Dec. 31: Hottest New Year’s Eve Parties in Town!

There are no less than a dozen major New Year’s Eve parties on tap in the Paducah area! Have a look, rest up and get ready to welcome 2010 in style!

Paducah Wastelanders: Luna Ilena New Year’s Eve Party
528 North 6th St.
6-9 p.m. p.m.
Enjoy “Luna Ilena,” an exhibit of new work by the Paducah Wastelanders, complete with food, drinkys and live music, across from the old Stranded Cow. It’s the group’s third annual New Year’s Eve exhibition and party. Come share the rising of the full blue moon. See the list of artists and directions! Free. 442.1985.

New Year’s Eve Dance Party
Freddie’s Dance Studio
3004 Clark St.
8 p.m.-1 a.m.
Put on your dancing shoes! $15 per person. 443.1117.

Shout! New Year’s Eve with Otis Day and The Bus Boys!
Harrah’s Metropolis Casino and Hotel
100 East Front St.
8 p.m.
Metropolis, Ill.
Ring in the New Year with Harrah’s and iList Paducah! Enjoy our pre-party bash with our DJ spinning tunes, along with great drink specials and appetizers. Then, in the Riverfront Event Center, it’s Otis Day and The Bus Boys! They’ll perform Shout! and many more Animal House favorites! Plus, Bear on the Air and Nick Black! $20, with limited $500 VIP tables of eight, including two bottles of Cristal champagne. More details here! Or purchase tix now, 888.512.7469.

New Year’s Eve with Wishbone and Midnight Louise
Doe’s Eat Place
136 Broadway
8 p.m.
For your entertainment, Doe’s will host a New Year’s Eve party featuring two bands Wishbone from Tupelo, Miss., and local band Midnight Louise. Make your reservations today, 270.443.9006.

Kentucky Opry New Year’s Eve Show
Kentucky Opry
Draffenville, Ky.
8 p.m.
Enjoy the Kentucky Opry Country Music Variety Show featuring Slick Tire & White Side Walls, plus special guest: Blend. Party favors, food and lots of fun! Adults: $30; seniors: $29; students: $17, children: $14.50. Call 270.527.3869 or send an email.

The David Ivey Band New Year’s Eve Celebration!
Pure Country
4101 Clarks River Rd.
9 p.m.
Enjoy an electrifying performance tonight!

New Year’s Eve: Solid Rockit’ Boosters
Mother Duncan’s
225 Broadway
9 p.m.
Flyin’ Brian Berryman and LowerTown Nathan Brown will be pickin’ fancy at Mother Duncan’s tonight! Read more about Solid Rock’it Boosters here!

New Year’s Eve Bash: Jennifer Fox & the Pillow Fighters
Fat Moe’s
902 Broadway
9 p.m.
Spend your NYE at the best party in town! Jennifer Fox & The Pillow Fighters will be rockin’ the house to bring in the new year. This is one party you don’t want to miss! Get here early! $5 cover at the door.

Charity League Snowball: A Timeless Tradition
Country Club of Paducah
6500 Turnberry Dr.
9 p.m.
Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2009 with the ladies of the Charity League! For the third year in a row, the Charity League will host Paducah’s finest New Year’s Eve party while benefiting Easter Seals West Kentucky! This year, Snowball will be held at the Country Club of Paducah and back by popular demand, The Respectables! Come ring in the New Year for a great cause! Tickets are $40 each. Purchase through any league member or call Jordan Brown, 270.210.1705, or Mary Beth Orr, 270.210.1883.

Tabatha and Southern FRY’d
The Pickle
2118 Bridge St.
9:30 pm
See beautiful Tabatha and her Southern FRY’d band at Paducah’s newest nightspot, The Pickle, located in the old DV8 building. $5 cover, drink specials and five big screens!

Russell’s First New Years With DJ Urban Kobbb and Tony Foo Yong
Russell’s Bar and Grill/Sulli’s Steakhouse
900 North 32nd St.
10 p.m.
Come kiss 2009 goodbye! Bring in 2010 in class at Russell’s Bar & Grill in an intimate setting with your closest friends. DJs Urban Kobbb & Tony Foo Yong will provide the tunes from beginning to end. Admission is free with canned food/cash donation to benefit Paducah Cooperative Ministry. If you wish to be even more generous, these items are in great need: cereal, spaghetti and spaghetti sauce, soup, instant potatoes, pork ‘n beans and other “meal-in-a-can” items. Also needed: gallon zip-lock bags, pillows, bath towels and wash cloths, diapers in the larger sizes (5 & 6), portable bassinets and playpens, strollers, umbrellas, alarm clocks. As always, if you’re driving, don’t drink, and if you’re drinking, don’t drive. Please be responsible to yourself and others this NYE.

New Year’s Eve with Classic Waxx
The Star
3100 Broadway
10 p.m.
Come rock in the new year with Classic Waxx at The Star!

New Year’s Eve Blow-Out with HayStak
Froggy’s
501 Louisiana St.
10 p.m.
Ring in the new year with Froggy’s new management and HayStak!