BRAZILIAN NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION
Queen Mary
1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach
http://www.braziliannites.com
Dance to music by band Made in Bahia and DJ Manu Gil. A midnight fireworks show rounds out a crazy night.

DEEP URBAN BREAKS NEW YEAR’S EVE
The Safehouse, downtown
(213) 702-0265; http://www.deepurbanbreaks.com
This hip-hop party will feature indoor and outdoor areas with three full bars, valet service and plenty of food.

EPIC ALL-ACCESS NYE 2008
Vanguard
6021 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles
Four rooms of music, a dinner buffet and a laser and lighting show.

THE FUTURE IS NOW
Avalon Hollywood
1735 Vine St., Hollywood
http://www.avalonhollywood.com
This will be the only true after-hours venue in Los Angeles, going from 10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve till 10 a.m. on New Year’s Day. The full bar will reopen at 6 a.m.

GIANT MAXIMUS NYE
8th Street and Figueroa, downtown
http://www.giantclub.com
Party with 10,000 revelers in 3 massive climate-controlled big tops will take over a 7-acre lot in downtown L.A.

HOLLYWOOD & VINE BLOCK PARTY!
Forbidden City
1781 N. Vine, Los Angeles
http://www.forbiddencityla.com
An entire block is transformed into 12 bars, four styles of music, go-go dancers, Cirque du Soleil performers & fireworks. 

THE HOLLYWOOD MANSION NEW YEAR’S EVE 2008
Montmartre Lounge
6757 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles
Montmartre Lounge offers multiple bars, a buffet and two areas of music with hip-hop, old school, ’80s, rock and house.

METAL SKOOL NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY
Key Club
9039 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood
http://www.keyclub.com
Rock your way into the New Year with ’80s cover band Metal Skool at the KeyClub.

NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH BREAKESTRA
Zanzibar @ 1301 5th St., Santa Monica
www.zanzibarlive.com
Ten-piece funk orchestra Breakestra and DJ Jeremy Sole’s Musaics will be laying down some grooves at Zanzibar.

NEW YEAR’S EVE ON SUNSET HOSTED BY KIIS FM
Hollywood Palladium
6215 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles
KIIS 102.7 hosts a Cirque du Soleil-themed New Year’s bash.

NEW YEAR’S EVE FIREWORKS
Burton Chace Park
13650 Mindanao Way, Marina Del Ray
http://www.visitmarina.com
Fireworks will be shot from the jetty starting at 11:55 p.m., lighting up the night with a firework per second.

NYE 2008 SECRET WINTER WONDERLAND
The Highlands
6801 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood
http://www.thehighlandshollywood.com
Hosted by Victoria’s Secret Angel Marisa Miller, the Highlands will be transformed into a snow-filled winter wonderland.