New Year's Eve Colorado Style

New Year’s Eve in Colorado means adventuring in the mountains, dancing to live music, celebrating with family, and party-hopping in the city—Colorado hosts many different ways (and then some!) to ring in the New Year. Check out our recommendations for celebrating New Year's Eve in Colorado. Check out our events calendar to find even more happening.

Here are 12 New Year’s Eve destinations across the state to help you usher in the new year.

1. New Year’s Eve in Boulder

A lot is happening in Boulder this New Year’s check out these local picks:

• Check out the New Year's Eve Decades Party at St. Julien Hotel and Spa. Dress up as your favorite decade, then dance all night to live music by Funkiphino.
• Rosdetta Hall New Year's Eve Party. Live music, small bites, and bottomless champagne and sparkling wine with exclusive access to the mezzanine rooftop.
• License No. 1 New Year's Eve Party. Enjoy live music, a champagne toast, and a full menu.
• Roots Music Project New Year's Eve Dance Party - There will be lots of dancing happening at 4747 Pearl Suite V3A.
• The Fretliners at the Fox - A bluegrass quartet evening with the Fretliners.

2.  New Year’s Eve in Aspen

Aspen has a reputation for redefining what it means to party. Here’s what's going on:

• The Little Nell in Aspen has 5 ways to ring in the New Year:
  • New Year's Eve at Clicqot - for parties of up to 10. Start at the Aspen Collection for apps & cocktails, before climbing aboard a scenic snowcat up Aspen Mountain to a fire-lit perch with amazing views, deliver a champagne toast with s'mores, and big views of Aspen's fireworks...
  • New Year's Eve Dinner at Element 47. Enjoy a multi-course menu paired with exquisite wines.
  • New Year's Eve with Dom Pérignon - join an iconic evening with endless Dom Pérignon, gourmet indulgences, mystical experiences, and radiant midnight revelry. Rooted in elegance and crowned by the stars.
  • New Year's Dinner at Ajax Tavern - begin the evening slopeside at Ajax Tavern, where the spirit of the mountain meets the art of celebration.
  • New Year's Brunch at Element 47 - welcome the new year in luminous style with the Golden Dawn brunch.
• NYE Fireworks over Aspen Mountain - the traditional fireworks over Aspen. Start the evening at Sister Cities Plaza.
• The Sterling Aspen NYE Party - featuring music by Sasha, Mark Jackson, open bar, bottomless champagne, and passed apps until midnight.

3.  Cañon City

Canon City and the Royal Gorge specialize in entertaining, and New Year's is no exception.

• • The Royal Gorge Route Railroad’s annual NYE Dinner Train. A first-class dinner special and a roaring 20s-themed murder mystery story are a perfect date night. Sign up with Alpenglo Adventure Tours for door-to-door service.
  • The Royal Gorge Bridge and Park invites everyone to experience the Bridge of Lights. This is a family-friendly holiday special event that continues through the New Year.

4.  Breckenridge

There is no better place to get into the festive mood than a ski resort filled with lights and holiday cheer. Snow-covered peaks and frosty trees make Breckenridge a perfect destination to ring in the New Year. Glittering lights, a torchlight parade, many dine-in options, and a pack of winter activities promise an unforgettable New Year's celebration.

5.  Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Lots of live music, a Torchlight Parade, a Masquerade Party, and champagne. It’s hard to miss the Torchlight Parade and fireworks.

6. New Year’s Eve in Denver

Spending New Year’s Eve in the city? You’ll have a smorgasbord of soirees, concerts, and special events. View fireworks over the 16th Street Mall at 9 p.m. and midnight, and check out the magicians, mascots, balloon artists, stilt walkers, comedians, and more downtown.

Have little ones? Visit the Children’s Museum for their Noon Year's Eve in Times Square with glittery ball drop, rainbows of confetti, and vast sheets of bubble wrap (the museum's version of fireworks) for kids to stomp on — all before bedtime! The Denver Zoo offers a similar celebration with a 9 p.m. countdown and children’s activities. Find all of Denver's New Year celebrations.

