New Year’s Eve is one of the most musically diverse evenings around the world. Between that and the holiday season, our heads were spinning at the prospects of what music consume.
Cities from coast-to-coast and beyond played host to an abundance of holiday and New Year’s Eve music events. No matter where you found yourself for that midnight kiss, chances were that you were in the presence of some quality tunes.
Large areas like Southern California, New York City, and Denver made the choice of shenanigans over the holidays difficult, though it was not a bad dilemma to face.
Regardless of where you spent the holidays, you can relive the copious amount of epic performances from all over.
We scoured through thousands of photos and picked some of our favorites from what was a monumental night for the music scene. While we didn’t realize it at the time, SoCal and Denver really threw down hard. Maybe it was just the high quantity of awesome events or the fact that they had sick photographers. Either way, these are the shots that paint a vivid picture of New Year’s Eve.
Take a look at these 30 incredible photos from recent New Year’s Eve events.
Big Gigantic – Decadence – Denver, Colorado
Photo via Decadence – Live Edit Labs
Martin Garrix – Pier 36 – New York City, New York
Photo via RPM Presents
Odesza – Lights All Night – Dallas, Texas
Photo via Lights All Night
Skrillex – Lights All Night – Dallas, Texas
Photo via Lights All Night
Flume – Snowglobe Music Festival – South Lake Tahoe, California
Photo via Snowglobe – Break Point Photography
Sunburn Festival – Vagator, Goa, India
Photo via Sunburn Festival
Big Grizmatik – Decadence – Denver, Colorado
Photo via Decadence – Live Edit Labs
White Wonderland – Anaheim, California
Photo via Insomniac Events – White Wonderland
String Cheese Incident – Denver, Colorado
Photo via String Cheese Incident – Dylan Langille – On The DL Photo
Above & Beyond – Melbourne, Australia
Photo via Above & Beyond – Ben Vella – Shoot Everything
Above & Beyond – Melbourne, Australia
Photo via Above & Beyond – MY Sydney Media
Above & Beyond – Melbourne, Australia
Photo via Above & Beyond – MY Sydney Media
Armin Van Buuren – Decadence – Denver, Colorado
Photo via Steve Stoytchev
Blasterjaxx – Avalon Hollywood – Hollywood, California
Photo via Sean Moore Photography
Boombox – The Ogden Theatre – Denver, Colorado
Photo via Boombox – David Novin Photography
Bassnectar – Decadence – Denver, Colorado
Photo via Bassnectar – Live Edit Labs
Holy Ship! – Miami, The Bahamas
Photo via Holy Ship! – Rukes
LED OMFG NYE – San Diego, California
Photo via Ookay
Life In Color Festival – Miami, Florida
Photo via Life In Color Miami
LED OMFG NYE – Los Angeles, California
Photo via My Life Every Day
POP NYE – Oakland, California
Photo via PTiU Photography
Pretty Lights – Sea of Dreams – San Francisco, California
Photo via Sea of Dreams – SF Station
Resolution – Seattle, Washington
Photo via Resolution – Keaton Foley Photography
Resolution – Seattle, Washington
Photo via Resolution – Keaton Foley Photography
Resolution – Seattle, Washington
Photo via Resolution – AJ Apuya Photography
Snowglobe Music Festival – Lake Tahoe, California
Photo via Snowglobe Music Festival – Jorgenson Photography
Snowglobe Music Festival – Lake Tahoe, California
Photo via Snowglobe Music Festival – Break Point Photography
String Cheese Incident – Denver, Colorado
Photo via String Cheese Incident – TobinVoggesser Photography
POP NYE – Oakland, California
Photo via Erik Madsen Photography
OMFG NYE – San Diego, California
Photo via OMFG NYE – Rukes