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Things to do in NYC in December 2026: the nights out, week by week

By the YaY NYC team · Text updated · 2 min read

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Photo: Ajay Suresh, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

December 2026 in NYC already has 100 parties on sale on our list, with more added every week. Christmas falls on a Friday and New Year's Eve on a Thursday, with 28 New Year's Eve parties listed so far. The busiest night so far is Saturday, December 5 (15 parties).

December is one of the big months for going out in New York: office parties, holiday bars, friends home for the holidays and New Year's Eve at the end. This guide follows what is actually on sale, from the ticket pages we read every day, so it fills in as promoters announce their nights.

Updated Oct 30, 2026. For the holiday pop-up bars, see our Christmas bars guide; for the last night of the year, our New Year's Eve guide.

December nights to book

Bushwick · Jim.henderson at English Wikipedia · Public domain

Fri, Dec 4 · 10pm

Bijou

SILO Brooklyn · Bushwick

From $19 21+ Hip-hopHouse
Tickets from $19
Bushwick · Noremacmada at English Wikipedia · Public domain

Fri, Dec 4 · 10pm

Club Night: Linska

99 Scott · Bushwick

From $28 21+ HouseTechno
Tickets from $28
Street outside · Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City · CC BY 2.0

Fri, Dec 4 · 11pm

Michael Simpson

Somewhere Nowhere NYC · Chelsea

From $40 21+
Tickets from $40

The holiday nights

On our list for December so far: New Year's Eve parties (28). Christmas and holiday parties, Hanukkah parties and SantaCon bar crawls have not gone on sale on our list yet; their pages fill in as they do.

Christmas Day is a Friday this year; Christmas Eve parties and holiday parties are listed as they go on sale. New Year's Eve is a Thursday: our New Year's Eve guide has the nights by kind, and New Year's Day parties pick up after.

Holiday pop-up bars are in Christmas bars NYC.

Week by week

The biggest weekend nights so far: Sat, Dec 5 (15), Fri, Dec 4 (11), Fri, Dec 11 (11), Sat, Dec 12 (10) and Sat, Dec 19 (8). Date pages go live two weeks ahead; until then the nights are on the parties page.

The venues with the most December nights on sale are Lost in Paradise Rooftop (8), SEA WOLF BUSHWICK (7), SILO Brooklyn (7), 99 Scott (6) and Marquee New York (6). The best clubs in NYC ranks them for the month ahead.

By sound

December's most booked sounds so far: house (31), reggaeton (20), latin (19), pop (18), hip-hop (14) and funk & soul (7). Tickets start at $2; the typical lowest price is $32.

Happy hours in the cold

Happy hours keep running through the holidays, though a bar can change its hours around Christmas and New Year's: check the bar's page before you go. Start with happy hours on right now, the cheapest ones or, for a group, a team happy hour for the office party.

Before you go

Every night here is 21 and up unless the listing says otherwise, and the door checks a government photo ID; visitors from outside North America should bring a passport. Bars and clubs can serve until 4am (what time bars close), and the subway runs all night.

Ticket prices on this page are the lowest we saw on each seller's page when we last checked it (most nights sell on DICE, which shows the price with fees). Drinks inside are extra: menu prices in NYC do not include the 8.875% sales tax, and the tip is a dollar or more a drink.

