Austinist presents New Year's Eve @ The Mohawk!
Austinist presents a very special New Year’s Eve party tonight at The Mohawk.
Austinist Show Preview: New Year's Eve w/ Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears
There's never any shortage of options for fun stuff to do on New Year's Eve, but your realm of possibilities just opened up a little wider. Austin's own up-and-coming fun and bluesy Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears will be ringing in 2009 with some soul at Stubb's inside Wednesday night. You can come enjoy the buffet and a champagne toast, and if you get there early enough, you can even catch San Antonio rock and roll outfit Hacienda.
Start Planning Your NYE Now
We've posted some preliminary listings for New Year's Eve parties in downtown Austin over on our Weekly IST List. Check 'em out to get an idea of what's going on — we're also hosting a casual party over at the Mohawk, which we'll tell you more about tomorrow. [The Weekly IST List] [Weekly IST List Mobile Version]
Austin Police Reinstating 'No Refusal' Policy on NYE
Austin Police Department is bringing back its "no refusal" policy on New Year's Eve, which requires that all DWI suspects who refuse a breathalyzer test be taken to Travis County Jail to have their blood drawn.
Snapshots: NYE @ Mohawk
New Year's Eve at Mohawk, photographed by Nash Cook: Brazos, Pink Nasty, White Denim and Black Joe Lewis.
Austinist's New Year's Eve Picks
Come 12:01am on Monday morning, downtown Austin will be a madhouse of drunken revelers and even drunker artsy types. You could opt to shell out plenty of dough to get into the swanky parties, but why bother? You probably won't remember it the next day. Below are our top choices for fun things to do this New Year's Eve, all with reasonably-priced cover charges and, more importantly, within stumbling distance of one another. Get there...
Low Brow High Fashion: Project Pin-Way
If you're like us people we know, you sat glued to your TV last night for the season premiere of Bravo's Project Runway. And while this year's cast can't hold a candle to last year's hotties, you've doubtless already started picking favorites among the Season 3 designers.
The New Year's Eve IST List!
[festival/music/art] First Night at Congress Avenue (All Ages, 2pm, Free/$10) [info] [tickets] [music] Nic Armstrong and the Thieves, Moonlight Towers and DJ Polecat at Club de Ville (21+, $5, Call 512-457-0900) [fabulous] Studio 54 Par-tay! at Rain (21+, Call 512-494-1150) [info] [music] White Ghost Shivers and The Small Stars at Blue Genie Art Industries (21+, 9pm, $37) [info] [tickets] [music] Flametrick Subs with Satan's Cheerleaders, Slick 57 and Basin Street at Emo's (All Ages,...

