Best New Year’s Eve Parties In Dublin

• Location: Capital Dock, Grand Canal Dock, DO2 RK57
• Time: 12pm - 2pm
• Price: €12 for kids
• Why we recommend: this family-friendly daytime party from BrewDog is the perfect way to celebrate with your children aged 2 to 12, thanks to free food for the kids, fun games with prizes and even a DJ 

Situated beside the River Liffey, BrewDog is an incredibly cool bar made up of shipping containers, spread across two sprawling floors with a terrace that overlooks Dublin's Docklands. And this New Year's Eve? They're hosting a Kid's NYE Party from 12pm - 2pm.

Tickets are €12 per child (age 2-12), and the event will feature all sorts of family-friendly fun, including games with prizes, free food for the kids, a DJ and a kids' countdown. As for adults, you can indulge in juicy burgers or cheesy pizza, complete with a pint from their epic selection of craft beers.

Please note that they are not hosting a later New Year's Eve party afterwards and will close at 11.30pm.

The Back Page is much more than a pub. It's a sports bar, pizzeria, arcade, games room and karaoke parlour all rolled into one. 

Get along on New Year's Eve and you can say hello 2026 over rounds of ping pong and pool, belting out your favourite tunes or watching the darts on the big screen. 

In a 19th century Victorian warehouse within the historic George's Street South City Markets Building, The Market Bar brings you old world charm and welcoming ambience this New Year's Eve. To see in 2026, it's serving up tapas right through through the night. 

Just €45 per person gets you into the party and bags your Spanish small plates and welcome glass of fizz. To help you dance off your dinner, DJs will be behind the decks into the early hours.

• Location: 18 Suffolk St, Dublin 2, D02 NP97
• Time: 6pm onwards
• Price: TBC
• Why we recommend: if you're looking for an intimate New Year's Eve dinner in slick, speakeasy surrounds, The Blind Pig has got you well and truly covered

A real gem in Dublin's city centre, The Blind Pig is a super swish speakeasy, perfect for an evening of celebratory feasting and a 1920s soiree. With their menus stashed away in old book sets and bartenders dressed to the nines, it's bound to deliver a Prohibition-themed night.

They're hosting a special dinner on New Year's Eve from 6pm onwards, so gather your friends, secure your spot and look forward to an evening of celebrating. 

• Location: 57 Harcourt Street, The Old Harcourt Railway Station, D02 VE22
• Time: 7pm - 3am
• Price: from €15
• Why we recommend: there's nothing more enchanting on New Year's Eve than a masquerade party, and The Odeon's annual shindig comes complete with live DJs, food platters and cocktails all the way until 3am

A stylish cocktail bar and restaurant in the Portobello area, The Odeon is a beautiful grade A-listed building that offers cracking concoctions and mouthwatering menu full of crispy chicken wings, charred corn ribs, beef burgers and more. 

This New Year's Eve, they're hosting a masquerade party complete with a live DJ and a fantastic countdown show at midnight. Tickets are from €15 per person, including a glass of prosecco and a mask on arrival.

• Location: 21-22 Wellington Quay, Temple Bar, D02 YK79
• Time: 7pm 'til late
• Price: from €35
• Why we recommend: this five-floor party is not to be missed; get ready for genre-spanning live music and DJs, a rooftop garden, 2 packed dancefloors and a midnight balloon drop

Located in the Temple Bar area, Fitzsimons Bar is hosting a fantastic celebration complete with live music, DJs and non-stop dancing. The five-storey venue boasts a vibrant atmosphere and even a rooftop terrace, with four lively bars and two dancefloors to choose from.

They'll be playing the very best of rock, pop and chart music, before a mesmerising balloon drop at midnight. Tickets start from €35 per person, with a free glass of prosecco if you arrive before 9pm.