It’s a perennial conundrum: where do we go to celebrate the new year. And with next week marking the start of a new decade, it’s only right that we do it in proper style. We have picked some of the best New Year’s Eve parties in town... with something for everyone, whatever your taste...
Reggaeton NYE Party; The Bullingdon, Cowley Road
Celebrate New Year’s Eve with the deep bass and grooves of reggaeton as the Bullingdon throws the ultimate fiesta to bring in 2020.
To the uninitiated, reggaeton is a musical style which originated in Puerto Rico, which fuses US hip hop, Latin American and Caribbean music. Expect tunes from Daddy Yankee, Don Omar , Wisin y Yandel, Ozuna, Nicky Jam, Zion y Lennox, Shakira, Arcangel, Tego Calderon, Tito El Bambino, Plan B, Farruko, J Alvarez, J Balvin, Maluma, Enrique and CNCO.
There’ll also be a midnight confetti drop, party decor and visuals.
Tickets £15 from fatsoma.com.
New Years Eve Party on the River; The Isis Farmhouse, Iffley Lock
Enjoy lively music with Jim Driscoll, Beard Of Destiny, hosts Adrian Burns and Noreen Cullen, and DJ Badger. There’s also fun, dancing, food and partying by the river.
£10 on the door – which includes a glass of mulled wine and mince pie.
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Rocking NYE; The Wheatsheaf, High Street, Oxford
Oxford rock icons Pete Fryer Band, Redox, Osprey, Mark Atherton & friends hit The Wheatsheaf to see out the year with riffs and thrills aplenty. Tickets £10.
Stuart Macbeth is at the Rickety Press
Speakeasy; The Rickety Press, Cranham Street, Jericho
Don your sharpest, hottest vintage party gear as the Rickety Press goes back to the 20s with the Speakeasy NYE bash.
Entry to this bootlegger’s dream party is by password only, with dapper dress de rigueur.
Look forward to sounds from Stuart Macbeth and Red Wilkins of The Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band fame, and Jan from the Hipshakin’ vintage records night. Happy Hour is from 8 ‘til 9pm with 1920s cocktails. Tickets £10.
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Synth City; The Rusty Bicycle, Magdalen Road, Oxford
While the Rickety goes back a century, its sister pub in Magdalen Road takes punters back to the 80s with a lurid electro-tastic night of pop. Expect bangers from The Human League, A-HA, Pet Shop Boys and Depeche Mode and Erasure – and even some 80s themed cocktails. Tickets from the pub.
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