NYE 2025: Drop It Like F.Scott

Event Information

Tuesday December 31st

7:00pm-1:00am/ GA Entry at 8:00pm 

This is a 21+ Event

The recently renovated Metropolitan Ballroom

5418 Wayzata Blvd Minneapolis

The intersection of 394 and 100

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Step back in time and experience the most glamorous decade of all: the roaring twenties! Immerse yourself in the sparkling decadence of the jazz age where flappers danced the night away and speakeasies reigned. 

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We'll pay homage to the era of Gatsby Mobsters and Prohibition by raising a (perfectly legal) glass in true Gatsby fashion! The recently-renovated but still classic interior of the Metropolitan Ballroom creates the perfect backdrop for this glittering affair and it will most certainly be a night for the history books.

Live entertainment includes aerialists burlesque performances flappers on stilts ballroom dancers contortionists and more from renowned Dragonsfire Theater. 

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We'll be featuring the vintage vocal stylings of singer Mia Dorr before moving into dance hits of the 20's and 30's. As we get closer to midnight our DJ will be spinning a mix of top 40 electro-swing dance disco old school and house as we ring in the new year.

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Timeline of Music*:

7:30: Live 1920's lounge vocals from Mia Dorr

9:00: 1920's dance and electro-swing

10:45: DJ will transition into a mix of top 40 electro-swing dance disco old school and house as we get closer to midnight.

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Doors for this event will open at 7:00 for VIP guests who are invited to enter through an exclusive VIP entrance with expedited check-in and complimentary coat check. From 7:00-8:30 VIP guests will be greeted with a complimentary glass of bubbly. General Admission guests are invited to start their evening at 8:00.

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Located just 5 minutes outside of downtown Minneapolis the award-winning Metropolitan Ballroom has been newly renovated in the fall of 2019. This stunning reimagining brightened the space adding new flooring beautiful light fixtures and a magnificent custom glass chandelier over the dance floor while still retaining its classic elegance and nods to the past. “My design inspiration for this project was every classic Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance scene” says D’Amico & Partners’ founding partner and venue designer Richard D’Amico. 

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​About the DJ: Eric Arcilla aka Brownie has held DJ residencies and guest DJ’d at a number of popular nightclubs in the Twin Cities for well over a decade including his current residency Friday nights at The Loop Minneapolis. Brownie consistently draws patrons with his open-format style that keeps the dancefloor going. Along with his local resumé he has DJ’d for numerous national events including the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics Monster Energy 4th of July Mission Beach and various Coca-Cola events across the US including the Coca-Cola Beach Spring Break (South Padre Island TX). “You have to keep the whole room entertained. Their energy can be dictated by how well a DJ can read a crowd. It can sometimes be a challenge but when it works that synergy between DJ and dancefloor is what makes me love what I do.”

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About our Vocalist: Mia Dorr is the band leader and front person for Mia Dorr and the Funkin’ Bluesers a locally based funk and blues band. She is the featured vocalist in the live music series “Evolution of the Diva”. Mia has a jazz and blues duo/trio and also does a weekly 90-minute show where she performs a wide range of music from pop to oldies to show tunes. She created a one-woman prohibition-themed show that ran continuously for two and half years at one of Minneapolis’s most popular speakeasies and she does this show regularly around the Twin Cities. She is one of the vocalists in the music group YOLO and has released two CDs of music. 

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About Us: Beckworth Events through its close collaboration with NYEMPLS has earned a reputation for throwing spectacular New Year's Eve parties. In 2016 NYEMPLS's NYE event was featured nationally on NBC’s New Years Rockin’ Eve with Carson Daly. After five solo NYE events at the Metropolitan Beckworth Events is excited to showcase yet another exciting New Year's Eve celebration for you!

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*Timeline is an approximation and will ultimately be guided by the energy of the crowd.

Host or Publisher Courtney Smallbeck