Vancouver 
Wondering what to do to welcome the new year? Here is a list of New Year’s Eve/Day 2021 in-person and virtual activities & events happening in and around Vancouver.
Please verify all details from event organizers / official websites (links given).
Contents:
- In-person New Year’s Eve Events
- New Year’s Eve Dine-in/ Take out
- Virtual New Year’s Eve Events
- Things To (Safely) Do on New Year’s Eve
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I. In-person New Year’s Eve Events
Places To See Christmas Lights And Holiday Displays In And Around Vancouver
PNE Winter Lights
Buckle up for this safe, holiday experience that you can enjoy with your family from the warmth of your car along a 2-kilometre route. You will be transported through nine enchanted lands filled with glowing lights in your mission to discover Santa, with special characters and festive performers to help you along your way. Details
December 11, 2020 – January 3, 2021
PNE Grounds, 2901 E Hastings Street, Vancouver
$39 – $49
Glow Gardens
Take a leisurely 15-minute cruise into an illuminated wonderland that brings Christmas dreams to life. Details
November 26, 2020 – January 2, 2021
Milner Village Garden Centre, 6690 216 St, Langley City
$29.99
Glow Maple Ridge
Maple Ridge has long had a tradition of making our streets glow with lights and holiday cheer during the winter time. From the iconic red bells to the beautiful storefront displays, Maple Ridge is a magical place to be during the winter holidays. In 2019, The City of Maple Ridge, in partnership with some amazing sponsors, brought the holiday cheer up to a whole new level with GLOW Maple Ridge. Details
November 27, 2020 – January 8, 2021
Memorial Peace Park and Maple Ridge city centre
Free
Granville Island Festive Lights
From the famous Public Market to the Granville Island Hotel, lights across the almost 40 acre site make for a beautiful, open air stroll whether you are under the stars, or under an umbrella. Details
November 12, 2020 – January 3, 2021
Granville Island, 1661 Duranleau St., Vancouver
Free
Live From New York – NYE 2021
Celebrating New Year’s Eve 2021 – LIVE FROM NEW YORK! w/ DJs Floetic & Friends. Details
Thursday, December 31, 2020 | 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM
The American, 926 Main Street, Vancouver
$75.28 – $223.80
Resolution Run and Walk
Come on out to our annual 5k Walk/Run and say goodbye to 2020 alongside your running buddies! Details
December 28, 2020 – January 3, 2021
Wherever you are in Canada
$10 – $35
II. New Year’s Eve Dine-in/ Take out/Packages
NYE Dinner
Executive Chef Jesse Zuber has developed a set of exclusive menus to close off 2020, and guests will enjoy a wonderful evening of great food and drink inside Cibo’s warm and inviting dining space. Choose from a 4-course menu or a 6-course menu on NYE. Details
Thursday, December 31, 2020 | 4-course menu 4:30 PM & 6-course menu 7:00 PM
Cibo Trattoria, 900 Seymour Street, Vancouver
4-course menu $75 / person
6-course menu $125 / person
New Years @ 9
Join us for a SAFE and SEATED night of amazing culinary expression, local live music, and of course the amazing company of family and friends! Details
Thursday, December 31, 2020 | 9:00 PM
New Years Eve Family style meal for 2 for pickup | 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Water St. Cafe – 2nd Floor Gastown
$89
Mask-erade Ball
You are invited ‘dressed to impress’ in your best masks and masquerade ball-themed attire and join the Pourhouse family to raise a glass for a two-and-a-half-hour, socially distanced dining experience. Details
Thursday, December 31, 2020 | 5:00 PM – Close
Pourhouse Vanouver, 162 Water Street, Gastown
$60 per person
New Years Eve Tasting Menu
We’re excited to announce our Published New Years Eve 2020 Dinner event! Our Executive Chef, Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson, has put together an amazing ten course tasting menu dinner experience for you to celebrate the new year with your favourite people. Details
Thursday, December 31, 2020 | 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Published on Main, 3593 Main Street, Vancouver
$200 per person
NYE 3-course Dinner
Enjoy a special 3-course menu created by our talented culinary team. Details
Thursday, December 31, 2020 | 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Showcase Restaurant & Bar, 1122 W Hastings Street, Vancouver
$59; Call to book your table at 604-639-4040
The Gull’s New Normal New Years’ Eve
Join us for a Pre Fixe Dinner made by our Head Chef Colin Vyner and welcome 2021 with style. Details
Thursday, December 31, 2020 | 5:30 PM – 10:30 PM
The Gull Bar and Kitchen, 175 1st Street East, Vancouver
$99.65 – $156.68
NYE Dinner
