve Food & Drink Specials

You don't get to play host city to "Top Chef" and earn the title of America's Foodiest Town (Bon Appétit) without having some of the country's best chefs turning out incredible dishes, starring flavorful local ingredients. Come indulge at dozens of acclaimed restaurants!

Corrida

Indulge in a four-course prix-fixe menu ($150 per person) with an optional wine pairing (+$95 per person). There will also be tableside martini service with caviar, a curated selection of classic cocktails and sparkling wines, entertainment from 7:30pm to 12:30am, and a celebratory champagne toast at midnight.

OAK at Fourteenth

Four-course chef's menu ($110 per person) with seatings from 5-11pm. Guests who reserve the final seating will receive a complimentary champagne toast at midnight.

Greenbriar Inn

Six-course New Year’s Eve tasting dinner from 5-9pm. This prix fixe dinner menu will include a choice of dishes, allowing you to create your tasting menu. Sparkling wine or sparkling cider is also included.

Dish at OAK at Fourteenth

See a Winter Light Display

During Snow Much Fun (which runs late November to early January), hundreds of thousands of colorful LED lights illuminate Boulder’s Civic Area, next to the Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, and throughout downtown Boulder, including all along historic Pearl Street. It's all free to enjoy on foot! This year you can explore through a new lens as you adventure through a self-guided AR tour of the district.

Snow Much Fun Light Displays Downtown Boulder

Go for a Winter Hike

The hush that comes over Boulder's foothills in winter is something to behold. In fact, for many locals, it's secretly our favorite time to hike. Put on your boots, a few warm layers that can be shed (you might warm up fast here in famously sunny Boulder) and head out for some winter wonder. There are plenty of winter hikes to try.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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First Day Hikes

Offset all the indulgences of the season with a refreshing winter hike! You’ll see lots of locals out on the trails doing the same, and many of Colorado’s State and National Parks host free, guided First Day Hikes on January 1.

Photo by Katie Botwin

A Sunny Winter Hike in Boulder

Ring in the New Year in a Cozy Boulder Hotel

From hotels with year-round pools to those with swanky lounges with roaring fireplaces, each of Boulder's hotels offers a mini escape to look forward to.