Here’s where to party in Miami for New Year’s Eve 2020 (the couch is not an option)
At this happy time of year, it is important that you ask yourself a crucial question.
What are you doing on New Year’s Eve?
Since you live in or near Miami, you have plenty of choices, whether you want to get fancy at the club or hang out with friends and family, drinking Budweiser and oohing over fireworks.
We will not judge whatever your preference. Here are the best parties in town for New Year’s Eve 2020.
Bayfront Park
It’s big. Admission is free. There’s music, food and fireworks. And while there’s no ball drop, you can watch the Big Orange rise up the side of the Intercontinental Hotel to orange in the New Year.
8 p.m.-12:30 a.m., 301 Biscayne Blvd., Miami
Pitbull’s Worldwide VIP Food & Wine Party
Do you have what it takes to party with Mr. Worldwide? Here’s what it takes: money. While the masses enjoy Pitbull’s concert, the very special VIPs at Bayfront Park will drink custom cocktails and nibble on swanky cuisine with the best seats in the house.
Tickets: $295-$495; eventbrite.com
301 Biscayne Blvd., Miami
Snoop Dogg at E11even
Count down to 2020 with a live performance from Snoop. Tickets include open bar access and passed hors d’oeuvres from 9-11 p.m. and a champagne toast at midnight. Upstairs, the Rooftop hosts a three-course New Year’s Eve dinner for $150 per person.
Tickets: $200 per person and up; price scheduled to increase as event draws closer. To buy tickets to the show or dinner or reserve VIP tables, visit www.11miami.com/nye.
29 NE 11th St, Miami
Jonas Brothers at the Fontainebleau
Yes. Nick, Joe and Kevin will be in Miami as we slide into 2020.
Tickets: $299 for premium admission with open bar; family experience starts at $349; VIP tables $5,000; https://www.fontainebleau.com/nye
4441 Collins Ave., Miami Beach
Marshmello at LIV
New Year’s Eve is a busy night at The Fontainebleau. EDM star Marshmello takes over LIV for the evening, and for $25,000 you can get a dance floor table for 15. Feeling a little thrifty? Get the front stage VIP table for $15,000. (Don’t worry - general admission with an open bar from 9 p.m.-midnight is an affordable $250 ($220 if you come after 12:30 a.m.).
Tickets: www.fontainebleau.com/nye
4441 Collins Ave., Miami Beach
New Year’s Eve in Wynwood
Want to know the best thing bout Wynwood’s biggest New Year’s Eve party? It’s free, unless you want to blow a whopping $15 on a party pack, which gets you party favors and a drink. You can also RSVP for a free drink. Expect fire eaters, DJs, artists, dancers, food trucks and more. You will have to pay for the food, of course.
Tickets: www.wynwoodnewyearseve.com/
7 p.m.-3:30 a.m., Wynwood Marketplace, 2250 NW 22nd Ave.
The Nightgarden
The light and special effects show is back at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden - and it’s open on New Year’s Eve, so you can see fireworks as well as lights. This year The Nightgarden is three times bigger; 80 percent of its displays are new; and on New Year’s Eve it’s open until 1 a.m.
Tickets: $26-$29; www.thenightgarden.com
10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables
The Wharf
Enjoy live music, food and - of course - cocktails.
Tickets: Free general admission tickets available but limited; RSVP here. Other tickets range from $35 for early bird express admission to $2,592.00 for a giant outdoor table for 20 people. At eventbrite.
114 SW North River Dr. Miami
The Clevelander
Dance and drink your way into 2020 under the stars at this popular outdoor South Beach bar.
Tickets: $25-$150; eventbrite
1020 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach
Nikki Beach
Spend the end of 2019 at this classic beach club - which is celebrating its 20th anniversary - with the theme The Roaring 20s. Doors open at 8 p.m., with fireworks at midnight.
Tickets: $75 general admission; VIP tables $550 and up; dinner packages $650 and up; https://www.nikkibeachmiamievents.com/
1 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach
The Nautilus By Arlo
A party by the pool with a premium bar at a hotel designed by famous architect Morris Lapidus? Yes, please. The party starts at 9 p.m.
Tickets: $75-$1,750 at eventbrite
Nautilus by Arlo, 1825 Collins Ave., Miami Beach
Time Out Market Miami
This food hall may have the best deal on Miami Beach: a $95 package that includes bottomless drinks plus a $50 card to spend on food at any of the 18 eateries represented and a $120 premium package, also with the card and bottomless premium brands. There’s also a DJ; open until 1 a.m.
Tickets: eventbrite
1601 Drexel Ave, Miami
Club Space
Dance your way into 2020 with Solomun and Jamie Jones. Doors open at 11 p.m.
Tickets: $20-$150; eventbrite
34 NE 11th St. Miami
1001 Nights at The National
Be like Aladdin and ring in the new year at the Sultan’s court with DJ Milo Savic plus belly dancers. Will there be flying carpets? Maybe. There’s an open bar, after all.
Tickets: Starts at $100 plus tax; VIP with premium brands starts at $150 (open buffet dinner starts at $150 plus tax); eventbrite
1677 Collins Ave., Miami Beach
Eden Roc Miami Beach
This party includes dinner at a buffet in the Pompeii room with a carving station, sushi, oyster and caviar bar, dancing, live music, a midnight toast and our favorite thing of all: an open bar. From 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Tickets: $300 for adults over 21; $175 for kids and young adults; eventbrite.
4525 Collins Ave., Miami Beach
NYElectric South Beach at Shelburne Beach Resort
Party poolside with four of Miami’s top DJs and five hours of an open bar. There are also two VIP areas plus 12 ultra VIP cabanas. 8:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.
Tickets $89-$975; cabanas $1,795-$4,495; vipnightlife.com
1801 Collins Ave., Miami Beach
DAER Nightclub
Head to the giant guitar hotel at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and find your way to DAER nightclub to party with DJ Zedd. There are also a ton of DJ shows at the nightclub and the DAER dayclub leading up to the big New Year’s Eve bash.
Tickets: Tickets start at $25 for women and $30 for guys; there’s also an unlimited $100 open bar experience with Zedd from 8 p.m.-midnight ; https://www.tixr.com/groups/daernightclubsouthflorida
1 Seminole Way, Hollywood
This story was originally published November 18, 2019 at 11:01 AM.