San Francisco / East Bay / Silicon Valley / North Bay / Other Resources

  SAN FRANCISCO

• Comedy Countdown 2015 - Cobb's Comedy Club - 7:15 & 10pm
• Greg Proops - The Punch Line - 7:30 & 10pm
• Paula Poundstone - Palace of Fine Arts Theater - 8pm

MUSIC 

• The Flaming Lips, Ratatat - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium - 8pm
• Lil B and Friends - Regency Ballroom - 8pm
• SF Symphony: Seth McFarlane - Davies Symphony Hall - 8pm
• The Decemberists - The Masonic - 9pm
• The Jazz Mafia Accomplices - Brick & Mortar Music Hall - 9pm
• Mayer Hawthorne, Peanut Butter Wolf - The Independent - 9pm
• Patti Smith & Her Band - The Fillmore - 9pm
• Shannon and the Clams - Great American Music Hall - 9pm
• Slightly Stoopid - The Warfield - 9:30pm
• Stone Foxes, Tumbleweed Wanderers - Slim's - 9pm

PARTIES

• New Year's Eve Party - Royal Exchange - 11am-midnight
• Maceo Parker: Funky New Year's Eve - SFJAZZ Center - 8:30-10pm
• New Bohemia New Year's Eve - San Francisco Armory - 8pm-4am
• New Year's Eve: Chet Faker - Mezzanine - 9pm-late
• "No Theme" Super Dance Jam - Madrone's Art Bar - 8pm-2am
• Red Carpet Bow Tie Bash - Drake SF - 8pm-2am
• WISH New Year's Eve 2016 - Wish - 8pm-2am
• Bearracuda New Year's Eve - Beatbox - 9pm-4am
• Circus New Year's Eve - Roccopulco - 9pm-4am
• Cirque New Year's Eve - Fairmont San Francisco - 9pm-1:30am
• Honey Soundsystem New Year's Eve - Mighty - 9pm-6am
• International Ball 2016 - Palace Hotel - 9pm-2am
• An Intimate New Year's Encounter: Flying Lotus - 1015 Folsom - 9pm-6am
• New Year's Eve with Dirty South - Temple Nightclub - 9pm-late
• Passport to the World 2016 - Westin St Francis - 9pm-2am
• Simian Mobile Disco - Public Works - 9pm-5am
• Solid Gold Jacuzzi New Year's Eve - Monarch - 9pm-late
• Streets of San Francisco NYE - Fort Mason Center - 9pm-2am

SHOWS

• SF Ballet: The Nutcracker - War Memorial Opera House - 11am & 4pm
• Beach Blanket Babylon Holiday Extravaganza - Club Fugazi - 7 & 10:15pm
• Forever Tango - Herbst Theatre - 9pm
• Imagine: New Year's Eve 2016 - The Payne Mansion - 9pm-2am

OTHER

• Japanese Bell Ringing Ceremony - Asian Art Museum - 9:30am-2pm
• New Year's Eve Fire Ceremony - Brahma Kumaris - 8:30pm-12:15am
• 3rd Annual Moonlight NYE Fireworks Cruise - Pier 3 - 9pm-1am
• San Francisco New Year's Eve Fireworks - Pier 14, Embarcadero - 11:59pm

  EAST BAY

• New Year's Comedy Showcase - The Layover, Oakland - 7pm
• Critical Hit: NYE Comedy Special - It's Your Move, Oakland - 9pm
• NYE Black Comedy Explosion - Paramount Theatre, Oakland - 10pm

MUSIC  

• Pop New Year's Eve - Oracle Arena, Oakland - 7pm-2am
• SF Chamber Orchestra - First Congregational, Berkeley - 7:30-9:30pm
• Jody Watley, Shalamar Reloaded - Yoshi's Oakland - 8 & 11pm
• Young L, Nic Nac - Geoffrey's Inner Circle, Oakland - 9pm-3am
• Primus - Fox Theater, Oakland - 9:30pm

PARTIES

• Balloon Drop Celebration - Chabot Space Center, Oakland - 11am-4pm
• New Year's Eve Balloon Drop - Lawrence Hall of Science, UC - Noon-2pm
• British New Year's Party - Commonwealth Public House, Oakland - 4-6pm
• Rockin' New Year's Eve - Kaleidoscope Coffee, Point Richmond - 6:30-9pm
• New Year's Eve Balkan Bash - Ashkenaz, Berkeley - 8pm
• USS Hornet's NYE Celebration - USS Hornet, Alameda - 8:30pm-1am
• New Year's Eve at Jack's - Jack's Restaurant, Pleasant Hill - 9pm-2am
• New Year's Eve Bash - The New Parish, Oakland - 9pm-4am

