New Year’s Eve with the Cafe Wha? House Band at Cafe Wha? – New York, NY

UPDATE: we now have a limited selection of SPECIFIC TABLE SEATING available for purchase! Please read below for full details…

We are entering Cafe Wha?’s 67th year in 2026 and we’re here to PARTY!!!! We’re back back back and better than ever with the BEST DAMN BAND IN NEW YORK CITY – THE CAFE WHA? HOUSE BAND!

NEW YEAR’S EVE IS STRICTLY 21+

P LEASE NOTE: our New Year’s Eve tickets and policies have changed. Please READ THE BELOW CAREFULLY PRIOR TO PURCHASING A TICKET

NEW YEAR’S EVE at CAFE WHA?

doors at 8:00 pm, show 9:30 pm – 12:15 am

BOTTLE SERVICE REQUIRED – SEATING FIRST COME FIRST SERVED

Our New Year’s Eve party is the hottest in town, and we are happy to now offer LIMITED SPECIFIC TABLE SEATING. All other seating is first come, first served.

Please note that our New Year’s Eve show has a BOTTLE SERVICE REQUIREMENT. All parties of 2 must meet a minimum purchase of one bottle of champagne, or parties of 4 may purchase a bottle of hard alcohol (or 2 bottles of champange) to meet the bottle minimum. If you have a party of larger than 4, an additional bottle minimum (champagne for up to 2 additional or hard liquor for up to 4 additional) must be met. Please see our attached bottle menu for options

PREMIER TABLE SEATING: this year, we have a very limited number of specific PREMIER TABLE SEATING. Please review the full list of Ticket Options and our attached SEATING CHART to see which tables are available. The bottle service minimum applies to the total number of SEATS in each table grouping, regardless of total guest count attenting.

Your entire party must also be present no later than 9:30 pm , or Cafe Wha? reserves the right to offer your table up for standby customers.

POST NEW YEARS SET – 12:30 – 2:00 AM

Our 9:00 pm show will end at 12:15 am. If you’d like to stay with us and party wee into the early hours of 2024, please purchase a POST NEW YEARS SET ticket. Or if you just want to come by after the ball has dropped, purchase one of these tickets to rock in the first couple of hours of 2024. There is a 2 item minimum/person for the POST NEW YEARS SET.

PLEASE NOTE : regardless of your ticket purchase, EVERYONE IN YOUR PARTY MUST ARRIVE NO LATER THAN 8:45 PM TO BE GUARANTEED ADMISSION/SEATING. This is sure to be our busiest New Year’s ever, and we will begin allowing standby guests into Cafe Wha? at 9:00 pm.

HAVE A GROUP OF MORE THAN 8? Contact our groups department at contact@cafewha.com for more information.

Questions? We’re happy to help – email us at contact@cafewha.com or give us a call at 212-254-3706

ALL SALES FINAL