Colorado NYE 2025: Best Shows to Ring in the New Year in Colorado
NYE 2025: Colorado New Year’s Eve Shows to Ring in 2026!
Few states party like Colorado, and when it comes to New Year’s Eve, we really throw down. For our money, there is no better way to ring in the New Year, in Colorado or anywhere, than with LIVE music.
With venues in cities and towns all over the State, Colorado has a ton to offer on New Year’s Eve.
So if you aren’t headed to NYC for Phish, Disco Biscuits in Boston, Kitchen Dwellers in Portland, Primus in Oakland, or the Jonas Brothers in Times Square, here are the best Colorado New Year’s Eve 2025 shows:
DENVER • BOULDER • ASPEN • BELLVUE • BUENA VISTA • FRISCO • KEYSTONE • ROLLINSVILLE
If you aren’t headed to MSG, check out the Colorado NYE shows this year!
DENVER NEW YEAR’S EVE SHOWS
Denver leads the pack with NYE offerings in 2025. In venues small and large, there is something for everyone to ring in the New Year.
Decadence NYE 2025: The Digital City
12/30, 12/31 • Colorado Convention Center
Decadence returns to downtown Denver, CO, billing itself as “America’s largest New Year’s Eve dance celebration.”
The Decadence NYE lineup for 2025 includes headliners Zedd, Excision, Illenium, and Kaskade. Plus Illenium b2b Excision and a special Zeds Dead b2b Subtronics b2b Tape B back-to-back performance, with FISHER, Gareth Emery, and many more.
HOURS: 6:30 PM – 2:00 AM
AGES: 18+
The New Mastersounds with Cool, Cool, Cool (12/30) and The Nth Power (12/31)
12/30, 12/31 • Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
The British funk quartet, The New Mastersounds, is embarking on its farewell tour of the United States after 26 years as a band.
Dubbed The TTFN Tour, the final run for U.S. audiences will be spread across three separate legs throughout 2025, culminating in a 2-day New Year’s Eve celebration at Cervantes in Denver. Cool, Cool, Cool joins them for the 30th, and The Nth Power supports on NYE.
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HOURS: 8 PM (12/30), 9 PM (12/31)
AGES: 21+
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Magic Beans
12/30, 12/31 • Ogden Theatre
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong is set to welcome 2026 with a two-night New Year’s Eve celebration at Denver’s historic Ogden Theatre on December 30th and 31st.
This run will be the band’s first-ever NYE run in Colorado and will feature opening support on both nights from local favorites, Magic Beans. Magic Beans has announced that these performances will be their final shows before retiring (with the exception of Beanstalk in August 2026).
HOURS: 8 PM
AGES: 16+
The Budos Band, Kiltro
12/30, 12/31 • Gothic Theatre
The Budos Band is joined by Kiltro for a 2-night party at Denver’s Gothic Theatre.
HOURS: 9:00 PM
AGES: 16+
DeadPhish Orchestra
12/30, 12/31 • Cervantes’ Other Side
A 2-night celebration of all things Dead and Phish with DeadPhish Orchestra.
12/30: w/ Electric Juice Box
12/31: w/ Splendid Blend
HOURS: 8PM
AGES: 21+
FKJ DJ Set in Denver for NYE 2025
FKJ (DJ set) w/ DREAMCASTMOE, EEJEBEE
12/31 • Reelworks – Denver
FKJ, or French Kiwi Juice, is the stage name of French musician Vincent Fenton, known for blending Nu Jazz and electronic music. He’ll play a DJ set for New Year’s at Reelworks in Denver.
HOURS: 8:30 PM
AGES: 18+
Magdalena Bay
12/31 • Mission Ballroom
American alternative pop duo Magdalena Bay plays Mission Ballroom in Denver for New Year’s Eve 2025.
HOURS: 9 PM
AGES: 16+
Dead Floyd
12/31 • Globe Hall
Dead Floyd is a celebration of the music of two of rock and roll’s greatest bands, The Grateful Dead and Pink Floyd, mashed together into one high-energy, unpredictable show.
HOURS: 8 PM
AGES: 16+
BOULDER NEW YEAR’S EVE SHOWS
Boulder, Colorado, has always been at the epicenter of Colorado music, and New Year’s is no exception.
