Ah, New Year’s Eve.
The holiday best known for overpriced champagne, weird renditions of “Auld Lang Syne”, kissing nearby strangers and pressure to spend the evening doing something fun.
Before you make expensive party plans or vow to watch the ball drop while eating Chinese takeout on your couch, check out the top three New Year’s Eve plans Gainesville has to offer.
The Top Restaurant
Start your night at The Top and fill up on your favorite dishes before you go chugging bubbly and smooching strangers all night. The Top will be following some of their own NYE traditions throughout the night, such as a legendary golden baby hunt, cocktail specials, craft beer specials and complimentary champagne toasts at midnight. This is our pick for a low-key, cozy place to spend the holiday. (Who wouldn’t want to ring in the new year with corn nuggets?)
The Wooly
If you’re feeling the urge for sophistication, attend the New Year’s Eve ball at The Wooly. This will be a semi – black tie affair complete with yummy hors d’oeuvres, full liquor bar service, dancing and live soul music performances by one of Gainesville’s favorite bands: The Savants of Soul. A midnight video countdown and balloon drop will ring in the new year as you toast champagne and celebrate in your fanciest attire.
Tickets are available here.
The Atlantic
Every year Gainesville’s favorite night club hosts a New Year’s Eve dance party blowout. Multiple DJs will be providing the soundtrack for all of your questionable dance moves and there will be a complimentary champagne toast around midnight to give you the courage needed to make out with a stranger. Celebrate your next dance around the sun on the dance floor. The Atlantic is guaranteed to be a hit as your late night destination. Get weird, Gainesville.
Truthfully, you can’t go wrong with any of these places and since they’re only steps away from each other, you can easily check out all three and find your optimal NYE atmosphere.
Enjoy the celebration and may 2016 bring you health, wealth and happiness (and a minimal hangover).
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