New Year's Eve Celebrations/Events/Concerts/Shows (Dallas, Greenville: hotel, home)

[artsyguy]

I'm looking for an event or show of some sort to attend on new year's eve and to celebrate New Years.

Last year my family and I were roaming around Dallas looking for something to do and boy was that incredibly boring and depressing. We drove around for hours wasting gas asking each other "well what should we do" If only we had planned ahead of time. Really it was very lame. LOL.

We are looking for an entertainment show, a magic show, a concert, a party, art show, cirque du soleil, blue man group show, etc. Something along those lines. Something entertaining. I do not have a problem buying tickets ahead of time.

Any ideas?

[ALumsden]

I am moving back to Dallas from England in December and wanted to know what decent clubs there are, maybe for new years eve. My friends and I are women, mid to early 20s and looking for somewhere to drink/dance thats not too overpriced or in a bad area. I have looked on other websites, but mostly they just list names of clubs and don't tell you any info about them so if anyone has any favorites or good weekend places, that's what i'm looking for! Thanks!

[artsyguy]

Anything good for adults and parents for NYE on Greenville Ave.? Nothing wild or crazy. Thanks.

[Lakewooder]

Check out St. Martin's -- also Terilli's and The Grape. Maybe even Kirby's.

[artsyguy]

I hope it is better than last year.

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[Ambassador]

I went last year and had a blast. What did you not like about it?

Considering this is Dallas I was actually impressed by the fact that there was a large congregation of people OUTDOORS celebrating to live music...and the police were not disbursing anybody!!

During my 27 years of living in Dallas-which is my entire life I have seen the police break up any kind of outdoor celebration that ever tried to get started.

I remember during the World Cup of 1994 when various teams played at the Cotton Bowl the police went nuts. The best was the Brazil x Holland game where afterwards downtown was invaded by mobs of people cheering and celebrating and having a good time. Sure enough the Dallas PD broke it up quick, much to the chagrin of everybody...including some bewildered Dutch and Brazilian fans who could not understand why this was not allowed!

BUT...Dallas has been making a HUGE push these past 6 years to become more metropolitan and cosmopolitan. Victory Park is one case and point. It seems the NYE celebrations are part of this new "Dallas Identity"

For the better, in my opinion.

[kacvb1974]

Artsyguy, I, too, would like to know what made it not so fun last year? Haven't spent too much time in Victory Park, but only hear good things. Just curious.

Gotta say though that even in my wild 20s I preferred not to go out on NYE. Too many sloppy amateurs and too much expectation to have more fun than some other random party night. Exhausting, lol.

Ambassador, I remember being in Deep Ellum during a weekday right before World Cup and running into some semi-drunk, very confused Europeans who were convinced they weren't really in "Dallas" Dallas. Because their hotel was in the CBD and since downtown back in the day was sooo very dead at night, they thought something was fishy. Kept repeating how big they heard Dallas was, so where were all zeh peepel? I found myself quite apologetic as I understood their frustration. So it's really nice to see some activity all over downtown now and it's pretty surprising how quickly the change has come.

[artsyguy]

What time did you show up to victory park on NYE last year?

I was there around 9PM and I remember it was freezing cold and thousands of people were just standing around doing nothing. I think some country band played for a little bit and then got off the stage. After 45 minutes it got really boring and I left.

Originally Posted by Ambassador

I went last year and had a blast. What did you not like about it?

Considering this is Dallas I was actually impressed by the fact that there was a large congregation of people OUTDOORS celebrating to live music...and the police were not disbursing anybody!!

During my 27 years of living in Dallas-which is my entire life I have seen the police break up any kind of outdoor celebration that ever tried to get started.

I remember during the World Cup of 1994 when various teams played at the Cotton Bowl the police went nuts. The best was the Brazil x Holland game where afterwards downtown was invaded by mobs of people cheering and celebrating and having a good time. Sure enough the Dallas PD broke it up quick, much to the chagrin of everybody...including some bewildered Dutch and Brazilian fans who could not understand why this was not allowed!

BUT...Dallas has been making a HUGE push these past 6 years to become more metropolitan and cosmopolitan. Victory Park is one case and point. It seems the NYE celebrations are part of this new "Dallas Identity"

For the better, in my opinion.

[Ambassador]

Yeah, it was REALLY cold! I got there sometime around 10 then stayed until after 1 am. It was crowded enough that people were bumping into eachother. Trust me...it was fun. And when it comes to parties and celebrations my bar is set pretty high. I'm the one usually complaining about how dead and lifeless Dallas' nightlife is unless you enjoy pretentious $30k millionaires hooting and hollering at some New York City wannabe bar in uptown.

[autotech4dallas]

I have always spent New Years Eve in the comfort of my home in Oklahoma with my family and am scared to celebrate it with other people who drink like there is no tomorrow. I think that it would be fun, however, to celebrate New Years Eve in Dallas like they do in New York City, just for the experience, but in the safest manner possible.