Assembly Rooms Hootenanny!
Thu 31 Dec
|The Chandelier Suite, The Assembly Rooms
Newcastle's oldest ballroom throws its biggest night of the year. Live music, a supper served as you mingle, fizz at midnight and dancing until 2am, hosted by Alfie Joey across the whole first floor of The Assembly Rooms.


Time & Location
31 Dec 2026, 18:00 – 01 Jan 2027, 02:00
The Chandelier Suite, The Assembly Rooms, Fenkle St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 5XU, UK
About the event
The Assembly Rooms has been where Newcastle celebrates since 1776. This New Year's Eve, all four first floor rooms open for one night of live music, supper and dancing, hosted by Alfie Joey.
This is not a sit-down-all-night dinner and it is not a club night. It is a hootenanny: a proper party in a Georgian ballroom, with a stage at one end, a dancefloor in front of it, tables to come back to, and three more rooms to wander between when you want a change of pace.
How the night runs
Doors open at 7.30pm. Supper is served between 8.30pm and 9.30pm, brought round as you talk rather than plated in courses, so nobody is stuck at a table while the music is on. The main stage and the dancefloor are in the Chandelier Suite, under the original chandeliers. Wedgewood has its own tables and a big screen carrying…
Tickets
From £65.00 to £130.00
