Where to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Oxford and across Oxfordshire
We’ve rounded up the best New Year’s Eve events in Oxford and Oxfordshire for 2024 – so gather your friends and family to ring in 2025 in style.
Didn’t the last 12 months fly by? And why is it that we can never quite believe it when New Year’s Eve rolls around for another year. Could it be because, in many ways, it‘s overshadowed by Christmas festivities, hidden behind a smokescreen of tinsel and turkey.
If, like many of us, you realise you’ve forgotten to make plans, let this year be the year that things are different! We’ve rounded up all the best places to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Oxford and across Oxfordshire.
It doesn’t matter if you’re looking decadent dinners, big-budget night outs, old-school glamour, heaving bars, or if you want to keep things cheap and cheerful somewhere local – there’s a New Year’s celebration that’s just right for you.
Here’s to a cracking 2025!
Contents
- Quod Restaurant & Bar
- The Ivy Oxford Brasserie
- Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons
- Mercure Oxford Hawkwell House Hotel
- The Crazy Bear
- Double Red Duke
- The Varsity Club
- Hank’s Bar
- Thirst Bar
- Bridge Nightclub
- Spirit Bar
- The Folly
- The Randolph
- Tap Social
- Flight Club Oxford
Toast the arrival of a new year in style, surrounded by family and friends in the glitzy, low-lit glamour of Oxford’s iconic Quod Restaurant & Bar.
Clink sparkling cocktails at the bar and party along to a live DJ set as you indulge in all your familiar favourites; Hereford ribeye, hand-stretched pizzas, ravioli, scallops, and the fresh catch of the day… round off the year nicely with sticky toffee pudding or an uplifting espresso martini.
Raise a glass or two or more to bid a grand farewell to 2024. Their All Day Menu will be available from 11.30am until late, and you can expect a variety of festive dishes and New Year’s Eve specials in the evening.
It’s time to shake off the year and welcome 2025. Celebrate an unforgettable evening at The Ivy Oxford Brasserie.
Roll up, Roll up , The Ivy Circus will be taking over this New Year Eve. Let them transport you to a magical world with spectacular food and drinks, perfect for celebrating with those who matter most.
Get your glad rags on and grab your favourite people to make this a true Ivy night to remember.
Ring in the New Year in spectacular style at the inviting countryside retreat that is Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons. After settling into your sumptuous suite, dress to impress and let the festivities unfold.
The night includes a tantalising aperitif and canapés, a sensational seven-course dinner, an exquisite selection of artisanal cheeses, live musical entertainment and the chance to mingle with your fellow guests. And as the clock strikes midnight, raise a glass of champagne to toast new beginnings.
Price: £315 per person (not including accommodation)
Ring in the New Year with a night of timeless glamour, dazzling elegance and spirited fun at a 1920s-themed Charity Gala at Mercure Oxford Hawkwell House. Dress to impress in your finest vintage Great Gatsby.
Indulge in a delectable four-course dinner and enjoy a glass of bubbly upon arrival, a toast of champagne at midnight, live DJ, and half a bottle of house wine to savour throughout the night.
This event is organised by Mercure Oxford Hawkwell House in partnership with Sobell House, SeeSaw and Be Free YC. Proceeds of the tickets, as well as any donations will support the wonderful work by local charities.
Price: £125.00 per person, plus booking fees
Celebrate New Year’s Eve with an unforgettable night of entertainment and indulgence!
Enjoy a delicious Thai and English banquet, along with a glass of champagne to toast the New Year in style. The evening features a live band, breath-taking aerial artists, a captivating contortionist, and an incredible host to keep you laughing all night long.
End the night dancing to an exhilarating DJ set as we welcome 2025 in true Crazy Bear fashion.
Price: Tickets cost £125.00 per person, and a pre-payment is required to confirm your reservation.
It looks like the team are still busy planning their New Year’s Eve special. But here’s a taste of what to expect from last year.
The Double Red Duke, Clanfield is offering a decadent New Year’s Eve dinner from 6.00pm. Henrik, the Executive Chef has designed a menu full of Duke favourites with a sparkle of decadence thrown in.
The menu for the four-course meal, at £135.00 per person, includes Woodfired Scallops, Truffle Butter, Smoked Beef Tartare, Oscietra Caviar, Gigha Halibut, Prime Rib of Beef, Salt Baked Celeriac Rossini, Baked Alaska, Seabuckthorn, and Warm Chocolate Cake. There’s even an optional cheese course for an additional £15.00.
There will be live music from their Latin Groove musicians in the bar.
It looks like the team are still busy planning their New Year’s Eve special. But here’s a taste of what to expect from last year.
The book is almost closed; the year is almost done. Start with some famous Varsity cocktails and then dance the night away in style into the new year at TVC
Two floors of music & a cocktail lounge, 2 DJs, and the Rooftop Terrace will be open with cover, so you can get a view of the fireworks (you can’t all be up there at once, though!)
