Comedy, concerts and New Year concerts: what to do on 31 December, with audience reviews.
The New Year’s Eve 2026 selection fills up from 30 November 2026. Here are the dates already announced.
Seeing in the New Year at a show means a night out with no washing-up: comedians playing a special 31 December performance, concerts that count down to midnight, cabaret and Hogmanay celebrations. Early January brings the New Year concerts, often devoted to Viennese waltzes and polkas.
This page lists every performance on 31 December, plus the New Year’s Eve and New Year shows announced until mid-January. Choose your city to see what’s on near you.
Concert
Warehouse Project, Defected, Eats Everything, Groove Armada, Oden & Fatzo, Mix-Stress, Sam Divine, Glitterbox, Don't F**ck With Disco, Ella Knight, Fat Tony, Gina Breeze, Melvo Baptiste, Low Steppa
Depot Mayfield · Manchester
Concert
Concert
Concert
Live music, Dinner, New Years Eve Celebration
The Jam House Birmingham · Birmingham
Concert
Concert
Concert
Alan Thomson
Backstage at The Green Hotel · Kinross
Family
Comedy
Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club
The Basement, City Screen Picturehouse · York
Other show
Other show
Tony Skingle
Scarborough Spa Ocean Room · Scarborough
Comedy
Other show
Comedy
Hoedown
Scarborough Spa Grand Hall · Scarborough
Other show
Other show
Other show
Other show
Comedy
Comedy Carnival, Geoff Norcott, Mary Bourke, Dave Fulton
Seven Dials Club · London
Other show
Other show
Other show
Comedy
The Comedy Store London
The Comedy Store · London
Other show
Other show
Other show
Other show
Crown Pier · London
Other show
Other show
Concert
Concert
Me Gusta Collective
Band On The Wall. · Manchester
Other show
Other show
Classical music
Scarborough Spa Orchestra
Scarborough Spa Grand Hall · Scarborough
Concert
Concert
NYF Countdown Concert, The Academic, Theatre, Kk Lewis, DJ Shelly Gray
Dublin Castle · Dublin
Concert
Musical
Concert
Concert
Concert
Musical
Concert
Musical
Concert
Concert
Other show
Other show
Other show
Larger Than Life: Starring Wallace & Gromit, Shaun and More
The Lightroom · London
Other show
Other show
Other show
Other show
Other show
Other show
Often, yes: the 31 December performance is sometimes a special show, with a higher price, a glass of bubbly or a later start so it ends around midnight. Check the start and end times when you book.
A tradition from Vienna: a festive concert in early January, often built around the waltzes and polkas of the Strauss family. Many orchestras put on their own version.
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