December 2026 nights on sale

100 nights, the first 60
NightPartyVenueAreaStartsAgeTickets
Wed, Dec 2Date Nite: Vinyl Happy HourSleepwalkWilliamsburg6pm21+Free
Fri, Dec 4BijouSILO BrooklynBushwick10pm21+From $19
Fri, Dec 4Club Night: Linska99 ScottBushwick10pm21+From $28
Fri, Dec 4Noizu at Public HotelArtSpaceLower East Side10pm21+From $30
Fri, Dec 4Trance, Bro! Fest. Opening Party: Nilsix & DaxsonONE 77Gowanus10pm21+From $51
Fri, Dec 4#1 Reggaeton Rooftop Party at Lost in Paradise in NYC Every Friday Night!Lost in Paradise RooftopLong Island City10pm21+From $2
Fri, Dec 4House of Grooves: Eli Escobar All Night + Sissies of MercyHouse of YesBushwick10pm21+Price not listed
Fri, Dec 4Michael SimpsonSomewhere Nowhere NYCChelsea11pm21+From $40
Fri, Dec 4MONSTERA x SEA WOLF REGGAETON | FRIDAYSEA WOLF BUSHWICKBushwick11pm21+Price not listed
Fri, Dec 4Bob Moses (DJ Set)Marquee New YorkChelsea11pm21+From $99
Fri, Dec 4Reggaeton FridaysThe DelanceyLower East Side11pm21+Free
Fri, Dec 4DubVisionNebulaMidtown11pm21+From $28
Sat, Dec 5J. Worra *Extended Set* & Guests99 ScottBushwick10pm21+From $30
Sat, Dec 5Above(Ten) After Dark At 1 Hotel1 Hotel Brooklyn BridgeBrooklyn Heights10pm21+From $18
Sat, Dec 5MAMACITA : A Latin/Hip-Hop PartyDeluxx FluxxEast Village10pm21+Price not listed
Sat, Dec 5Snow Ball: Eelke Kleijn LIVE!House of YesBushwick10pm21+From $23
Sat, Dec 5Reggaeton Rooftop Party at Lost in Paradise in NYC Every Saturday!Lost in Paradise RooftopLong Island City10pm21+From $23
Sat, Dec 5Trance, Bro! Festival After PartyONE 77Gowanus10pm21+From $51
Sat, Dec 5Oliver Smith b2b Genix [Open to Close]SILO BrooklynBushwick10pm21+From $34
Sat, Dec 5Wil Milton: Open to Close SetSleepwalkWilliamsburg10:30pm21+From $11
Sat, Dec 5Haus of Joon: HVMZA (with Ardeshir and Shnkr)Somewhere Nowhere NYCChelsea11pm21+From $40
Sat, Dec 5SafaeraThe DelanceyLower East Side11pm21+Free
Sat, Dec 5100 Above: Artist TBDMarquee Skydeck at Edge Hudson YardsHudson Yards11pm21+From $56
Sat, Dec 5Benny BenassiMarquee New YorkChelsea11pm21+From $62
Sat, Dec 5Reggaeton Rave | Brooklyn, NY (21+)The Brooklyn MonarchWilliamsburg11pm21+From $15
Sat, Dec 5Bonobo (DJ Set)Knockdown CenterMaspeth11pm21+From $38
Sat, Dec 5MONSTERA x SEA WOLF REGGAETON | SATURDAYSEA WOLF BUSHWICKBushwick11pm21+Price not listed
Sun, Dec 6Evolfo, Secret Family, Abby Jeanne & the Shadowband, Low Noon, DJs Thomas G Weed & ZZOLAALPHAVILLEBushwick7pm21+From $13
Wed, Dec 9Date Nite: Vinyl Happy HourSleepwalkWilliamsburg6pm21+Free
Thu, Dec 10Doss & FriendsParagonBushwick9:30pm21+From $11
Fri, Dec 11#1 Reggaeton Rooftop Party at Lost in Paradise in NYC Every Friday Night!Lost in Paradise RooftopLong Island City10pm21+From $2
Fri, Dec 11Oden & Fatzo LIVE with Chesster & Gio Lucca99 ScottBushwick10pm21+From $23
Fri, Dec 11Edd at Public HotelArtSpaceLower East Side10pm21+From $20
Fri, Dec 11GLITTERBOX: Inner City, Catz n Dogz and Silky Black!House of YesBushwick10pm21+From $17
Fri, Dec 11CapochinoSILO BrooklynBushwick10pm21+From $27
