New Year’s Eve Chocolate Fondue Tour
This tour will lead you through the snowy forest to a candle lit chocolate fondue set among the trees. Ages 13+ • Mount Seymour, North Van • Dec. 31, 7 p.m. • $80/person, pre-register, 604-986-2261, Ext. 206, mountseymour.com
New Year’s Eve Extravaganza 2013 Club Crawl
Features entry to four downtown night clubs with party bus transportation, no cover charges or lineups, plus much more. • Dec. 31 • $30, clubzone.com
New Year’s Eve Gala
Buffet dinner, guest DJs and champagne. Proceeds go to the Access to Arts and Recreation Foundation. • Riverside Banquet Hall, 14500 River Rd., Richmond • Dec. 31, 8 p.m. • $65., 604-805-2651, accesstoartsandrecreation.org
New Year’s Eve Gala 2013
Four dance floors, nine DJs, two bands. • Hilton Vancouver Metrotown, 6083 McKay Ave., Burnaby • Dec. 31, doors 6 p.m. • Tickets at Highlife, Zulu, Ticketmaster, meloproductions.net
NYE 2013 Family Friendly New Year’s Eve
The Province hosts a family friendly 2013 New Year’s celebration with live entertainment, free glow sticks and noisemakers for kids for the countdown to an early New Year at 8 p.m. • 800 Robson St. • Dec. 31 • Free, robsonsquare.com/events
Sin City Fetish New Year’s
Strict fetish dress code – dress to impress. Main room dance floor, stage and cage dancing, play dungeon and more with DJs Pandemonium, R-Lex and guests • Red Room, 398 Richards St. • Dec. 31, 9 p.m. • $25, sincityfetishnight.com
The Shangri-La NYE Gala 2013
Featuring the elegant Conway ballroom, 2 VIP rooms, Red Carpet elevator entrance, top DJs like Stimulant J and more. • Shangri-La Hotel Vancouver, 1128 W. Georgia St. • Dec. 31, 8 p.m. • $140, clubzone.com
Vancouver New Year’s Eve Cruise
Your cruise includes a gourmet buffet, entertainment and dancing all in the true cruise ship tradition. • Sailing aboard the Pride of Vancouver, 450 Denman St. • Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. • $148, clubzone.com
Waldorf New Year’s Masquerade
A massive New Year’s Masquerade and Carnival with entertainment, the best party DJs and more. • Waldorf Hotel, 1489 E. Hastings • Dec. 31 • $60, includes food, waldorfhotel.com
Whistler First Night Celebration
Alcohol-free evening of family fun featuring entertainment, music, arts, crafts, food, dancing and ice skating at Whistler Olympic Plaza. • Whistler • Dec. 31 • $10-$20 at the Whistler Visitors Centre, Whistler.com
WISE New Year’s Eve Gala
Ring in the New Year with performances by Cousin Harley, Rich Hope and His Evil Doers, plus burlesque artist Melody Mangler. • 1882 Adanac St. • Dec. 31, 8:30 p.m. • $25, Red Cat, Highlife, brownpapertickets.com, 604-254-5858
For those inclined to stay home on New Year's Eve, here's a rundown of some televised shindigs:
Dick Clark's Prime time New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2013: This will be the first year the American Idol host fills the iconic television personality's shoes entirely. Clark died at the age of 82 on April 18 from a heart attack he suffered following a medical procedure. (ABC - 10 p.m.)
Citytv's New Year's Bash: East and West meet on the 28th annual bash, which broadcasts live on location from Toronto, Calgary and Edmonton. (Cit-ytv - 10: 15 p.m.)
New Year's Eve With Carson Daly: The Voice host's holiday perennial features an hour's worth of song and dance before the big ball drop. (NBC - 10 p.m.)
New Year's Eve at Niagara Falls: Popsters Nelly Furtado, Hedley and Dragonette join hosts Cheryl Hickey and Matte Babel at Entertainment Tonight Canada's fete, which includes coverage and countdowns from coast to coast. (Global - 10 p.m.)
And don’t miss these chilling events on New Year’s Day!
Boundary Bay Polar Bear Swim
33rd Annual Polar Bear Madness Event. Activities and entertainment begin at 11:45 a.m., registration is at 12 p.m. • Boundary Bay Regional Park, Delta • Jan. 1, 1 p.m. • Free, 604-952-3000, delta.ca
English Bay Polar Bear Swim
Take the plunge with thousands of other people and get involved in one of the largest and oldest polar bear swims in the world. • English Bay • Jan. 1, 2:30 p.m. • vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture.aspx |