New Year's Eve
Celebrate the the beginning of 2017 with events and music around town.
Noon Year’s Eve
9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., $10
Tulsa Children’s Museum Discovery Lab, tulsachildrensmuseum.org
Let the kids celebrate without staying up past their bedtime. Play in the museum, take part in loudest noisemaker and craziest hat competitions, and watch thousands of balloons float down from the ceiling at noon.
New Year’s Eve Sobriety Pow Wow
1 p.m.-9 p.m.
Student Life Center, Bacone College, Muskogee
The 16th Annual New Year’s Pow Wow will feature plenty of Fancy Dancing, dance competitions in over a dozen categories, a children’s art contest, vendors, and more.
New Year’s Eve Pie Night
7 p.m.-10 p.m.
Antoinette Baking Co., antoinettebakingco.com
Start 2017 with a belly full of delicious pie. Antoinette will be serving special flavors, champagne, wine, and a few surprises.
The Oklahoma Swing Syndicate New Year’s Eve Dance
7 p.m.
Southminster Presbyterian Community Center, theoklahomaswingsyndicate.org
Whether you’re brand new to swing dancing or a seasoned expert, swing into the New Year at TOSS’s all-ages dance, featuring live music by 7 Blue Jazz Band and raffle prizes.
The ‘Deco’dent NYE Dinner
7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., $175
624 Kitchen & Catering, 624catering.com
Celebrate the New Year in style in the Deco District with 624’s five-course surf n’ turf wine dinner. Call 918.779.6333 for reservations.
MixCo NYE Dinner
$40-$60
Mixed Company, mixcotulsa.com
MixCo offers a three-course meal of latin flavors with champagne and optional specially paired wines (taking reservations until 9:30 p.m.), then hip hop supergroup Oilhouse will ring in the New Year at midnight.
Caz’s 22nd NYE Bash
7 p.m. - 2 a.m.
Caz’s Pub & Caz’s Chowhouse, cazspub.com
Caz’s will start the evening at the Chowhouse, with a NYE dinner for two for $50 (call 918.588.2469 for reservations). Caz’s Pub will keep the party going into the night with their annual celebration, which will include giveaways all night, a champagne toast, and a balloon and cash drop at midnight. No cover.
NYE at The Melting Pot
4 p.m.-midnight, $120/couple
The Melting Pot, meltingpot.com
Fondue into the New Year with a four-course meal, which includes a party favor and a champagne toast.
Totally Awesome New Year’s Eve Party
7:30 p.m.-1 a.m., $75
DoubleTree at Warren Place, totallyawesometulsa.com
100.9 Totally Awesome 80s host this rad-tastic party, which will feature live music from OMG It’s the 80’s!, a buffet dinner from Warren Duck Club, 80s video games, Rubik’s cube contest, trivia, prizes (including one for best-dressed 1980s couple), and more.
A Royal Ruckus: New Year’s Eve at The Mayo
8 p.m.-2 a.m., $85
The Mayo Hotel, themayohotelevents.com
2016 was quite the ruckus, so why not finish it off with another? The Royal Ruckus includes access to The Mayo’s Grand Hall and Penthouse Bar, champagne, and heavy hors d’oeuvres, with music by LA DJ Michael Linney and local DJ Vince. Room packages also available.
NYE – Old Hollywood Glam Prohibition Style
8 p.m.-2 a.m. $45, $80/couple
The Wine Loft, thewinelofttulsa.com
Party like it’s 1927, at The Wine Loft, with signature cocktails, a buffet, live music, champagne, cigars, balloon drop, and more. VIP tickets also available.
Brady District New Year’s Eve Party
8 p.m.-2 a.m., $50-$75
Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, protix.com
Billed as “The Biggest New Year’s Eve Party in Tulsa,” this bash in the Brady Arts District will feature music from The Fabulous Mid-Life Crisis Band, Uninvited Guest, and DJ Sea.
New Year’s Eve Bash
8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., $40
Spotlight Theatre, spotlighttheatre.org
It wouldn’t be a Saturday night without a performance of America’s longest-running play, the melodrama “The Drunkard,” and the variety of “The Olio.” Spend the final moments of 2016 cheering the heroes and booing the villains. Admission includes dinner, drinks, party favors, and more.
