Your Weekly HOT List: NEW YEAR’S 2009/2010
New Year’s Eve / New Year’s Day, December 31, 2009 – January 1, 2010
We interrupt your regularly scheduled weekly HOT list for a special New Year’s Eve/Day Top Picks guide! YOUR WEEK IN EVENTS IS WAITING! So get out there and heart your community! If you want to see everything happenin’ in our greater Roanoke Valley and beyond, check out our main calendar of events here or for the best of the best, pick up A Useful Paper today! It’s all FREE, yo!
NEW YEAR’S EVE
Glam
Preceptor Omicron’s New Year’s Eve Gala
Time: 7pm | Place: Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, VA | Price: $160 per couple | LINK
Featuring two live bands including the William Penn Quartet and The Kings. A full buffet dinner plus a balloon drop and champagne for everyone!
Rockin’
The Yams From Outer Space!
Place: Blue 5 Restaurant, Roanoke, VA | Time/Price: Inquire | LINK
Enjoy award-winning food and a big ol crazy party! A Yams show typically features antics like helium-enhanced chipmunk vocals, vienna sausage and watermelon solos.
Retro
New Year’s Eve Blast
Time: 7pm | Place: Roanoke Civic Center, Roanoke, VA | Price: $25 | LINK
Dude, ring in the new year with the most bitchin’ party in Roanoke! 80z Enuff will be playing your favorite jams all night from The Bangles to Journey.
Family
Sixth Annual Enchanted Eve
Time: 6pm | Place: Washington Avenue, Vinton, VA | Price: $3-$7 | LINK
A community inspired New Year’s Eve celebration that “travels through time.” Downtown Vinton will be magically transported through 10 decades of fun and merriment.
More New Year’s Eve…
Bouncy Ball New Year
Time: Noon | Place: Center in the Square, 1 Market Square, Roanoke, VA | Price: FREE
Hundreds of kids of all ages are welcome to drop bouncy balls from the Center in the Square atrium, plus free admission to the Science Museum of Western Virginia.
Boogieburg Presents: SPEAKEASY
Time: 9pm | Place: Cabo Fish Taco, Blacksburg, VA | Price: $6
A roaring twenties bootleg party featuring: DJ ATTICUS and BOOGIEBURG. Dress like a mobster, dress like a flapper, or just dress to impress.
We will announce even more New Year’s Eve events in Wednesday’s LIVE! post, your weekend in live music and nightlife, so stay tuned!
New Year’s Day
New Years Day Marshmallow Massacre of 2010
Time: High Noon | Place: Elmwood Park, Downtown Roanoke, VA | Price: FREE
An oooey gooey battle of epic proportions. Bring your ammo (marshmallows) and your marshmallow gun for a super fun New Year in the park for all ages! Don’t forget goggles!
