New Year’s Eve 2017: the 10 best parties in Hong Kong – free-flow bars to fancy dress to late-night dim sum

See in the new year in style with a musical choice of house, disco, Balearic, hip hop, live bands and even karaoke. Early-bird discounts, meal options, free-flow deals, dress codes, we have all the information you need to party all night

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They don’t see in the new year in Hong Kong like this any more, do they? Hong Kong Governor Sir Murray MacLehose (right) becomes the focus of a dancing ring at Jardine Matheson’s New Year's Eve ball in 1977. Photo: SCMP

Published: 12:17pm, 23 Dec 2017Updated: 12:17pm, 23 Dec 2017

It’s time to get those WhatsApp messages going. Corral your friends for New Year’s Eve or you’ll spend the final night of 2017 trudging drearily around Lan Kwai Fong’s one-way system wishing you were tucked up in bed.

These New Year’s Eve parties will see you through to 2018 in style.

Catch DJ Airbear at Potato Head’s New Year’s Eve 2017 party.

1. New Year’s Eve at Potato Head

There are two parties in one night at Potato Head this year. Potato Head Bar is holding a tropical blowout with a three-hour open bar, set to disco and house beats from resident DJs.

If you’re more of an audiophile, the venue’s Music Room promises a disco countdown with Korean DJs Jesse You & Airbear, aka Downtown. Still going come sunrise? Hit up a January 1 brunch with the Balearic All Dayer (HK$398+HK$195 for free flow), featuring Indonesian dishes, champagne and tropical cocktails, set to Balearic beats.

Dec 31, 9pm-late, Potato Head Hong Kong, 100 Third St, Sai Ying Pun.