Enjoy a 4-course NYE dinner with Ancora Ambleside. A vegetarian menu option is also available. Details
Thursday, December 31, 2020 | 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
ANCORA AMBLESIDE, 1351 Bellevue Avenue, West Vancouver
$100 / person
Vegetarian menu $80/person
NYE Dinner
Choose from 2 seatings at the Ancora False Creek on new year’s eve. Details
Thursday, December 31, 2020 | 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM & 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
ANCORA False Creek, 1600 Howe Street, Vancouver
First seating $95 / person; Premium wine pairing $55
First seating $145 / person; Premium wine pairing $95
New Year’s Eve Tasting Menu
Gather ’round the Botanist table for a six-course dinner tasting menu offered New Year’s Eve. Details
Thursday, December 31, 2020 | 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Botanist Restaurant, 1038 Canada Place, Vancouver
$148 per person | $70 or $110 wine pairings
New Years Eve Cocktail Kits & Takeaway To Go
New Years Eve Cocktail Kits – This New Year’s Eve serve up favourites including Botanist’s ‘Rye ‘N Reynolds’ a rye based cocktail made with notes of cascara, The Lobby Lounge’s ‘Blanco Margarita’ made with platinum tequila and is known as the minimalist margarita which everyone enjoys, and The Lobby Lounge ‘Old Fashioned’ made with selected ultra-premium whisky. The kits come complete with all the ingredients to make your favourite festive sips from The Lobby Lounge and Botanist at home.
Takeaway To Go – Serves 4-6 guests. Say goodbye to 2020 and ring in 2021 in Fairmont Pacific Rim style as the chefs prepare an impressive stress-free spread to enjoy at home. Complete with all the cocktail party provisions to ring in the New Year including a spread of hot and cold canapes, cheese and charcuterie boards, and dips with accompaniment. Just heat, serve, and countdown to 2021. Details
Thursday, December 31, 2020
Order Deadline December 28 | 12:00 PM
The Lobby Lounge and RawBar Takeaway, 1038 Canada Place, Vancouver
Takeaway To Go $180/party; Cocktail kits $124 – $340
Good riddance brunch- The Diamond’s 2021 kick off!
Welcome a brand new year at The Diamond, where memories are made and forgotten. On January 1st, from 10 am to 3 pm, join us for a bespoke brunch menu curated by OG Diamond chef, Kris Barnholden, while enjoying some original Diamond brunch cocktails and awesome trivia hosted by Vancouver’s only, Kaboom! Details
Friday, January 1, 2021 | 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
9 Powell Street Vancouver
$32.84
NYE 2021 Dinner
Things are a little different this year, so we will not be hosting our usual NYE party. Rather, we will be offering dinner seatings. Details
Thursday, December 31, 2020 | 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Tocador, 2610 Main Street Vancouver
$80
NYE Dinner & Stay
Includes 3-course dinner for 2 people in Showcase Restaurant, overnight stay, bottle of sparkling wine, free parking, 2pm late check-out. Details
Thursday, December 31, 2020
Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown Hotel, 1128 West Hastings Street Vancouver
$355
I’m Not Cooking Until the New Year!!
Finished with 2020? Not quite ready for the resolutions to begin. How about you finish the year off with your, feet up!! We’re Cooking BBQ with a couple old BBQ Side Kicks Bourbon & Beer. Finish this year BooYah Style! Details
Thursday, December 31, 2020 | 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Wooden Spoon, 15171 Russell Ave, White Rock
$94.95 per person
More NYE Brunch/Dinner Options
- Milestones New Year’s Eve Dinner
- Notch8 Restaurant & Bar New Year’s Eve Kits To-Go
- Keg Steakhouse NYE Takeout
- New Year’s at None– Three Course Dinner
- Notch8 Restaurant & Bar New Years Brunch
- Vancouver dine New Year’s Feature Sheet
- Seasons in the ParkNew Year’s Eve Menu
- The Makenzie Room ‘Just The Two Of Us’ pre-paid menu
- BREWHALLNYE Three Course Dinner
- B House Restaurant 3-course New Year’s Eve & Day menu
- Glowbal Restaurant Special a la carte dinner menu
- Maenam New Year’s Eve Special Menu
- Rocky Mountain Flatbread NYE Family Dinner
- The Victor @ Parq Vancouver New Year’s menu
- Honey Salt @ Parq Vancouver New Year’s menu
- Five Sails Restaurant New Year’s Eve menu
- NYE Tasting Menu at Ubuntu Canteen
- Bacchus Restaurant & Lounge New Year’s Eve menu
- Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront New Year’s Eve 3-course dinner
- Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront New Year’s Eve Dinner to Go
- Bodega on Main NYE Dinners
- Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier New Year’s Eve Dinner – Dine-in and To Go
- Pier 7 Restaurant + Bar New Year’s Eve Features
- per se Social Corner New Year’s Eve Celebration
- New Years’ Eve with Burdock & Co.