SHOWS

• Hubba Hubba Burlesque Bash - Uptown Nightclub, Oakland - 9-11pm

OTHER

• New Year's Eve Fire Release Ceremony & Bell Ringing - Center for Transformative Change, Berkeley - 9:30pm-midnight

  PENINSULA/SOUTH BAY

• Big Fat Year End Kiss Off Comedy Show: Will Durst - Theatre on San Pedro Square, San Jose - 6 & 9pm
• Adam Newman - Rooster T Feathers, Sunnyvale - 7 & 10:30pm

MUSIC 

• Groovy Judy Band - San Pedro Square Market, San Jose - 9pm-1am
• DJ Benofficial - Britannia Arms Downtown, San Jose - 10pm

PARTIES

• Bay Area Singles Giant NYE Dance Party - Santa Clara Convention Center - 7pm-1am
• New Year's Eve Royal Ball - Charley's LG, Los Gatos - 7pm
• Bollywood Glitz 2016 - San Jose Marriott - 7:30pm
• New Year's Eve Party - Testarossa Winery, Los Gatos - 8pm-12:30am
• Professional Guild New Year's Eve Party - Hyatt Regency, Santa Clara - 8:30pm-1am
• 3rd Annual Black & White Affair - SP2 Communal Bar, San Jose - 9pm-2am
• Countdown to New Year's Eve - Studio 8, San Jose - 9pm-2am
• New Year's Eve Partyaraoke - Blinky's Can't Say, Santa Clara - 9pm-1am
• Galactic New Year's Eve - San Pedro Square Market, San Jose - 9pm-1am
• NYE Dance Party with Foreverland - Fox Theatre, Redwood City - 9pm
• New Year's Eve: The Gatsby Experience - Opal, Mountain View - 9pm-2am
• Wild 94.9's New Year's Eve - Back Bar SoFA, San Jose - 9pm

SHOWS

• Jane Austen's "Emma" - Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto - 2pm
• The Dinner Detective - Hilton San Jose - 6-9pm

OTHER

• Fireworks & Disney's Frozen - Christmas In the Park, San Jose - 7pm-midnight
• Vegas Comes to San Jose 2016 - RockBar Theater, San Jose - 7pm

  NORTH BAY

MUSIC  

• New Year's Eve Gala Concert - Petaluma Library & Museum - 7-9pm
• Danny Click & The Hell Yeahs - Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley - 8pm
• Dave Luning Band, Highway Poets - Sebastopol Community Center - 8pm
• Colonel & The Mermaids - Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael - 8:30pm
• El Radio Fantastique - Smiley's Schooner Saloon, Bolinas - 9pm-1am
• Mahalia Jackson: Just As I Am - Cinnabar Theater, Petaluma - 9pm
• The Weight NYE Celebration - Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley - 9pm

PARTIES

• Big Band New Year's Eve - 1313 Main, Napa - 6pm
• New Year's Eve Extravaganza - Sally Tomatoes, Rohnert Park - 7pm
• NYE Ball: A Night in Vienna - Hermann Sons Hall, Petaluma - 9pm
• New Year's Eve Extravaganza - Silverado Resort, Napa -9pm
• NYE with Royal Jelly Jive - The Big Easy, Petaluma - 9pm
• Wonder Bread 5 New Year's Eve Party - City Winery, Napa - 10pm

SHOWS

• Mischief Masquerade - Whiskey Tip, Santa Rosa - 7pm
• New Year's Eve Cabaret - 6th Street Playhouse, Santa Rosa - 7 & 10pm

OTHER

• Noon Year's Eve - Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito - 9am-2pm
• Happy New Year, Charlie Brown - Schulz Museum, Santa Rosa - 11am-4pm

  OTHER RESOURCES

As always, this edition of the Pink Stache Gazette is a curated list of events happening in the Bay Area...there are literally hundreds of additional events this New Year's Eve that aren't listed here. More information on other events can be found at the following websites:

The Bohemian (North Bay)	SF Station
Do the Bay	SF Weekly
LiveSV (Silicon Valley)	SFist
San Francisco Fun & Cheap	Sonomacounty.com (North Bay)
Sanjose.com (Silicon Valley)	Vamos