The Fretliners
12/31 • Fox Theatre
Local progressive bluegrass powerhouse, The Fretliners, will ring in 2026 with a NYE throwdown at Boulder’s Fox Theatre.
HOURS: 8 PM
AGES: All (under 16 with an adult)
Boombassador (The Polish Ambassador & BoomBox)
12/31 • Boulder Theatre
Electronic rock duo BoomBox teams up with musician, producer, The Polish Ambassador, for an epic night of music and dancing to ring in the New Year at the iconic Boulder Theatre.
HOURS: 8 PM
AGES: All Ages (under 16 with adult)
BUENA VISTA NEW YEAR’S EVE SHOWS
Boona, Byoona, Bwayna… BV. However you say it, there’s a NYE party in Buena Vista!
MAGOO [SOLD OUT!]
12/31 • Surf Hotel
The hottest progressive bluegrass/jamgrass band in Colorado right now, MAGOO will take over the Surf Hotel in Buena Vista for an epic party that Festy GoNuts is billing “MAGOO YEAR’S EVE.”
HOURS: 9 PM
The Wrecklunds
12/31 • The Lariat
Hailing from the mountain town of Evergreen, Colorado, The Wrecklunds have been lighting up Front Range stages for nearly a decade with their genre-bending blend of roots, rock, and jam-infused Americana.
HOURS: 10 PM
AGES: 21+
ASPEN NEW YEAR’S EVE SHOWS
A little place called Aspen…
The Belly Up in Aspen is a small venue with a HUGE party.
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
12/30, 12/31, 1/1, 1/2 • Belly Up Aspen
Ring in 2026 with a 4-day New Year’s Party at The Belly Up in Aspen, CO! “LCD Soundsystem exist at the point of a Venn diagram where the loose grooves of disco bump up against the wiry spikiness of post-punk, and their songs hover between sharp-edged humor and heartfelt emotion.”
HOURS: 9:30 PM
AGES: 18+ (21+ on NYE)
BELLVUE NEW YEAR’S EVE SHOWS
Bellvue’s Mishawaka Amphitheatre can party. A NYE celebration here will get wild.
Tumbledown Shack
12/31 • Mishawaka Amphitheatre
Celebrate New Year’s Eve at the iconic Mishawaka! Tumbledown Shack is delivering four hours of incredible jams, taking you straight through to midnight. Welcome 2026 with good music and great friends in the most legendary venue in the canyon.
HOURS: 8:30 PM
AGES:
FRISCO NEW YEAR’S EVE SHOWS
10 Mile Music Hall in Frisco, CO is an epic place to ring in the New Year.
SUNSQUABI
10/31 • 10 Mile Music Hall
Colorado-based livetronica trio SunSquabi returns to 10 Mile Music Hall on December 31st!
HOURS: 8:30 PM
AGES: 18+
KEYSTONE NEW YEAR’S EVE SHOWS
Celebrate NYE 2025 in Keystone, CO.
The Goonies: Midnight in the Tropics NYE
12/31 • Warren Station
Escape to a night of sun-soaked vibes and island beats high in the mountains as we ring in 2026 at Warren Station in Keystone! Join us for tropical cocktails, vibrant décor, and live music that will keep you dancing past midnight. DJ Drake kicks off the night with an unmissable set, and we’re thrilled to welcome back The Goonies for another epic dance party.
HOURS: 7 PM
AGES: All Ages (children must be accompanied by an adult)
ROLLINSVILLE NEW YEAR’S EVE SHOWS
The little town of Rollinsville, CO, has an epic brewery and a great place to celebrate NYE 2025.
River Spell
12/31 • Howlin’ Wind Brewing & Blending
A FREE show for NYE 2025 at Howlin’ Wind in Rollinsville with River Spell! Delicious brews and Colorado jams!
HOURS: 10 PM – 1 AM
AGES: ALL
Colorado New Year’s Eve 2025: Best Concerts to Celebrate NYE 2025
From Denver and Boulder to Buena Vista, up and down the Front Range and into the mountains, Colorado has a ton of New Year’s Eve shows and concerts to ring in 2026.
However you celebrate New Year’s Eve 2025, we hope you have a wonderful time! Be safe, and party like it’s 1999, even if that sounds ancient!
Be your fest self – we’ll see you in 2026!
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