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Certain, there’s a complete truckload’s price of mince pies, dodgy festive jumpers and countless Christmas songs to plough by first, however the New Yr is lastly in sight.
Proper earlier than all of these well-meaning resolutions and dry Jans kick in, it’s time for wreaking superb chaos, and waving farewell to the final 12 months. Ideally, accompanied by a first-rate soundtrack from a number of the greatest DJs going.
So, as 2024 glimmers on the horizon, it’s time to get planning for the ultimate night time out of the yr.
In the event you’re trying to ring within the new yr by dancing your self foolish in considered one of London’s many golf equipment, there’s lots on supply within the capital. Step this manner…
Freedom 35 presents: Double Imaginative and prescient, Aaja Deptford
A lot cherished South London group radio station Aaja is inviting Freedom 35 right down to take over their Deptford snake pit for the largest night time of the yr: count on drag efficiency galore, queer rodeo vibes, and tunes from the membership night time’s residents. Tickets out there now.
Elsewhere the station has been working onerous to open a model new everlasting venue; although it will not correctly open till subsequent February, Aaja are throwing a one-off basement occasion for an early glimpse of issues to come back. Line-up TBC, tickets out there now.
Moxie and Scarlet O’Malley, Phonox
A daily fixture of Hackney-founded different radio station NTS ever because it first aired in 2011, Moxie’s tune choices are second to none, and her occasion at Brixton’s Phonox alongside Rinse FM resident Scarlet O’Malley ought to show a NYE spotlight. Tickets out there now.
Dancing within the Darkish, Moth Membership
Not too eager on the concept of embracing one other new yr? Revisit an previous one as an alternative underneath the glittery gold ceilings of Hackney’s Moth Membership, the place the transient is all issues Eighties. Anticipate Madonna, Bowie, and Bruce Springsteen, clearly. Tickets out there now.
White Warmth, The Lexington
As soon as upon a time, within the grip of indie sleaze and again when Soho was nonetheless the epicentre of late night time revelry, White Warmth at Madame JoJos was the place to be; Adele and Lorde each performed a few of their earliest reveals right here. Now a weekly affair at The Lexington, the night time remains to be going robust, and their NYE events are all the time a winner. Tickets out there now.
E1 X Percolate: 30 Hour Occasion, E1
By no means fairly prepared to move house when the membership lights come up? A mammoth, 30 hour occasion at this industrial East London venue ought to type you proper out, with music from Dutch trance DJ Job Jobse, eclectic Londoner Midland, deep home producer Leon Vynehall, and Secure Journey Data co-founder Younger Marco. Tickets out there right here.
Foreverland, HERE Outernet
Outernet’s HERE – an underground venue decked out with large 8k video screens, 4 tales beneath the streets of London – is promising a multi-sensory “psychedelic carnival” with interactive characters, immersive decor, and tonnes of home music. Line-up information is coming quickly. Tickets out there right here.
If the beloved Instagram account @loveofhuns singlehandedly obtained you thru 2023, this low-cost and cheerful Hackney night time at shiny new venue Two Palms is definitely the place to be – and it comes with a hun-filled Noughties pop soundtrack, no much less. Stay, snort, love, and crank up the Samantha Mumba! Tickets out there right here.
Pop By no means Dies, The Ready Room
This sprawling Docklands membership has a first-rate line-up for his or her NYE bash New Daybreak, with much more unannounced particular visitors nonetheless to be revealed. Highlights embody Bristol-based Timedance label boss Batu taking part in again to again with a thriller identify, US rave-house producer Octo Octa, and Stella Zekri, an everyday face on Berlin’s queer dance scene. Tickets out there now.
Each single Friday, Hackney’s Oslo lays on a Y2K-flavoured unfold of Noughties hits, together with the genius addition of a free karaoke room for punters to screech their hearts out to the classics. In the event you’re not too bothered about heading into 2024 with any kind of voice left, we’d counsel practising your dramatic key adjustments prepared for this one. Tickets out there right here.
This dance establishment’s remaining occasion of the yr seems to be a doozy; much-hyped Aussie identify HAAi, Berlin techno duo FJAAK, high-energy DJ Elli Aculas and Dutch producer Estella Boersma are amongst these heading to Farringdon to maintain the venue’s three dancefloors pumping into the early hours. Tickets out there right here.
Horse Meat Disco and Particular Visitors, KOKO
Since forming again in 2003 at Vauxhall’s The Eagle, DJ collective Horse Meat Disco have change into a staple of town’s LGBTQ+ scene. On New Yr’s Eve, they’ll host an enormous occasion in KOKO’s theatre house, joined by a brilliant secret, unannounced particular visitor. Tickets out there right here.
A trailblazer of the Nineties home scene, and the brains behind a number of the best crossover remixes in dance music, Todd Terry is about as legendary because it will get. His stint on the Greenwich membership, together with Berlin duo The Ghost, dubstep pioneer Scuba, Bristol selector Dr Banana, and a great deal of different names, needs to be a riot. Tickets out there right here.
Deptford Northern Soul Membership, The Storage
Although it was solely ever alleged to be a one-off night time at Deptford’s brilliantly scuzzy basement venue The Bunker, Will Foot and Lewis Henderson are nonetheless going robust seven years later with their love letter to all issues Northern Soul – and their takeover of Highbury’s The Storage needs to be parp-a-licious. Tickets out there right here.
As common, particulars are scant for this big, 24-hour epic – in UNFOLD custom, the thriller line-up stays underneath wraps till the night time, and tickets are solely out there on the door. Intrigued? Gown to sweat, head to Canning City, and discover out what’s in retailer.
NYE, Venue MOT Unit 18 & 20
Tucked away in deepest industrial South Bermondsey, Venue MOT Unit 18 & 20 (the membership relies in a former automotive security check centre, thus the pretty particular identify) is a little bit of a hidden gem on London’s scene. Seeing in 2024, it’s a full invoice of London-centric expertise, together with Elle Andrews, Flora Yin Wong, and two secret visitors going b2b. Tickets out there right here.
Give Me The Night time I Need on NYE, Unit 58
French minimal home DJ Ivan Smagghe, tech home veteran Craig Richard and Pleasure Membership host Bobby. will spin the tunes at this large Tottenham warehouse, alongside a reside present from Chloé Raunet’s genre-blurring artistic venture C.A.R. Tickets out there right here.
It’s nigh on not possible to have a boring night time at this Dalston den of queer debauchery. Down within the basement, you’ll discover the extra heavyweight beats – suppose bassline, onerous home, and pounding techno – whereas the upstairs bar is devoted to all issues pop, home, and disco, with go-go dancers as well. Tickets out there right here.
It’s a Basis FM takeover this yr at Hackney’s Color Manufacturing facility, with rising star I. Jordan, the excellently monikered Chippy Nonstop, New York singer and producer Talia Goddess, and Pxssy Palace founder Nadine Noor, amongst many others. Tickets out there right here.