Dress Glam, Sparkle and Shine. Doors open at 8.00pm. It’s 21s and over only, and tickets are available from £8.00 + booking fee.
It looks like the team are still busy planning their New Year’s Eve special. But here’s a taste of what to expect from last year.
Join Hank’s Bar – the late-night bar in Oxford, born from a dream of delivering the good things in life – in ushering in 2024 at their NYE2024 PARTY on 31 December from 8.00pm to 3.00am.
Expect great drinks, great food and great fun. There will be DJs, dancing and cocktails, with a complementary Prosecco reception between 8.00pm and 10.00pm.
Tickets cost £17.50 in advance and £22.50 on the door.
It looks like the team are still busy planning their New Year’s Eve special. But here’s a taste of what to expect from last year.
Tickets are on sale now for an EPIC NEWYEAR SHINDIG at Thirst Bar, your friendly local late-night independent cocktail bar situated on Park End Street in the heart of Oxford since 1999.
For DJs, dancing and cocktails, grab your early bird ticket for £12.50 on sale until 8.00pm on 31 December (£17.50 on the door). There’ll even be a complimentary shots reception between 8.00pm to 10.00pm.
Party into the new year Celestial Countdown: Bridge New Year Bash hosted by Bridge Nightclub – a superclub located right in the heart of Oxford with 5 great zones
Expect three floors packed with the biggest tunes and the baddest DJs around. Tickets are available from £5.00 plus a small booking fee or email rsvp@bridgeoxford.co.uk for tables.
Opens from 9.00pm (31 December) to 3.00am (01 January). Last entry at 1.00am.
Cross over into 2024 at SPIRIT Bar in Oxford – Oxford’s newest and self-proclaimed coolest cocktail bar and party venue – for Oxford’s biggest Reggaeton party with Noche De Travesuras and Fiesta Latina from 9.00pm to 4.00am.
Expect the very best of Reggaeton, Salsa, Bachata, Brazilian Funk, Latin Hits, RnB and everything in between by their amazing international DJs. Do dress up, as this is, indeed, a special occasion, and take your ID. No ID… no entry!
Tickets from £10.00 plus booking fee (online) or £15.00 on the door.
The Folly in Oxford invites you to join them for a New Year’s Eve Celebration in Oxford. This year, they are offering an exquisite 4-course celebratory menu, including an arrival cocktail at £85.00 per person.
You can book online on their website (please select 31 December 2023) or call them on 01865 201293. You will be asked for card details to secure your booking.
Ring in 2024 at The Randolph Hotel by Graduate Hotels. Join us for drinks, live music and dancing late into the night. A four-course New Year’s Eve Dinner is also available at The Alice.
Tickets are priced at £50.00 per person and include entry to The Randolph New Year’s Eve party, two glasses of Champagne (worth £40.00), music from the live band and DJ and dancing until the small hours.
Please note that this event is for guests aged 18+.
Entry for the party is from 9.00pm with carriages at 1.00am.
If you’re looking to make the occasion truly memorable, why not join them for New Year’s Eve Dinner before the party? The 4-course menu is £140 per person and includes a glass of Champagne on arrival and entry to the New Year’s Eve Party.
It’s time for reflection! That doesn’t mean scanning the memory bank for “what the hell happened in 2023?”. Celebrate the best memories at TAP’s New Year’s Eve Y2K Flashback: An 80s-90s pre-apocalypse party from 8.00pm to 3.00am.
Celebrating all the good times dancing to Britpop, Acid House, Synth Pop, Boogie, Indie, Disco, UK Garage, Trance, Drum and Bass, Post-Punk, Hip Hop, Soul, RnB and more back in the day!
80s collectors VILE KYLE (Weird Science DJs) and dance music obsessed BOB E DEMONS (Brewer’s Night Off) provide the soundtrack. Expect visuals, flashing lights, arcades, glow sticks and smoke, and the all important countdown(!) create the atmosphere.
Fancy Dress is not essential but obviously encouraged. You bring the style (think 80s pop colours, loud patterns, baggy trousers, oversized suits, funky trims, cool shades, shoulder pads, bright neon tees, big earrings, big hair… dress like an 80s/90s icon!)
Pizza, sweets and hot & cold beery beverages available from the bar!
Tickets cost £10.00 plus booking fee.
This lively fairground-inspired cocktail and Social Darts bar is hosting a New Year’s Eve Brunch, but this isn’t just any brunch; the fun kicks off at noon and doesn’t stop until 2.00am.
The bar is hosting five two-hour brunch sessions with live DJs throughout the day – the first starting at noon and the last starting at 10.00pm.
The beauty of this one is the option of staying for an all-day brunch session until closing, dipping in for a session to gear you up for the evening ahead or joining at 10.00pm just before the midnight countdown.
Tickets are £35 to £40 and include a bottle of Prosecco or four bottles of beer per person, two hours of bottomless sourdough pizza, and 60 minutes of Social Darts.
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