New Year’s Eve at the Speakeasy
9 p.m.-1 a.m. $25-$100
Price Tower Arts Center, Bartlesville, pricetower.org
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower in Bartlesville hosts a road trip-worthy New Year’s party, where the Gallery will be transformed into a 1929 speakeasy. Flappers and gangsters can have their mug shot taken, and dance to live music by Zodiac. And, as is tradition, the Price Tower will ring in the New Year with the Olive Drop: a giant olive descending into an equally giant martini glass.
Crystal Ball: A NYE Masquerade Party
9 p.m.-1:40 a.m., $35, $60/couple
IDL Ballroom, Enso, Electric Circus, tulsacrystalball.com
The three clubs at 1st and Detroit will be transformed into a crystal wonderland for the 7th annual Crystal Ball, featuring music from DJs Demko, Phluf, and Uber. Admission includes a complimentary Venetian mask from New Orleans. VIP tickets also available.
New Year with Nerds!
9 p.m.-2 a.m., $5
Dragonslayer Games, dragon-slayer-games.com
Nerd out into the New Year. In collaboration with OKgamers.com, Dragonslayer is hosting a night of tabletop and console gaming, featuring a Smash Up tournament, door prizes, and more.
Two-Step into 2017
9 p.m.-2 a.m., $10
Legends Dance Hall, legendstulsa.com
Attn. Cowboys and Cowgirls: DJ Houston from 106.1 The Twister will be playing Country hits all night, so you can line dance into the future.
Race into the New Year
11 p.m.-1 a.m., $10-$30
River West Festival Park, runnersworldtulsa.com
Start the New Year off on the right foot with a one-mile fun run and a 5K race, starting at 11:45 p.m., that’ll have you running from 2016 into 2017. Don’t look back.
The Music
The Fur Shop starts the celebrations a day early, with BlindSight20/20, Edge of Zephyr, Not in Public, and Darku J on Friday ($5), and The Dirty Mugs, DJ Speedbump, and more on Saturday ($10, $15/couple).
Dad. The Band will release a new EP at an all-ages NYE Party at The Vanguard, also featuring NeoRomantics, Oceanaut, Animal Library, Foster Pace, and Wyatt Sanders. 8 p.m.-midnight, $10-$12
A supergroup of New Tulsa Soundsters—Paul Benjaman, Wink Burcham, Andrew Bones, Jacob Tovar, and Jesse Aycock—will perform with special guests and surprises at Fassler Hall. 9 p.m.-2 a.m., $10
Green Corn Rebellion play their entire discography at The Colony. 10 p.m.-2 a.m.
DJ FenixFX and more will perform at Club Majestic. 9 p.m.-1:45 a.m.
Milk & Knives perform at Soundpony. 10 p.m.-2 a.m.
Double Treble and DJ Vashonda will perform at the NYE party at Soul City. 9 p.m.-2 a.m.
Desi and Cody will perform in the cozy Cellar Dweller. 10 p.m.-1 a.m.
Jack Ketch & The Bilge Rat Bastards, For The Wolf, and Pittersplatter perform at Billy and Renee’s. 9 p.m.-2 a.m.
The Girls Room, La Panther Happens, Noun Verb Adjective, and Ramona & The Phantoms perform at Beehive Lounge. 10 p.m.-2 a.m.
Mountain Sprout performs at The Blackbird on Pearl. 10 p.m.-2 a.m., $9-$10
KISS cover band Dressed to Kill performs at Magoo’s. 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
Sons of the Dust perform at VFW Post 577’s Centennial Lounge. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. $10
The Brothers Moore perform at The Hunt Club.
K Phillips performs at Mercury Lounge.
Double “00” Buck performs at American Legion Post 308.
Hard Truth performs at the Leather N Lace Masquerade Bash at Wyld Hawgz. 8 p.m.-2 a.m.
Ol’ School and Even Keel perform at Crystal Skull.
Str8ght Shot performs at Lennie’s Club & Grill. 8 p.m.-2 a.m., $15, $25/couple
Fortunate Soul performs at Four Aces Tavern.
Retro performs at Uncle Bently’s.
The Sellouts perform at the 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar, and Chris Hyde performs on the Margaritaville Stage, both at River Spirit Casino.
DeLorean, The Hi-Fidelics, and Paralandra perform at Riffs, and Redland and Travis Marvin perform at Cabin Creek, both at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.