It's time to wave goodbye to another year with some of Bristol's biggest and best events for New Year's Eve 2022. After two years marred by the pandemic, this is the first time since 2019 that there will be no restrictions to events.
Some of the city's top nightclubs and bars are hosting a great line-up of DJs this year - from cabaret drag to a secret warehouse party in the city centre, there's something for every partygoer this year. Tickets are still available at these events but are selling out fast, so you'll have to be quick to secure your spot for one of the biggest celebrations of the year.
Below are some of Bristol's bar and club nights to welcome in the new year on December 31. Get in touch if you have an event to add to the list.
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Lakota
The Stokes Croft nightclub's final dance of the year will be spread across three rooms offering a huge dancefloor extravaganza to mark Lakota's 30th anniversary this year. It will be welcome in 2023 from 9pm until 5am with Hunee, Dan Shake, Gabrielle Kwarteng, Willow and special guests. Tickets are currently £14.14 and available here.
Lakota is also hosting its DnB and Jungle celebration in Coroner's Court across two rooms for £16.95 a ticket. The club has invited some of the best in Bristol’s bass scene to see off the year in style, including Killa P, Napes, Clipz, Zoro and Hamdi - starting at 9pm and playing right through to 4pm. Last entry is 11pm for both events.
6 Upper York Street Bristol BS2 8QN
Motion
The BS2 club has promised its biggest ever New Year's Eve rave this year headlined by rising star Bristol DJ Eats Everything, who recently caused a stir with Fatboy Slim, in the Marble Factory while The Blast will take over Motion. Both events on Saturday, December 31 are billed to open at 9pm and close at 5am - an eight-hour run of raving to see in 2023. See the full line up here. Ticket are on their final release for The Blast at £44 and only VIP remains for Eats Everything at £50.
74-78 Avon St, Bristol BS2 0PX
Bristol's New Year's Eve Festival
To celebrate the turn of the year, Alternate & Tuff Life join forces for Bristol's most exciting NYE party from a secret warehouse location in BS2. Read more about the event here. The organisers are promising the biggest New Year's party in Bristol this year.
Undisclosed location in BS2
SWX
The music venue is offering three stages each with a different genre, meaning there is truly something for everyone. The nights from 9pm and lasts all the way until 4am, with final entry at 2am. Tickets are on their final release now at £20, but there are also group VIP packages available for those looking to celebrate in style.
15 Nelson St, Bristol BS1 2JY, UK
The Louisiana
Breakfast Records is back at the venue this year for its ultimate New Year's Eve send off filled with bands and DJs. Doors open at 8am and tickets are currently going for £15 a pop via Headfirst, with final release priced at £20.
Wapping Rd, Bathurst Terrace, Bristol BS1 6UA
The Full Moon and Attic Bar
Spread across two venues and the courtyard is The Full Moon's New Year's Eve extravaganza with more than a dozen DJs bringing the party. The theme is disco shimmer, so be sure to put your glitziest glad rags on and get your ticket - which is currently priced at £15 on its second release. Doors are at 8pm, with the night going on until 4am.
1 North St, St Paul's, Bristol BS1 3PR
Old Market Assembly
Chai Wallah's and Assembly Nights Present: Afrodisiac: A New Years Revolution featuring two of the heavy weights from the UK festival scene, TC & the Groove Family and Afla Sackey & Afrik Bawantu. The ticket is based on a pay-what-you-can basis that starts from £35 according to Headfirst, with the night kicking off from 8pm at the Old Market venue.
25 West St, Bristol BS2 0DF
Tonight Josephine
This new bar is hosting one of the glitziest parties in Bristol with its NYE Glitterbomb Party, with a DJ playing all the hits and a cabaret drag host. Tickets are from £25, which gives you a Glitter martini on arrival or guests can also upgrade their ticket to £55 for bottomless drinks until the clock strikes midnight.
28 Baldwin Street, Bristol, BS1 1NG
Crofters Rights
New Year's at the Stokes Croft pub will feature five DJs and promises a night of debauchery from 10pm until late. Tickets are priced at £11.50 per person.
117-119 Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3RW
Gravity
Rapper Chip (previously known as Chipmunk) is the star guest at Gravity's New Year party, where DJs will be "playing the hottest music from RnB and hip-hop". Tickets are priced from £6 and there is also an optional VIP experience with table service and drink deal packages.
Gravity, 78 Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1QU
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