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Phoenix New Year's Eve 2008

New Year's Eve Events and Activities

By Judy Hedding, About.com

Phoenix on New Year's Eve

Time For Party Hats!

Photo: David Paul Morris/Getty
Dec 22 2008

Things to Do in Phoenix on New Year's Eve

A Jew Grows In Brooklyn
Herberger Theatre Center, Phoenix
7 p.m.
Tickets: $62
Join author/star Jake Ehrenreich as he takes you on a musical journey of his life.

Atrium Party at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix
122 North 2nd Street, Phoenix
8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
Tickets: $89 in advance per person, $99 at the door per person
Admission includes: (4) complimentary drink tickets, champagne toast at midnight, light hors d’oeuvres including roast beef carving station & pasta station, party favors and balloon drop. Entertainment by The Groove Merchants, a ten-piece “horn band” performing R & B, Motown and Soul music of the 1960’s through the 1980’s.

Dave & Buster's New Year's Eve Celebration
North Phoenix: 21001 N Tatum Blvd at Desert Ridge Marketplace (480-538-8957)
Tempe: 2000 E. Rio Salado Pkwy at Tempe Marketplace (480-281-8507)
7 p.m.
Includes a buffet dinner, $20 game card for play in the interactive Million Dollar Midway, DJ, dancing & champagne toast at midnight. $10 of each ticket sold with go directly to Phoenix Children's Hospital. Event is family friendly, standard under age guest policy applies (1 adult to every 6 minors). Event begins at 7p.m. for dining; DJ and dancing at 9 p.m. Cost is $48++ per person.

EastonAshe New Year's Bash
Carefree Resort and Villas
7 p.m.
Tickets: $50 plus a variety of room, dining and child care options
The evening will feature a performance by EastonAshe, a midnight countdown, champagne toast and many other surprises. Room and dining discounts available.

Farrelli's Cinema Supper Club
14202 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale
480-905-7200
Movies on New Year's Eve at various times during the day, with the last showing at around 9:45 p.m. Check their schedule for movie ratings (last showing will be PG-rated). A Prime Rib Holiday Special is available for $9.95 and Sofia Coppolla Champagne and Dessert Special is only $8. It's a split of the champagne Francis Ford Coppolla created for his daughter Sophia on her wedding day served with chocolate dipped strawberries and chocolate truffles. Admission charge is additional.

Fiesta Bowl Block Party
Tempe Beach Park and Mill Avenue, Downtown Tempe
Tickets: $25
Named one of the top ten places in the nation to ring in the New Year by USA Today, the Insight Fiesta Bowl Block Party will welcome more than 150,000 people to enjoy New Year's Eve entertainment, pep rallies, fireworks, carnival rides, interactive games and more.

Frank Caliendo
Tempe Improv, Tempe
7 p.m.
$60 per ticket.

Hair
Herberger Theatre Center, Phoenix
7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $49 - $84
Produced by Arizona Theatre Company. "The American Tribal Love Rock Musical! Let the Sunshine In… I Got Life…I Believe in Love… Good Morning Starshine…" Dinner package available.

IMPACT New Year’s Eve Charity Gala
Arizona Grand Resort, Phoenix
6 p.m. networking, 7 p.m. dinner
Tickets: $89 per person
A plated dinner, silent auction, comedy show by nationally acclaimed comedian Mark Cordes, keynote address by Ray Madaghiele, live band until 1 a.m. with B Platinum Entertainment, Champagne toast at midnight, party favors and more! Proceeds go to the House of Refuge in Mesa, AZ.

Insight Bowl
Sun Devil Stadium, Downtown Tempe
Tickets: $20 and up.
This college football bowl game starts at 4 p.m.

Jerry Riopelle
Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix
Show at 9 p.m.
$40 - $95 per ticket.

Last Exit New Years Eve Bash w/ Tramps & Thieves, Dead Hot Workshop, Los Guys
Tempe
Doors open at 8 p.m., 21+
$10.

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