Fri, Dec 11Only Fire + guests TBAElsewhereBushwick10:30pm21+From $47
Fri, Dec 11Love 2 Love: A Donna Summer Disco PartyTV EyeRidgewood11pm21+From $11
Fri, Dec 11100 Above: Artist TBDMarquee Skydeck at Edge Hudson YardsHudson Yards11pm21+From $56
Fri, Dec 11BOOTS! 60s Holiday Dance PartyThe Sultan RoomBushwick11pm21+From $20
Fri, Dec 11KSHMRMarquee New YorkChelsea11pm21+From $82
Fri, Dec 11MONSTERA x SEA WOLF REGGAETON | FRIDAYSEA WOLF BUSHWICKBushwick11pm21+Price not listed
Sat, Dec 12LockySILO BrooklynBushwick10pm21+From $25
Sat, Dec 12Above(Ten) After Dark At 1 Hotel1 Hotel Brooklyn BridgeBrooklyn Heights10pm21+From $18
Sat, Dec 12Musclecars, Toribio, Love Injection: Together AgainH0l0Ridgewood10pm21+From $17
Sat, Dec 12Pablo Fierro with ASMOT, Luna Mar & KassinUNVEILEDWilliamsburg10pm21+From $30
Sat, Dec 12Reggaeton Rooftop Party at Lost in Paradise in NYC Every Saturday!Lost in Paradise RooftopLong Island City10pm21+From $23
Sat, Dec 12Mason Collective, Calussa, Shahar & Guests *MVSON*99 ScottBushwick10pm21+From $27
Sat, Dec 12MONSTERA x SEA WOLF REGGAETON | SATURDAYSEA WOLF BUSHWICKBushwick11pm21+Price not listed
Sat, Dec 12Francis MercierMarquee New YorkChelsea11pm21+From $100
Sat, Dec 12Horse Meat Disco New York DecemberKnockdown CenterMaspeth11pm21+From $87
Sat, Dec 12Inner Sin: Oliver Koletzki and More TBA!House of YesBushwick11:30pm21+From $22
Sun, Dec 13DOUBLEHEADER: Tommy Phillips x Cam StockmanSuperior IngredientsWilliamsburg2pm21+From $19
Wed, Dec 16Date Nite: Vinyl Happy HourSleepwalkWilliamsburg6pm21+Free
Fri, Dec 18FUTCHHouse of YesBushwick10pm21+Price not listed
Fri, Dec 18The Red Room: Dec 1899 ScottBushwick10pm21+From $34
Fri, Dec 18#1 Reggaeton Rooftop Party at Lost in Paradise in NYC Every Friday Night!Lost in Paradise RooftopLong Island City10pm21+From $2
Fri, Dec 18MONSTERA x SEA WOLF REGGAETON | FRIDAYSEA WOLF BUSHWICKBushwick11pm21+Price not listed
Fri, Dec 18DJ Pauly DMarquee New YorkChelsea11pm21+From $50
Sat, Dec 19Markus SchulzSuperior IngredientsWilliamsburg2pm21+From $30
Sat, Dec 19Reggaeton Rooftop Party at Lost in Paradise in NYC Every Saturday!Lost in Paradise RooftopLong Island City10pm21+From $23

Ticket prices are the lowest listed when we last checked the ticket page, with fees; they change. Nights that are over leave this table at the next daily update.

Questions

What is there to do in NYC in December 2026?

At night: 100 parties are on sale for December on our list so far, including 28 New Year's eve parties.

What day is Christmas 2026?

Friday, December 25.

What day is New Year's Eve 2026?

Thursday, December 31.

Which December night has the most parties?

So far, Saturday, December 5, with 15 parties on our list.

How we put this together

Computed on Oct 30, 2026 from the published December nights on the site; holiday counts use the same rules as the holiday party pages. Recomputed daily, so the numbers grow as nights go on sale.

Something wrong or out of date? Tell us and we will check it.

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