New Year's Eve in Memphis: Here are the 10 best concerts to help you ring in 2024
As the curtain comes down on 2023, it’s worth marking the occasion with celebrations that include a variety of live music and entertainment.
For Memphians, there are plenty of ways to ring in the new year with great sounds, and there is no shortage of concerts to cap the year.
Here are 10 standout shows — from top female singers to Smiths cover bands to DJ crate diggers — happening in town on Dec. 31.
New Year’s Eve on Beale
Various venues on Beale Street
As usual, Beale Street will be the epicenter of music and celebrations in Memphis this New Year’s Eve. There will be plenty of concerts all up and down the entertainment district, with standout acts from Rodd Bland Band at B.B. King's to Skyelor Anderson at the Tin Roof among those set to perform. Beale Street will only allow patrons 21 and older after 9 p.m. Individual clubs will have their own cover charges, but a Beale Street Fast Pass — which includes VIP access to several venues — is available for $100. Go to Eventbrite.com.
New Year’s Eve Celebration with Memphis Soul Remedy and Aquanet
Lafayette’s Music Room, 2119 Madison Ave.
Overton Square will offer up plenty of New Year’s Eve activity, and Lafayette’s Music Room promises plenty of live music, with a concert bill that will feature an early set by Memphis Soul Remedy and a NYE-capping performance by Aquanet. Doors open at 5 p.m. with Vegas-style seating. The event will offer hors d’oeuvres, party favors and a champagne toast at midnight. VIP tickets are $107 per person or $187 for two. Go to Lafayettes.com.
New Year’s Eve at The Peabody
Peabody Hotel, 149 Union Ave.
Gather your friends and a glass of champagne to ring in 2024 at the "South's Grand Hotel" during The Peabody’s annual New Year's Eve Party. Live music and entertainment will be provided by Seeing Red, Southbound and DJ A.D. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets: General admission is $65 in advance, $75 at the door. VIP tickets are $250. Go to Peabodyevents.com.
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The Party Life: A New Year’s Eve Experience
Hilton Memphis, 939 Ridge Lake Road
It will be an East Memphis New Year’s party at the Hilton, as Devin Crutcher, Angie P. Holmes and Equoia Colman perform live, and DJ Zoom spins. Tickets: General admission is $60, and VIP tables are also available for parties of four and six. Go to Eventbrite.com.
Smokestack Lightnin' NYE Bash
Mollie Fontaine Lounge, 679 Adams St.
Three of Memphis' top female singers, songwriters and performers — soul/R&B artist Susan Marshall, swamp popper Marcella Simien and country-rocker Cyrena Wages — join forces to ring in the new year with this triple bill at Mollie Fontaine Lounge. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets: $37.50. Go to Eventbrite.com.
New Year’s Eve Party with Shotgun Shima
Central Station Hotel, 545 S. Main St.
Noted Sacramento, California, record collector and DJ, Shotgun Shima brings his collection of rare funk, disco, neo-soul, house and everything in between to Downtown’s Central Station Hotel bar, as he spins a special set to ring in the new near. Music starts at 9 p.m. There is no cost to attend. Go to Centralstationmemphis.com.
NYE Trap Ball
Memphis Marriott East, 5795 Poplar Ave.
Held at the Memphis Marriott East, the NYE Trap Ball promises a mash-up of elegance, drip and culture, featuring some of your favorite trap songs, including old and new hits spun by the city’s top DJs. Attire is Black Tie Drip. Tickets: General admission starts at $60. VIP tables are also available. Go to Eventbrite.com.
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Hi-Tone New Year
Hi-Tone Café, 282 N. Cleveland
The Hi-Tone will host a concert to close out 2023, as Emotions False Records presents a showcase featuring B.L.A.S.T. from Little Rock, as well as locals Stay Fashionable, and Disapproving Father. DJ Amy D will also spin. Tickets: $15. Go to Hitonecafe.com.
B-Side New Year’s
B-Side Memphis, inside Minglewood Hall, 1533 Madison Ave.
One of Memphis' favorite live listening rooms will mark the end of 2023 with a special performance from Louder than Bombs. The long-running and much-loved cover band will pay tribute to the music of The Smiths and Morrissey. Music starts at 10 p.m. Go to Bsidememphis.com.
Grind City Brewing NYE
Grind City Brewing, 76 Waterworks Ave.
Grind City Brewing will host an end-of-year event featuring music by Elevation Memphis. Tickets to this concert/party will include unlimited wine and beer, catering by El Mero Taco, dessert from Muddy’s Bake Shop and a midnight champagne toast. Tickets: $97.88. Go to Eventbrite.com.
This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Things to do on New Year's Eve in Memphis: Concerts to ring in 2024
