Still wondering how to spend the biggest party night of the year? Pretty much every London venue with a license will be throwing a bash, so there’s no excuse for staying inside with Jools Holland and the last of the mince pies. Whether you opt for the type of debauched evening that leaves you cosseted in a slanket on New Year’s Day or a slightly classier affair, it would be a shame to miss out. Especially as we’ve gone and cherry-picked the best of London’s (frankly, overwhelming) events. Go, if only for the novelty of catching the tube with bedraggled revellers at 3am.

Dinner and bowling may seem a little tame, but the delightfully retro New Year’s Eve @ All Star Lanes is astonishingly good value – pay £30 for a glass of bubbly, two-course meal, game of bowling and a cocktail. If your NYE isn’t complete without dancing until your feet burn, a DJ will be on hand playing Rock’n'Roll, Disco and more.

If there’s one night of the year where a spot of fancy dress doesn’t go amiss, it’s New Year’s Eve. A Masked Ball too sophisticated? Sip a Pink Panther cocktail (free, if you’re in costume) at Jetlag’s Cartoon Fancy Dress night and celebrate “animation in all its glory”. Alternatively, dig out the seamed stockings and party like it’s 1939 at The Blitz Party (pictured) in The Arches. Dodge sandbags and be entertained “by the UK’s finest swing bands” with a gin cocktail in hand.

Feeling Gloomy and Club de Fromage – two well-known club nights in their own right – will be going head to head on New Year’s Eve at the O2 Academy Islington. Experience the last fifty years in Classic Rock and Pop on one floor or listen to gloomy Indie on another. With live air guitar sets, cake and a confetti cannon, this is one club night that’s seriously tongue-in-cheek.

If Grime and Dubstep float your proverbial boat, why would you be anywhere other than the Urban Nerds’ New Year’s Eve party on December 31st? As if the club night couldn’t get any cooler, this year they’re taking over Hearn Street Car Park in Shoreditch, with an after party at The Queen of Hoxton (home to East London’s favourite rooftop terrace).

But if you’re having trouble making up your mind, sod clubbing and watch the firework display at Southbank instead. Every Londoner should do it once.

Flickr photo from BlitzParty’s photostream.