Denver NYE Parties

• 10th Nocturne NYE - at Nocturne. Enjoy sublime cocktails and delectable plates. Live music Jack Denlevie Quintet. Table and bar seating.
• White Rose Gala - at the Ritz Carlton, Denver. Dress up to the Great Gatsby theme and dance the night away. It's the hotel takeover!
• NYE Denver Bar Crawl - All Access Pass to 10+ Venues. Come dressed to impress, join over 300+ guests, and roam the heart of LoDo with over 10+ NYE parties with an all-access pass.
• The Clocktower Cabaret’s NYE Burlesque Bash - at The Clocktower Cabaret. Check out the best and brightest acts from the past year. Acts range from classic to modern, sensuous to laugh-out-loud hilarious. Midnight toast and fireworks.
• Fire & Ice - at the ART hotel. Perched above Broadway, FIRE has views, and an elevated atmosphere, art! Check back with them for NYE celebrations.

7. New Year’s Eve in Estes Park

Spend the day playing and snowshoeing in Rocky Mountain National Park, then ring in the New Year with special celebration menus at Estes Park restaurants and parties with live music, DJs, and champagne throughout the village. Go all out at The Stanley Hotel’s New Year’s Eve Crystal Ball party. Check out holiday light displays and wake up to a selection of NYD delectable brunch spreads.

• 21st Crystal Ball at the Stanley - food, drink, live music, and the crystal ball drop.
• The Underground at the Stanley. Magical and spooky shows going on over the New Year and the rest of the year.

8.  Evergreen

Skate the lake in Evergreen and celebrate the New Year's Eve Icefest party, a family-friendly, alcohol-free New Year’s tradition that brings groups to Evergreen Lake to twirl on ice into the evening. Festivities begin at 12 pm and go to 6 pm. There will be hockey, broomball, ice carvings, live music, food trucks, and fun for all. Ice skate rentals are available at the lake location.

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.  Fort Collins

Fort Collins has a gamut of New Year's celebrations, including:

• Fort Collins NYE Bar Crawl, tickets.
• Resolution Run 5K - an after-sunset race (glow sticks are provided). A family-friendly event at Edora Pool Ice Center.

10.  Grand Junction

There are plenty of parties and events happening in Grand Junction. Some highlights:

• The Dueling Pianos - at the Warehouse25sixty-five Kitchen and Bar.
• Powderhorn Mountain Resort - join the annual NYE party with a torchlight Parade and fireworks show.
• The NYE Gimme Gimme Disco Ball - at the Mesa Theater. A night of disco fever dancing with DJs.

11.  Keystone

Spending New Year’s Eve in Summit County? Head to Keystone for a full day of kids’ activities (think crafts, face painting, scavenger hunts on the hill and in the village, family cookie decorating, a village parade, a Torch Light Parade on Dercum Mountain (visible from River Run Village), and firework shows in Lakeside Village. Consider a dinner sleigh ride, live music, and warm drinks in Frisco or at the Keystone Resort.

• Escape to a night of sun-soaked vibes and island beats high in the mountains at Warren Station with DJ Drake, who kicks off the evening before the Goonies take the stage for an epic dance party.

12.  Telluride

Visit Telluride Ski Resort for their New Year’s Eve Torchlight Parade and Fireworks. Gather in town and watch ski school instructors schuss down Coonskin, Telluride Trail, and into Mountain Village with fiery red torchlights, followed by an epic display of fireworks that will light up the night sky. Check out the entire list of NYE celebrations.

Other Festivities

• New Year's Eve Torchlight Parade and Fireworks
• SkiiTour - known for their upbeat "feel-good house music that keeps the vibe groovy."
• The Rock N’ Revel Gala—a night of fiery rock and roll featuring the GRAMMY®-nominated blues-rock sister duo Larkin Poe.
• Countdown to 2025 Fireworks and Dance Party

New Year’s Eve in Colorado is Big Time

Wherever you end up in Colorado to celebrate the New Year, it will be a good time. With a culture of adventure and eclectic people, you can be certain that your evening will be full of wonder and amazement. Happy New Year!