The best New Year's Eve events in Melbourne to ring in 2025

On New Year's Eve, this beloved riverside duo is joining forces for an epic Italo Disco-themed party hosted across the two venues. Taking inspo from the sun-drenched beach clubs of Italy, you can expect a night of eating, drinking and dancing. There'll also be live entertainment by some of Melbourne's best DJs and you'll have a front row seat to the fireworks display.

Early bird tickets are $165 per person (on sale until December 1 unless sold out), general admission tickets are $185 per person. Find out more here.

It's the moment we've all been waiting for: Lonsdale Street's mega-venue Her is back again with another epic NYE party across all four floors. At Her Bar you can enjoy a celebratory four-course steak frites menu, while at BKK it's a four-course Thai barbecue feast. Settle in for a nine-hour party at Music Room (entry is free; walk-ins only), or head on up to Her Rooftop an all-inclusive party under the stars complete with views of the fireworks.

Find out more here.

This beloved rooftop bar in Carlton is set to throw one of the hottest NYE parties around town. There'll be free-flowing bubbles from the Champagne tower, curated cocktails and a special snack menu with Italian delicacies, including pasta served up at midnight. Melbourne DJs Afrodisiac, Chrysalis and Kuzco are in charge of tunes, which means the dancefloor will be pumping. You can choose to have a seated or standing experience, with tickets starting at $220. It's all inclusive until 1am, so you can start 2025 by living it up in style. 

Tickets are available online here. 

This one-day music festival returns to Collingwood Children's Farm for the third year, with a stacked line-up of musicians and DJs including Acopia, Ajak Kwai, Wax'o Paradiso, Scott Grooves, Eternal Love and Milo Eastwood. The festivities will kick off at 3pm and run until 1am, and there will be food and bevs to purchase.

Tickets start at $90 and can be purchased here.

This subterranean cocktail bar in the CBD is putting on a hotly-anticipated NYE event, transforming the stunning venue into a lavish den of entertainment where partgoers will dance long into the early hours. There will be an all-inclusive menu of roving canapés and free-flowing bevs (including a glass of Perrier-Jouet Champagne on arrival and three classic cocktails), plus roaming entertainers and DJs.

Tickets are $255 per person, you can book here. 

This NYE, make your way through the shiny copper-hued doors of QT Melbourne and up the elevator to discover one of the hottest parties in town. The rooftop is hosting an epic soirée overlooking the city's sparkling skyline, complete with bottomless drinks, a killer line-up of a live band, DJ and saxophonist taking care of the dancefloor soundtrack, and a feast of food (including freshly shucked oysters and a late-night dessert station – yum!). 

Tickets start from $325, and you can find out more at the website. 

An award-winning pub and café in South Wharf, the Boatbuilders Yard captures the charm of Melbourne's maritime precinct with a modern fitout housed inside an original historic shed. This New Year's Eve, book in for an all-inclusive drink and food package (including a cocktail on arrival) in its expansive indoor/outdoor beer garden and enjoy tunes spun by DJs plus incredible views of the fireworks.

Early bird tickets are $150 per person (on sale until November 30 unless sold out), and general admission tickets are $170. Purchase through the website.

Ring in the new year at this waterfront eatery at South Wharf where you can enjoy great views of the fireworks and live music all night long. Enjoy an all-inclusive, five-hour food and drinks package that includes beer, wine, bubbles and spirits as well as non-stop roving food. 

Tickets start at $175 per person and are available through the website.

Dubbed an "urban beer garden hideaway", Riverland is situated on the banks of the Yarra in the historic Federation Wharf vaults. It's a picturesque spot to say goodbye to 2024 and watch the fireworks while enjoying bottomless beer, wine, cider, bubbles and house spirits alongside roving canapés. There will also be DJs spinning tunes across two dancefloors and even a fire performer.

Early bird tickets are $165 (available until November 30 unless sold out) and general admission tickets are $185. You can book via the website.