New Year’s Eve in Houston: Best parties, events, & celebrations
From fancy galas to family fun, there’s plenty to do this New Year’s Eve in Houston. Here are the best parties and celebrations to ring in 2026.
The start of a new year always feels like a clean slate, where you vow to prioritize your health, get along better with your sister, and take up a new hobby. But the night before, New Year’s Eve, is all about the party, and Houston certainly knows how to celebrate.
This city’s holiday calendar is always full of activities for kids, families, and adults, and December 31 is no exception. Just about every suburb hosts community parties, Houston’s famous restaurants host special dinners, bars create signature cocktails, and entertainment venues hold New Year’s Eve events for everyone from kids to grandparents.
Whether you’re looking for a fancy hotel shindig or a casual outing, you’ll find it in H-Town. And New Year’s Eve is your last chance to celebrate the old before ushering in the new. So let’s get this party started!
Here are seven New Year’s Eve events happening this year, all promising fun and frivolity to close out 2025.
New Year’s Eve at Four Seasons Hotel Houston
1300 Lamar Street, Houston
Bayou & Bottle: 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
$85 per person general admission
Bandista: 5 p.m. – midnight, reserved 90-minute seatings
At Four Seasons Hotel Houston, you’ll have your choice of New Year’s Eve celebrations, and quite frankly, you can’t go wrong with either. Couples and small groups will love the vibe of both.
New Year’s Eve at Bayou & Bottle is held in the stately lobby bar and includes DJ music and dancing, late-night bites, a photo booth, party favors, and a champagne toast. Upgrade to a private room, order bottle service, or enjoy a full meal from the menu.
If you prefer a smaller venue and a more intimate setting, check out the hotel’s very suave speakeasy hidden behind a bookshelf, New Year’s Eve at Bandista. Order from a leather-bound book of artisanal cocktails and relax as mixologists make the magic happen. Reserve a 90-minute seating any time after 5 p.m., but for party favors and champagne, be sure to book the final seating of the night.
Gatsby’s House NYE
Omni Houston Hotel, 4 Riverway Dr., Houston
8 p.m. to 2 a.m.
$117.19 – $693.59
If your high school English teacher made you read “The Great Gatsby,” you know exactly what a Gatsby gala looks like—cocktails, dancing on tables, partying with strangers, and lots and lots of champagne.
You’ll get all of this and more at Gatsby’s House NYE at the Omni Hotel. Dress for the theme in your finest Roaring 20s garb, then shimmy your way to one of the many bars, all open for a whopping five hours. You’ll dance to music spun by three top-rated DJs and join the countdown made all the more exciting by a celebratory crowd.
Professional sound and lights, party favors, and photo spots round out the night. And for those who really want to blow it out, check out the VIP ballroom with added perks like hors d’oeuvres, a private bar, and your very own private DJ. It’s enough to make F. Scott Fitzgerald proud!
Numbers Nightclub NYE
Numbers Nightclub, 300 Westheimer, Houston
Doors open at 9 p.m.
No tickets required
Numbers has been a Houston institution for 46 years, a place to drink, dance, and meet your fellow Houstonians. The Numbers Nightclub NYE is an event that takes an already lively club to the next level, and it is open until they reach capacity—no tickets necessary.
So show up early, grab your complimentary party favors, and spend the night saying goodbye to 2025 and ushering in 2026 to the sounds of DJ Wes Wallace. When the balloon drops at midnight, $2026 in cold, hard cash will drop as well, so you may go home with a New Year’s jackpot you never expected.
New Year’s Eve at Kemah Boardwalk
Kemah Boardwalk at Kemah Marina, Kemah
1 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Free boardwalk access (including fireworks)
$199.99 for FantaSea Cruise
New Year’s Eve doesn’t have to be a late-night, adults-only event. In fact, New Year’s Eve at Kemah Boardwalk has two options suitable for families, couples, or solos that will make this New Year’s Eve one to remember.
Starting in the early afternoon, you’ll find live music, kids’ crafts, and themed activities on an already fun boardwalk that includes amusement park rides ($23 per pass), local shops, the Aquarium Restaurant with its 50,000-gallon fish tank, and views of Galveston Bay. Kids can enjoy their own early-bird New Year’s Eve countdown beginning at 4:59 p.m., then be tucked into bed so the parents can enjoy some alone time.
To put the eve in New Year’s, step on to the Boardwalk FantaSea Yacht Charter. You’ll take a three-hour moonlit sail on Galveston Bay and dine and dance the night away in style. Party favors and a midnight champagne toast complement views of the boardwalk, all trimmed out in holiday finery and lights that dance off the water of Galveston Bay.
The yacht will position itself to take advantage of the 9 p.m. fireworks that explode over the boardwalk, a treat for everyone in the Kemah Boardwalk vicinity.
Crawl ‘Til The Ball Falls: Houston NYE Bar Crawl 2026
Leon’s Lounge, 1006 McGowen St, Houston
6 p.m. – 2 a.m.
$20 General Admission
If one venue just isn’t enough to quench your New Year’s Eve thirst, you’ll love the opportunity to visit several at the Crawl ‘Til The Ball Falls: Houston NYE Bar Crawl 2026 presented by Fever.
Your wristband will get you access to all participating bars and clubs around Houston, allowing you to bypass cover charges at each venue. That means you’ll get your fill of champagne toasts, enjoy a variety of live music genres, and choose from a plethora of drink specials that represent the personality of each venue.
Just make sure you land at a bar with a TV so you can watch the ball drop in Times Square … at 11 p.m. Houston time.
New Year’s Eve at Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar
1201 Fannin St, Suite 310, Houston
8 p.m. – 2 a.m.
$30.87 Standing Room Only, $88.64 Bar Stool Seating
Everyone loves a good duel, and dueling pianos bring no pain—only music that inspires you to sing along and dance with friends, all the way to Auld Lang Syne.
New Year’s Eve at Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar is a guaranteed blast as you submit your song requests and delight at hearing inspired and sometimes comical versions of your favorites. You can’t help but have fun with four piano players, all trying to outdo each other. Party favors and rousing singalongs are only made better by Pete’s signature bathtub cocktail (without bubbles—you’ll have to wait until midnight for that, and I promise they’ll be fizzy, not soapy).
New Year’s Eve at Lucky Strike
Times and pricing vary by package; check website for details
Want to trade high heels for bowling shoes this New Year’s Eve? Just reserve your time range from the Daytime, Sunset Bash, or Ball Drop packages. Then aim anywhere but the gutter at New Year’s Eve at Lucky Strike.
Depending on your preferences, you’ll get hours of bowling; good eats like chips and salsa, chicken fingers, and funnel cake fries; shoe rentals; drinks from sodas to champagne; and the pride that comes from following a spare with a strike. If you don’t love crowds, it’s all good—you’ll have the lane all to yourself and your private party of friends and family.
Wherever you choose to spend your last few hours of 2025, Houston has you covered with family-friendly festivities, romantic rendezvous, and group galas where laughter, fun, and togetherness are the perfect way to ring in the new year.
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