Before your New Year’s Eve resolutions set in, get ready to go big (or go home) one last time in 2023. GayCities found the hottest New Queer’s Eve celebrations, from NYC rooftops and circus tents to Mexican beaches and nightclubs in Madrid.
Masterbeat NYE in Los Angeles
This New Year’s Eve Party goes all weekend long, with multiple events hopping between some of LA’s hottest clubs. It all starts Saturday at DTLA’s iconic Belasco Theater with Masterbeat’s Yellow Brick Road, where DJs Shane Marcus and Micky Friedmann will turn it out and kick off the weekend. After a much-needed disco siesta, the festivities move next door to The Mayan for the main event: Emerald City New Year’s Eve 2024. After the ball drops and downtown starts to fade, the revelry moves back to Belasco for 2 parties: Wicked Afterhours and Over the Rainbow. For our party boys looking for a nearby high-end crash pad, be sure to snatch a suite at the W Hotel and catch up on your REM cycles after this NYE marathon.
Miami Beach
If you’re ready to go all out this NYE, this four-day festival dubbed Miami’s queerchella is the celebration for you. The weekend is made up of five parties featuring performances from celeb DJs and drag queens. The festivities crescendo into Saturday for the main event, Dreamland New Year’s Eve, featuring a surprise special guest. Revelers can enjoy a coda to this weekend on Sunday. However, at some point during this cacophony of queerness, you should probably replenish the carbs you danced off. Consider hitting up Big Pink in South Beach for some traditional diner fare to absorb a weekend’s worth of NYE libations.
Techno & Leather in Madrid
PRIDESH NYE Week
Dec 27, 2023 – Jan 7, 2024
For our fetish-focused jet setters who find themselves in Spain for New Year’s, be sure to smack up PRIDESH NYE Week. The moniker “week” is a bit of a misnomer since this cavalcade of kink runs for twelve days. These 12 Days of Kink-mas, as it were, feature a cast of Europe’s best DJs in the fetish scene playing a myriad of styles, such as Indie-Dance, MH&T (aka Melodic House & Techno), and Progressive House. And for some sweaty fun off the dance floor, sneak off to the Sauna Puerto de Toledo bath house and pick up local papí.
Moulin Rouge party in San Francisco
NYE 2024 Presented by PRINCESS x OASIS SF
Dec 31, 2023 – Jan 1, 2024
PRINCESS plus OASIS plus NYE equals a menagé trois of fun in San Francisco. This themed event features three stages of entertainment, including a non-stop drag spectacular from some of SF’s fiercest local queens. And for our football-loving bromosexuals, pull it together Sunday afternoon to hit up the sports bar Hi Tops.
The Morning After in SF
It’s A New Day + Breakfast Of Champions Block Party 2024
Jan 1, 2024
Keep the celebrations going with The Great Northern at their New Year’s day block party going from 4 am to 9 pm New Year’s Day. With tons of DJs, stages, and VIP cabanas, this is more of a festival than a block party. Burlesque dancers, aerial circus performers, magicians, and pole dancers provide even more entertainment throughout the day. There’s so much to do, you’ll forget about your hangover from the night before, but the freshly made cocktails and food trucks available will help out too.
Key West’s famous Shoe Drop
NYE at the Bourbon Street Pub
Dec 31, 2023 - Jan 1, 2024
The shoe drop at Bourbon Street Pub has been a Key West New Year's Eve tradition since 1996 when local drag queen Sushi first stepped into the eight-foot red stiletto. The night starts with an hour-long show leading up to the shoe drop at midnight. The event has become world-famous, even garnering coverage from Anderson Cooper. There’s limited space inside the pub, but the party overflows onto Duval Street where anyone can crowd around. Still, the street gets crowded, so show up early for the best spot. And for a plan B, mosey down the street and stake out a spot 801 Bourbon Bar.
Get scandalous in London
Carwash New Year's Eve Party
Dec 31, 2023- Jan 1, 2024
The vibrant party-minded Carwash Crew invites you to dress up in effortless glitzy glamour and party with clubbers who really know how to get down on the most sophisticated night of 2023. Hosted in Central London's The Loop, this NYE event encourages partiers to don lewks inspired by your favorite pop icons and bust a move to a litany of retro beats.
