Ring in 2024 with a bunch of cool New Year’s Eve events around Ithaca, Cortland, and Groton!
Here’s to another year of great local and regional music in 2024!
Musical Medicine
Nahko and Medicine for the People return to Ithaca for a pair of shows at Deep Dive. Saturday, Nahko will go solo, and Sunday he’ll ring in the New Year with the help of some of his many musical friends. He recently released his seventh album, “Trenches,” which “reflects more than a thousand days of open-hearted self-excavation, avid learning/unlearning, and radical internal re-calibration.”
“’Trenches’ has something for everybody,” says Nahko. “A range of emotions from anger to accountability and redemption; sorrow and mourning to soaring joy; forgiveness to rejoicing.”
When: 9 p.m. Sunday
Where: Deep Dive
Chicken Dance
Silo Food Truck will host a "NYE ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET" event at Liquid State Brewing Company, featuring live Latin Jazz from Jorge T. Cuevas and the Caribe Jazz All Stars
“SILO is closing out the year (and our season) with all your favorite Silo dishes- and then some! We will also be featuring some items off our catering menu including smoked tomato black beans, BBQ pulled pork and seasonal veg. Buffet opens at 5pm and closes at 9pm. We encourage you to not wait till the last min! (Limited tickets sold at the door). Limited tickets will be sold... last year we sold out, so scoop them up quick! SILO will be closed all of January with a return for mid-February.”
When: 5-9 p.m. Sunday
Where: Liquid State Brewing Company
Cost: $30, available online here
Rockin’ Revelry
Celebrate New Year’s Eve at the Upstairs, with music from New Planets, Rose and the Bros, Lil Stupid Ass, and Dirty Gems, with the first-floor bar finally reopening!
When: 7 p.m. Sunday
Where: The Upstairs
Cost: $32 in advance, available online here; $45 day of show
Beats a’Plenty
Microtones returns to Forest City Lodge 180 on West Green Street for its latest event. “We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be ringing in the new year with special guest Cherriel, from Detroit, alongside residents Kamal Naeem and Otodojo.”
When: 8 p.m. Sunday “until late”
Where: Forest City Lodge 180
Cost: $10 advance tickets are available at Angry Mom Records; $20 at the door
A Historical Occasion
Siren Styling Events returns to the historic Hotel Groton for New Year’s Eve Black & White Ball and micro-rave, with live music from Cast Iron Cowboys and Motherwort, DJ sets from Hectorworks’ DJ Hill and Lucas M, “burlesque from Lulu Lafemme, comedy, art, and a lil bit of fun madness.”
About the venue: “Built in 1853, Hotel Groton served as a rural Native American crossroads for trading purposes, a stop on the Underground Railroad, and a unique gathering place across the ages. An electric lady named Marion ran it in the 1900s and threw grand parties on a ballroom. It once held Prohibition liquor, delivered via a secret stairwell. Rumor has it someone rode a horse up the stairwell after a dare. It was also called the Corona Hotel in the 70s. This is a special place and we want you to experience its magic.”
About Siren Styling Events: “We are a collective of creators and artists believing in self-expression & empowerment through uniquely curated events. We aim to ignite creativity, connection, play, and host safe spaces for all. We focus on dance parties and multi-experiential design.”
When: opening ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Sunday
Where: Hotel Groton
Cost: $35 in advance, available online here; $40 day of show; $15 after 11:30 p.m.
Tarot Tales
Ake Gallery and Cortland Comedy will present a New Year’s Event featuring “America's funniest psychic standup comedian, Karen Rontowski.
“Find out what 2024 has in store for you at central New York's premiere art venue, The Ake Gallery. Karen's guests include comedian Abdul Hadi, Baby New Year, and the mysterious and confused Doctor Seventhsense. At 10:37 we drop the ball so you can celebrate New Year's twice and be home before the drunk drivers hit the road.”
When: 8:30 p.m. Sunday
Where: 177 Main St., Cortland
Cost: $20 in advance, available online here; $25 at the door
Inn Between
The Argos Inn and Warehouse will host a pair of events on New Year’s Eve, with the Djangoners playing vintage Parisian hot jazz in Bar Argos and SingTrece and Stone Cold Miracle bringing their fiery blend of soul, gospel, funk, and rock to the Warehouse followed by DJ Tuggle, who will spin funk, soul, hiphop, and more from midnight to 2 a.m.
When: 9 p.m. Sunday
Where: Argos Inn and Warehouse
Cost: $45 in advance, available online here; $50 day of show
Sense of Community
Cortland Repertory Theatre Downtown will present “Dancin’ Thru The Decades,” its seventh annual New Year’s Eve Community Dance.
“It’s BACK! Come celebrate the holiday by dancing in the New Year and have a front-row seat to downtown Cortland’s New Year’s Celebrations! The evening will have the ULTIMATE DANCE MIX of the greatest tunes from the 60s to today! A family-friendly event – all ages welcome!”
When: 9 p.m. Sunday
Where: Cortland Repertory Theatre Downtown
Cost: $10 in advance, available online here; $15 at the door; kids 12 and under free!
Rockin’ New Year’s Eve
Practice at Presents caps a stellar 2023 with a New Year’s Eve blowout featuring local favorites Secret Service Men, Vicious Fishes, Milk Cousin, and Metasequoia. “Get Ready To Ring In The New Year With Some Rock and Roll!”
When: 9 p.m. Sunday
Where: The Range
Cost: $18 in advance, available online here; $25 day of show
More Shows
The Scale House Brewing hosts a “Noon Year’s Eve” party at 12-4 p.m. Sunday
Tom Gath is at ONCO Fermentations in Tully at 2-5 p.m. Sunday
Marc Ryan is at the Cortland Country Club at 4 p.m. Sunday
The Sorters are at Grist Iron Brewing at 5-8 p.m. Sunday
The Foundation of Light will host its annual Burning Bowl Ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Sunday
Marcie Beaton is at the Royal Court at 6 p.m. Sunday
K-House Karaoke Lounge and Suites hosts a New Year’s Eve Pajama Party at 6 p.m. Sunday
The Hotel Ithaca will host “Saturday Night Fever” New Year’s Eve, a disco-themed dance party, at 7 p.m. Sunday
Throw Down Cold is at the Double Down (formerly Punk’s Place) in Candor at 7 p.m. Sunday
M3 is at the Cortland DAV at 7 p.m. Sunday
Chasing Neon is at Average Joe’s Beernasium in Baldwinsville at 8 p.m. Sunday
Sophistafunk rings in 2024 at Funk N’ Waffles in Syracuse, joined by Transient Kicks and Roots Collider at 8:30 p.m. Sunday
Modern Alchemy Game Bar will host Emo New Year's at 9 p.m. Sunday
DJ Awesome Sauce (aka Eliot Rich) spins tunes at Longshots Sports Bar and Grill at 9 p.m.
The Song and Dance in Syracuse hosts “Gimme Gimme Disco: The New Year’s Eve Disco Ball” at 9 p.m. Sunday
Tim Herron is at the Glen Haven at 9 p.m. Sunday
