It was as cold as I can remember it ever being in Lake Tahoe for New Year's Eve 2015. My cell phone read 13 degrees when I left at 11:30 and had dropped to barely 10F by the time I got home. Though there were an extra 25,000 people in town for Snow Globe, they were all on the other side of town so it was actually unusually quiet at Stateline this year.
New Year's Eve crowd in front of Harrah's (Photo by +Joe V )
Every New Year's weekend the population of South Lake Tahoe temporarily triples to over 60,000. With both #SnowGlobe2013 and Swat Soundscape and a full slate of parties on the schedule in town that night and an unusually warm 24F low temperature turnout for the traditional Stateline celebration was exceptionally high.
I started the evening at Heavenly Village's 9PM "New York New Year's" celebration, which counts down to the new year in New York by sending a lighted gondola car from the top of the mountain to the last pole by midnight, when they set off a pretty spectacular 10 minute fireworks display
After finishing what locals call "Skim Milk New Year's" I went home and grabbed my buddy Joe, who had never been to a New Year's Eve in Lake Tahoe before and we set off on foot at 11:20 on a mission to get to California by midnight and make a video on the way.
We didn't quite make it to California, but we met a lot of interesting people along the way before they had to clear all the tourists out of the street with a snow plow.
They dropped the glass elevator at Harvey's and shot off fireworks in Stateline to mark the start of 2013
16 degree weather doesn't stop the wild partying cuz we're Ringing in 2013 in Stateline with the Wild tourists climbing the light poles at the California / Nevada State line in Lake Tahoe.
This guy went to SnowGlobe and had an awesome time!
Nov 29 - Dec 02 Barton Festival of Trees and Lights @ Montbleu
December 01 Toad the Wet Sproket @ Harrahs south shore room
Ullr's Night of Sacrifice @ Lakeside Inn
Reggae night w/ DJ Berkmon @ Divided Sky in Truckee
Mojo Green @ Crystal Bay CLub
December 03 3 inches of Blood, Huntress, Hookers, Valdur, Otis @ Whisky Dick's
December 05-09 Wendy Libman / Amir K @ Improv at Harveys
December 06 Winter Wine Walk @ Marriot on north shore
December 07-16 Apres Ski party @ Tamarack Lodge, Heavenly
December 07 Red Not Chilli Peppers @ Crystal Bay Club
Tahoe Bear League holiday fundraiser in Tahoe City
Andy Frasco & The UN, Mark Sexton Band @ Whisky Dick's
Natural heights @ heavenly
Skate Park Benefit feat. Out For War, Bite, Screaming Meg, GOA, Stuck On Stupid @ Classic Cue
Red Not Chilli Peppers @ Heavenly
Micky Avalon feat. Smear Tactics, OsKillah, Say-J, DJ Rodney O @ Cal Neva
Hair band tribute "Metal Shop" OR Bleep-Bloop feat. Zombass @ Crystal Bay Club
Night Ranger @ Harrah's
December 09 Shotgun radio / Autumn Twilights @ Heavenly
December 11 Grouch & Eligh, Mistah FAB, Prof, Logic One, Venomous Ink @ CommRow in Reno
Russ Liquid, Boggan, Benjah Ninjah @ Whisky Dick's
December 12 Thunder from Down Under (adult show) @ Montbleu
Shred For Sushi rail jam @ Sushi Pier in south tahoe
December 12-15 Bob Zany / Suli McCullough @ Improv at Harvey's
December 14-16 Tahoe Nortic Ski festival
December 13 Good Gravy / Lonesome Locomotive @ Whisky Dick's
December 14 The Saddle Tramps @ Crystal Bay Club
December 15 Daniel Tosh @ Montbleu
Christmas with Aaron Neville @ Harrah's
Andy frasco @ Heavenly
Dead Winter Carpenters / Good Gravy @ Crystal Bay Club
December 16 Dragon Smoke – ft. Ivan Neville, Stanton Moore, Eric Lindell and Robert Mercurio w/ Jellybread @ Crystal Bay Club
NVO @ Heavenly
December 19-23 Gary Valentine / Shayla Rivera @ Improv at Harvey's December 21 Moscow Ballet presents "The Nutcracker" @ Harrah's
End of the World party @ Opal lounge at Montbleu
Vinyl w/ The Bumptet @ Crystal Bay Club
December 22 Asleep at the Wheel @ Harrah's
Pumpkin / Chango @ Squaw Creek apres ski kickoff
Marty Party, Bass Science, and IJV @ Lakeside in Tahoe City
Native Melodies (Talking Heads Tribute) OR Bad Looks feat. Creschendo @ Crystal Bay Club
December 23 Achilles Wheel @ Crystal Bay Club
December 24 Blue Haven Blues Band @ Crystal Bay Club
December 25 Hellbound Glory @ Crystal Bay Club
December 26-30 Rondell Sheridan / Ron Morey @ Improv at Harvey's
December 26 American Jubilee @ Crystal Bay Club
December 27 Swamp Zen feat. Derick Brooker of Tracorum @ Crystal Bay Club
December 28 Karl Denson's Tiny Universe / Robert Randolph & The family band @ Harrah's
The Business End / Ninja Slaughterhouse / Death Plant @ Whisky Dick's December 29-31 SNOW GLOBE @ Lake Tahoe Community College Featuring:
Dec 29: Wiz Khalifa, Beats Antique, Big Gigantic, Minnesota, Dam Funk, Clockwork
Dec 30: Deadmau 5, Madeon, Mimosa, Flosstradamus, Chris Lake, Break Science
Dec 31: Chromeo, Laidback Luke, Gramatik, Nobody beats the Drum, Ill gates, Sugar Pill
December 29 Fab Four - The Ultimate Tribute @ Harrah's
Mimosa, Paper Diamond, Ana Sia, Zeb Early @ Montbleu Showroom
Minnesota, Baauer, RL Grime, Benjah Ninjah @ Montbleu Blu nightclub Snowglobe afterparty
Teeter-Totter, Face for Radio, Continental Soldier @ Whisky Dick's
Jackie Greene / The Mother Hips / Huckle @ Crystal Bay Club
December 30-31 Jackie Greene band New Year's
December 30 Flosstradamus, Griz, UZ, @ Montbleu Showroom
Black Rock City All Stars, Coop Da Loop, Irieyes, Philharmonic
@ Montbleu Blu nightclub Snowglobe afterparty December 31 New Year's Eve at Stateline Black and white superball feat. Tipper, Pimps of Joytime, Love and Light, Fort Knox Five,
Vokab Kompany, Smasheltooth tiger, Andrew the Pirate, Jugoe, Who Cares, Bass Cadet, Zeb Early, Michah J, @ Cal Neva resort
