Party guide: Ringing in 2013

Sunday, January 1, 1905

AMERICAN LEGION POST 95 -- 3329 Ringgold Road. New Year's Eve party with karaoke downstairs and live music upstairs in the meeting hall with The Big Band in the hall. $10 cover charge includes hors d'oeuvres, champagne, party favors and access to music starting at 8 p.m. 624-9105.

BART'S LAKESHORE -- 5600 Lake Resort Terrace. New Year's Eve party, $45 single, $75 per couple, includes dinner from 7 to 10 p.m. off select menu, reserved seating, select table, champagne toast, party favors and music by Whiskey Run. Tickets to party only are $10. 870-0777.

BUD'S SPORTS BAR -- 5751 Brainerd Road. $10 ticket includes party favors at the door, music by Bud Lightning starting at 10 p.m., and a champagne toast at midnight. Reserved seating 499-9878.

CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO IMPERIAL BALLROOM -- 1400 Market St. Join New Year's Rockin' Eve featuring music by The Beaters, featuring hits from the '60s to the '80s. Cash bar and snacks available. Door prizes awarded during band breaks. Open seating. Doors open at 8 a.m. $40. Packages available for $260-$360 and include overnight accommodations at the Choo Choo, a warm-up party, prime rib dinner, two tickets to the show and New Year's Day brunch. 266-5000.

THE CHATTANOOGAN -- 1201 S. Broad St. Couples dinner served at Broad Street Grille from 5 to 10 p.m. for $125 per couple; cost includes three-course meal, champagne toast, party favors and an after-dinner party at The Foundry featuring Priscilla & Lil Ricky at 8:30 p.m. Tickets to party only are $15 and include party favors and champagne toast. Music starts at 8:30 p.m. 756-3400.

THE COMEDY CATCH -- 3224 Brainerd Road. Two shows by Josh Phillips and Koe Kilgallon. Early bird at 7 p.m. ($18) and midnight party show at 9:30 p.m. ($34); late show includes hats, horns, a split of champagne and post-show dancing with DJ Gene Lovin. 622-2233.

DELTA QUEEN -- 100 River St. Overnight accommodation/party packages starting at $260. Packages include dancing with a DJ in the Orleans Room, party favors, access to a holiday buffet, overnight accommodations and a festive brunch on New Year's Day. Tickets for dinner and dance party, 8 p.m.-1 a.m., available for $140. Access to Texas Lounge dance party alone is $20. 468-4500, www.deltaqueenhotel.com.

DOUBLETREE BY HILTON -- 407 Chestnut St. Hilton and KZ106 host a party with The Stratoblasters in the Doubletree ballroom starting at 8 p.m. Tickets to the party alone are $30.90. Room packages available for $199 or $249, plus hotel tax and credit card processing fees, and include two event tickets, party favors, breakfast buffet and parking. 756-5150.

THE HONEST PINT -- 35 Patten Parkway. Celebrate with the punkgrass band Strung Like a Horse, belly dancer Lacy Jo, rockers Shark Week and electro pop artist Machines Are People Too. Dance on the cleared out first floor and enjoy adult beverages in a champagne room or at one of two bars (one upstairs and one downstairs). Doors open at 10 p.m. $20. 468-4192.

HUNTER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART -- 10 Bluff View Ave. The Hunter's New Year's Eve Party on the Bluff available to members for $65 or $75 in advance/$85 at the door for nonmembers. Admission includes dinner and an open bar. 267-0968.

IMAGES -- 6005 Brainerd Road. Tickets $5 for VIPs, $10 for non-VIPS, and includes party favors, complimentary champagne toast, balloon drop and free breakfast buffet after 1:30 a.m. Doors open at 8 p.m. 855-8210.

JJ'S BOHEMIA -- 231 M.L. King Blvd. Ring in the new year with the music of How I Became the Bomb and Summer Dregs starting at 10 p.m. $10. 266-1400.

MEO MIO'S -- 4119 Cummings Highway. Send off 2012 and welcome 2013 with music by Cole Stizlar, Dakota Williams, Robert Lee and Rick Rushing & The Blues Starangers. Guests to the free party will enjoy a champagne toast and party favors. Balloon drop at midnight. 8 p.m. 521-7160.

MOCHA RESTAURANT AND MUSIC LOUNGE -- 3116 Brainerd Road. Party with A Night Affair Band from South Carolina. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets $25 per person, including admission, music, hat and horn. Couples package available for $170, including two tickets, dinner for two, a bottle of house wine, hotel room for two and shuttle service to and from hotel. 531-4154.

THE PALMS LOUNGE / THE COCONUT ROOM -- 6925 Shallowford Road. Packages $65 per person/$125 per couple include ginger-poached salmon or slow-roasted prime rib and a bottle of brut champagne at dinner. Post-dinner entertainment provided by a DJ and a champagne toast at midnight. Dinner is served at 8 p.m., which reserves the table for the rest of the night. Early seating available at $60 per person from 6. Music starts at 9 p.m. $25 to party without dinner. 499-5055. www.palmsathamilton.com.

PIER 2 -- 201 Riverfront Parkway. New Year's Eve on the River package includes pre-departure hors d'oeuvres from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Dinner will be served after departure at 9 and will include prime rib and chicken Wisconsin. The boat will dock at 11:45 p.m. with TVs on the third deck showing the ball drop. There will be a champagne toast at midnight, and a DJ will provide music for dancing on both decks until 1 a.m. $85 package (per person) also includes two keepsake flutes and party favors. 266-4488.

PUBLIC HOUSE -- 1110 Market St. #101. Ring in 2013 with music by This Is Art, Cutlass Cult and FreshBreadDailey. $10 ticket includes complimentary midnight champagne toast and full buffet after midnight. Photobooth manned by Jason Dunn. 802-5270.

RAW SUSHI BAR -- 409 Market St. Pistol Town playing downstairs and DJ Reggie Reg upstairs. $10 ticket includes champagne toast, party favors and a chance to win a flat-screen TV and other gifts. Doors opens at 8 p.m. Drink specials 10-11 p.m. 756-1919.

RHYTHM & BREWS -- 221 Market St. Party with local super group That '90s Show, featuring covers of grunge rock, pop and R&B standards. The Power Players Show Band opens at 9:30 p.m. $20. 267-4644.

SOUTHERN COMFORT -- 511 Broad St. $15 tickets ($25 per couple) includes party favors, champagne toast, breakfast buffet at 1 a.m. Music provided by a DJ. Seating reservations are first come, first served. 385-5921.

SUGAR'S RIBS -- 507 Broad St. Rock in the new year with classic covers during a free concert by The Pool. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. 508-8956.

TRACK 29 -- 1400 Market St. Ring in the New Year with Nashville-based, linen-wrapped funk artists Here Come the Mummies as part of the band's If The Clown Shoe Fits U.S. Tour. Show starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $30 in advance or $35 at the door. 521-2929.

VFW 2598 -- 3370 N. Ocoee St., Cleveland, Tenn. Package priced at $15 includes champagne, party favors, buffet and music by Crosstown Traffic. Doors open at 7 p.m. with music 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Reserved seating for parties of eight or more. 423-476-8442.

ZIGGY'S -- 607 Cherokee Blvd. GMA New Years Eve-ill Party featuring Red State, Puke and Thrown, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., $7. 265-8711.