Add a New Year’s Eve Gala to the list of firsts at the Everett Events Center.
The Snohomish Art Guild is hosting a New Year’s bash at the ballroom that includes music and dancing, food and drink, party hats and noisemakers and entertainment.
Festivities kick off at 8 p.m. on Dec. 31 when the doors open, and music and dancing starts at 9. Tickets are $35 and proceeds will benefit the Snohomish Artist Guild scholarship, said Cliff Verhoeff, a member of the organization.
The entertainment will be headed by Soul Flight, an R&B dance band from Tacoma that performed at the Everett Pop &Arts Street Festival in September. The band plays a mix of music from the 1970s forward, with covers of hits by artists such as Aretha Franklin and Earth Wind and Fire, Verhoeff said.
Also in the lineup is the Emerald Rain dancers, who will give a demonstration of belly dancing and sword dancing.
The $35 admission includes a champagne toast at midnight, party favors and snacks. There will be a full, no-host bar and appetizer-type food available for purchase. The party continues until 1:30 a.m.
A number of businesses have contributed door prizes to the event, including the Everett Aqua Sox, the Everett Silvertips, Starbucks and Studio Donna, Verhoeff said, and some area hotels are offering room and gala packages.
For tickets and more information call Alicia Sharpe at 425-303-1848.
At the Needle: New Year’s at the Needle at Seattle Center is a tradition in Seattle. Each year, the Space Needle is transformed into the setting for a giant New Year’s Eve party with dinner and dancing.
Fireworks light up the sky at midnight as thousands gather on the Seattle Center grounds to celebrate.
The restaurant dinner party is $225 per person; tickets to the Observation Deck party are $95; www.spaceneedle.com, 206-905-2100, 800-937-9582.
Dinner deluxe: Teatro ZinZanni bids goodbye to 2004 with a special New Year’s Eve performance at its vintage cabaret tent at 2301 Sixth Ave. in downtown Seattle.
The evening includes a three-hour performance of live music, comedy and circus and aerial spectacles. A five-course dinner is included.
The party begins at 7:30 p.m. Following the show and the dinner, there will be dancing in the tent to ZinZanni’s live band, the Orchestra DeVille; a champagne toast at midnight, and a gift bag.
The cast for the party includes comic Kevin Kent, blues singer Francine Reed, identical twin trapeze artists the Steben Sisters, and Russian acrobats Vasily and Andrey.
Tickets are $200, available at 206-802-0015, www.zinzanni.org.
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