Through The Looking Glass: A New Year's Eve Masquerade

This New Year’s Eve, you’re invited to tumble into the extraordinary.

Step Down the Rabbit Hole and discover a world where nothing is quite as it seems—where time bends, champagne flows, and every room is more curious than the last. Inspired by the whimsy and wonder of Alice in Wonderland, this immersive celebration blends surreal performance, unexpected delights, and decadent revelry.

Wednesday, December 31st, 2025 | 7:00pm-1:00am / GA Entry at 8:00pm | 21+ Event

More info on our website: www.nyetwincities.com​​

Expect the Unexpected:
Wander through enchanted spaces, sip elixirs from the Queen’s Garden Bar, and encounter aerialists, illusionists, and costumed curiosities who blur the line between fantasy and reality.

Time Stands Still at Midnight:
As the clock strikes twelve, raise a glass beneath a cascade of lights and confetti, surrounded by a crowd of elegant partygoers. Lose yourself in the music, the magic, and the madness of a world turned upside down.
Live entertainment includes aerialists, burlesque performances, contortionists and more from renowned Dragonsfire Theater.

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

​Timeline of Music*:

7:30: Live lounge vocals from Mia Dorr

8:45: DJ will take over and transition into a mix of top 40, dance, disco, old school, and house as we get closer to midnight.

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.

​​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.

​​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.”

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.

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!

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

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