- Homer St. Cafe and Bar NYE Heat @ Home
III. Virtual New Year’s Eve Events
Online
December 17, 2020 To January 7, 2021
Free
Let yourself be dazzled by IllumiNATION! This virtual show takes you on a magical cross-Canada journey that will amaze audiences of all ages. Join us wherever you ... »
Livestream + On Demand
December 27, 2020 To January 3, 2021
$25.00
Celebrate the New Year with this never-before-seen performance, filmed in Europe. Filled to the brim with the same joyful singing, dancing, and full orchestra that audiences all ... »
Online
December 30, 2020 To January 1, 2021
Free
50+ hrs of nonstop Music, Magic & Self-Love ft. John Legend, Kaskade, Major Lazer, Aloe Blacc, BLOND:ISH, Elrow ft. Claptone, Jermaine Dupri, Marc Rebillet, Poolside + more! Join Us ... »
Manuels River Interpretation Centre, 7 Conception Bay Hwy, Conception Bay South
December 31, 2020
(709)834-2099
$1000 a table
During the 1920s the Speakeasy was born as all levels of society began to party and socialize behind closed doors. While prohibition was in full swing, underground ... »
Online
December 31, 2020
4164644905
$28-$35
We welcome you to join us on Thursday, December 31, 2020 from 7:30pm-9pm for an amazing virtual new years celebration! New Years In will be featuring a dance ... »
Online
December 31, 2020
Free
Toronto’s celebrated live music spectacle DWAYNE GRETZKY, will present its coveted annual New Year’s Eve Party, this year presented as a live streaming event, totally ... »
Online
December 31, 2020
$20
The Met rings in the new year with a gala performance featuring a dazzling quartet of Met stars—sopranos Angel Blue and Pretty Yende, and tenors Javier ... »
Online
December 31, 2020
Free until Dec 23
Don’t let COVID stop you from celebrating this New Years Eve! Register with friends or make new ones! Online zoom party – connect and interact virtually across ... »
At Home
December 31, 2020
$19.95 per household, plus tax
On December 31, SaveHospitalityCA, Crow’s Theatre and Front Row Center will join forces to host the ultimate national New Year’s Eve. “Big Night In” is an ... »
Online
December 31, 2020
Free
80’s Video Livestream! Dance The Year Away In The 80s Zoom Room. DJ Brian St. Clair spins original 80’s videos! Michael Jackson New Order Depeche Mode Billy ... »
Online
December 31, 2020
$30
Tune in New Year’s Eve as Canada’s #1 touring comedian rides the ‘Corona Coaster’ that was 2020 into hell bound oblivion where it belongs!! Just as he ... »
Online
December 31, 2020
$15 - $20 USD
Everyone’s favourite “little orchestra” Pink Martini brings some much-needed festivity to your living room this December 31st with a brand new streaming New Year’s Eve ... »
Online
December 31, 2020 To January 1, 2021
$11.18 – $532.07
Largest Worldwide NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY! Celebrities, 24-hours non-stop, 24+ DJs, Giveaways, Social Mixers, & Celebration w 10,000+ People. Our mission is to bring the world together to ... »
Online
December 31, 2020
$15
Kick off to New Year’s Eve with Begonia – The Fear Tour (Live). Pegged as Canada’s breakout alt-diva, Begonia launched onto the Canadian music scene on ... »
Online
January 1, 2021
Free
Top 100 Hits of the 1980’s Countdown! DJ Brian St. Clair Counts down the top 100 hits! •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Top songs from the 80s! Madonna Huey Lewis & The News Lionel ... »
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