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It’s time. It’s tiiiiiiiiiiiime! The biggest night of the year! The last night of the year! What you gonna do? Where you gonna go? So many options in Shanghai, from smashing face down into your couch at 8.17pm to laying in bed on your heated blanket at 8.42pm. Oh, but you… you wanna go… out? You wanna party through a countdown in a haze of bubbles, get showered in Champagne, dress up in your year’s best, get slanted with your besties? Yep. Possible. Can.

Lots of places to do everything really, from live shows, bands, Bund-watching, theme parties, underground rave caves, free-flow beer bubbles, and just quiet places to have a drink and let the new decade wash over you. We got all of them. Here’s a bazillion ideas for what to do and where to do it. Or — there’s always .

DO IT ON THE BUND

First a little PSA. If you’re partying on the Bund this year, make sure to get down there no later than 10.30pm to avoid the traffic restrictions. On to the parties.

, Shanghai’s clubbing foundation, for Champagne showers on the terrace (600rmb on the door or ). goes (588rmb on the door including a glass of Perrier Jouet). Newcomer has multiple terraces for its (400rmb on the door or ).

do the long-running house party thing with (300rmb on the door with a glass of Champagne). invoke the Roaring 20s for at with free-flow Perrier Jouet Champagne and cocktails (1,288rmb on the door). does a Champagne countdown with Mumm and views down the Huangpu (988rmb on the door or ).

PARTY IT OUT

MVP Events floats up to the 91st floor of the to deliver with free-flow Veuve Clicquot (1,500rmb on the door or ). Kartel does its with Baron-Fuente champers and then a countdown on rooftop terrace (648rmb on the door or ). opens the bar for unlimited drinks (). . French restaurant-sometimes-party-venue-with-a-terrace bring in four DJs (350rmb on the door, ). puts on a door charge and , which is to say, with big-room house music and a deaf shark (200rmb).

enters the fray this year, turning into with a countdown party and several tiers of free-flow (688rmb for prosecco, 888rmb for Perrier Jouet Champagne). 2019 baby does (200rmb for the free-flow). New and Latin lounge throws a big bash in its 1,000 square meters (250rmb on the door including a drink). New and moody cocktail chamber waives the entry fee and does (buy two for 993rmb each, get one free). If that’s not enough, they’ve got .

MAKE IT A SHOW

puts on a as their band goes through the decades from Elvis to Lady Gaga before giving it over to a DJ for late-night dancing (488rmb on the door, ). Hit in the McKinnon Hotel with free-flow drinks and party with the characters (499rmb, ). warps with a full band and a blast of that funk and soul they do so well (180rmb gets you in). puts together a with six bands (150rmb on the door) while sister venue do (also 150rmb on the door).

At , which just opened in September, guitarist for a creative tribute show (180-360rmb, shows at 8pm and 11pm). keeps it unreal with , transporting you back to a time when the men were men and the girls were men, from 10pm-1am (300rmb not including booze). celebrates with an extended 10pm show by the Shenel Johns Quintet and Perrier Jouet for 1,288rmb a bottle (488rmb entry or 938rmb for two, with snacks). has three performances with the Yusuf Quartet at 9pm, the Antonio Ximenez Septet at 10.30pm and a 1.30am show with the Alvaro Cardenas Quartet (180rmb entry).

Or for a real throwback, spend the last few hours of 2019 in the company of at ’s Jasmine Lounge getting sozzled on free-flow Laurent Perrier Champagne (999rmb pre-sale or 1,199rmb on the door).

TAKE IT TO A CLUB

. Party on the sofa!

TAKE IT TO YOUR HOUSE

House party! But where you gonna get the booze? .

THE COOL KIDS

with French bass producer Habstrakt, plus more bassssssss from Warz, Kingchain and Freeza. (200rmb pre-sale). with that bassssssssss and NO COVER. at the (388rmb at the door). with the basement rave cave all-stars (50rmb before 11pm and 100rmb after). Shanghainese vocalist/MC Charity from the Genome crew headlines , and, yes, they have Champagne there (100rmb entry). , the successor to , . Or party in the oil tanks of , where they'll be throwing a big rave called Follow the Future with a bunch of names you'd usually associate with ALL, including Asian Dope Boys members Chen Tianzhuo and Baby Chinayu, plus Scintii, Laughing Ears, HYMN and a bunch more (200rmb).

THEME PARTIES

() and (888rmb with all-night free-flow). Same theme as last year. Guys? with free-flow bubbles (). with free-flow Mumm Champagne (388rmb). (300rmb with a glass of Champers).

THE OTHER BUBBLES: BEER

does its craft beer and hops, hops, hops thing with for four hours and disk jockey Heatwolves on the digital decks (388rmb on the door). (and more) at starting at 7pm. has a dance-all-night with free-flow craft beer until the stroke of midnight (298rmb). And finally, puts on its for three hours (200rmb with prosecco, wine, beers, house pours or 300rmb with craft beer).

NO COVER

. . and (will be crowded). with deals on Champagne-method sparkling wine Veuve Ambal (one bottle for 248rmb, four bottles for 598rmb). Or here’s a real tip: the lovely bar at has no cover and a Champagne happy-hour from 5pm-midnight on the entire list. Only catch is they close early; last call at 12.30am. Or maybe try…

A QUIET PLACE FOR A DRINK

Looking to brick yourself up somewhere quiet and celebrate the new year with a quiet, fastidiously made martini? Try , , , and . They won't give you any free-flow deals, but odds are good that the bartenders will undo their bowties a little as midnight draws nearer.

A ROWDY PLACE FOR A DRINK

but includes two Budweisers, the original sparkling beverage (100rmb). is charging 100rmb for 4 shots of Fireball and reveling unapologetically in all night. is charging no cover, and there'll be guest DJs and "". Just quoting from the flyer. is charging 150rmb on the door for a shot, a drink, and (the fiscally responsible cousin to Champagne showers), with raincoats and everything.

FIVE STARS

Do it up at the fancy hotels, fancy-style. At the Shanghai Centre, themes it after “” and an opulent 1920s theater with a free-flow option on Moet & Chandon (188rmb for entry only, on SmartTicket). , with that view from the 47th floor, is doing bookings by the table for the 9.30pm-closing slot (3,000rmb for a table of 1-4 people, 6,000rmb for a table of up to 10, including a bottle of Perrier Jouet Champagne). has three options for their countdown shindig, serving Perrier Jouet (688rmb for two glasses, 1,288 for free-flow and 2,020 with free-flow Champs and unlimited oysters).

is from the 56th floor with free-flow Mumm Champagne (). is a little more sedate for their (288rmb including a glass of Champagne). And ’s does the countdown from 10pm to midnight with but no bubbles, though Billecart Salmon Champagne is 50% off (238rmb for the free-flow wine and cocktails).

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