If you’re like us, you’re dreading New Year’s Eve – the night when you are practically forced into trying to have a good time. But experiencing a fun night can be difficult when you are concentrating on getting out of the way of drunken-bro packs or avoiding puke puddles. We wouldn’t blame you if you decided to stay home and cuddle up with a bottle of champers, watching Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve in your jammies and bunny slippers. However, if you really want to hit the town—and if dancing all night in the clubs is your thing—here are a few options that might be a bit more bearable than say, heading to Madison Square Garden for a fist-pump session with Skrillex and Diplo, the idea of which haunts our nightmares.

Resolute and Blkmarket Present New Year’s Eve at Output
Output. 74 Wythe Ave at North 12st St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 10pm; $80–$100. Advance tickets available through outputclub.com.

DJ Koze

With its warehouse feel and strict no-photos policy—not to mention its emphasis on the serious side of deep house and techno—Williamsburg’s Output is loosely based on Berlin clubs like the famed Berghain. So it makes sense that this party has scored one of Germany’s best, DJ Koze, to headline the affair with one of his oft-surreal sets of house, techno and various sonic oddities. And there’s about a billion other DJs spinning in the club’s two rooms as well—but the party stretches into the following Friday, so there’s plenty of time to squeeze ’em all in.

All That Glitters New Year’s Eve: Lee Burridge + Andhim + Matthew Dekay + Bedouin + Mike Khoury
Verboten. 54 North 11^th St between Kent and Wythe Aves, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 8pm; $70–$150. Advance tickets available through verbotennewyork.com.
How cool is it that, after years of suffering through a shortage of good-sized venues that focus on non-mainstream sounds, there now are two such clubs within stumbling distance of each other in North Williamsburg? (If you’re a non-clubber actually living in North Williamsburg, perhaps not so cool, but whatever.) Anyway, right around the corner from Output lies Verboten, a spot that generally draws from the same house-and-techno pool as Output, but presents its DJs in a slightly less Teutonic environment. Tonight’s lineup is four-to-the-floor quality from top to bottom, led by the U.K. club lifer Lee Burridge and his box (or, more likely, his hard drive) loaded with ethereal electronic beauties.

The Cityfox Experience: Studio AV 2015
Location TBA. 10pm; $80–$90. Advance tickets available through residentadvisor.net.
If you must go big, this might be the way to do it. The Zurich-based Cityfox label has been teaming up with the Listed party-tossers to throw festival-sized fiestas here in NYC for a while (get a taste of what their wingdings are like here), and tonight’s party looks to be another mega-extravaganza, with a lineup to match. Leading the way: Âme, a duo which even the most casual clubbers will know from their supergroovy deep-house club hit “Rej” from a few years back. But don’t miss their Innervisions labelmate Mano Le Tough or the world-conquering Apollonia trio—or, for that matter, the rest of the rather stupendous lineup.

The Bunker LTD NYE with Prosumer + Mike Servito + Bryan Kasenic
Trans Pecos. 915 Wyckoff Ave between Hancock and Weirfield Sts, Ridgewood, Queens. 10pm, $30. Advance tickets available through the bunkerny.com.

Prosumer

Way down the “size” scale—but right up there in the “fun” and “hot tunes” scale—we have the Bunker LTD, the intimate little brother of the Bunker bunch’s full-scale soirees at Output. (Admission at the Bunker LTD is limited to about 150 revelers.) Leading the way is Prosumer, a resident at Berlin’s Panorama Bar who makes and plays absolutely fabulous of warm house and techno. In its review of his recent Fabric 79 mix-CD, the Resident Advisor website said that the mix “feels put together with the loving touch of a man used to caressing each individual slab of wax, rather than just clicking through icons on a screen.” Which basically just means he plays records instead of some digital format—but trust us, he plays really good records. Add DJ’s DJ Mike Servito and Bunker founder Bryan Kasenic to the mix, and you’ve got yourself a party. And yes, it’s in Queens—but only steps from the L trains, so stop your bitching.

No Ordinary Monkey with Peaking Lights + Joubert Singers
Good Room. 98 Meserole Ave between Lorimer St and Manhattan Ave, Greenpoint, Brooklyn. $50–$65; advance tickets available through residentadvisor.net.
Good Room opened in late October, and the joint still has that new-club smell, an aroma we’ll never get tired of. It’s also got a very cool lineup in store for its year-ending fling, with the No Ordinary Monkey guys spinning a wide-ranging slate of dance-music leftfieldisms, and the synthy psyche-pop duo Peaking Lights duo doing its rather wondrous thing in a live set. But the party’s capper is another live set, this one from Phyliss McKoy Joubert and her Joubert Singers, famed for the joyous, gospel-tinged classic “Stand On The Word.” Expect much in the way of torso-swaying, hands-waving-in-air happiness.

718 Sessions New Year’s Day Party
Santos Party House. 96 Lafayette St between Walker & White Sts (santospartyhouse.com). 6pm–midnight; $20, between 7pm and midnight $12, first 100 people before 7pm $5.
You know what? Maybe we should all stay in on the big night and save our energy for the annual New Year’s Day edition of veteran DJ Danny Krivit’s long-running tea dance, dedicated to the soulful end of the house-and-classics spectrum. This affair has become something of a year-starting classic—it’s one of the most unpretentious and joyous parties around, harkening back to the NYC clubbing days of yore. Reality can wait till tomorrow.