Free NYE Party round-up:

Bad Girls NYE party at The Sunflower Lounge
A spectacular arts disco mash up is going down at The Sunflower Lounge to say goodbye to 2017, as agit-prop collective Bad Girls and The Planet Art Project crash to create two floors of cultural ingenuity. Upstairs Bad Girls will turn the glamour and glitter up to seismic levels as they recreate New York’s legendary Studio 54 nightclub, whilst downstairs The Planet Art Project are planning a jungle paradise featuring some of the city’s finest underground artists.
Sun 31 Dec 9pm at The Sunflower Lounge, 76 Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham B5 4EG Free (£7 downstairs) www.facebook.com

Old Skool Tracksuit Party at The Dark Horse
Freestyle and Heducation present a proper old skool NYE party with the legendary Sam Redmore & DJ MYLZ on the decks from 10pm ’til 4am, best dressed tracksuit prize of a £25 bar tab, countdowns, drinks offers etc. All for free.
Sun 31 Dec, Dark Horse Moseley, 9pm at The Dark Horse, 145 Alcester Rd, Birmingham B13 8JP. Free

Funeral Nation NYE party at Cogs
If a bit of goth bleakery is how you would prefer to be dragged screaming into January then Funeral Nation at steampunk empire Cogs will suitably darken your senses. Two floors of edgy sounds with the ground floor creaking to industrial sounds cooked up by DJs Trilobyte and Tommi K, whilst upstairs Tanzmission will be laying down hard electro beats from ChimeraX and Exile. That’s two parties in one and best of all it’s free.
Sun 31 Dec 9pm at Cogs, 61 Newhall St, Birmingham B3 3RB Free www.facebook.com

Street Food & Speakeasy NYE at The Drunken Tiger Harborne
A funky family daytime affair with outdoor feasting, turning into a sassy late night fizz and cocktail speakeasy NYE party in Harborne’s newest venue, see details here.

Other free wknd events:

Lycio at The Dark Horse
An evening in the company of one Birmingham’s finest purveyors of dreamy pop rhythms and soulful melodies. They may only be a three piece but there’s an enough musical noodling on stage to suggest there are many more. No mean feat when every beat and note is built live from scratch, complemented perfectly by Genny Mendez’s powerful vocals, Lycio are a joy live.
Fri 29 Dec 9pm at The Dark Horse, 145 Alcester Rd, Birmingham B13 8JP www.darkhorsemoseley.co.uk

RAW Bassline Safari at Suki10c
Leave Christmas behind and get ready for the New Year with another RAW all-nighter down in Digbeth. The vicious beats will be flowing till 5am from an incredible roster of talent including DJ Wisk, Dirtbox and Stamina Sound. Free before 11pm only but ticket required.
Fri 29 Dec 10pm at Suki10c, 21 Bordesley St, Birmingham B5 5LY www.skiddle.com

Curious Hifi at The 1000 Trades
Debut night at The 1000 Trades for the immense Curious Hifi sound system who will be bringing several hours of funky sounds and even a live sax player over some choice grooves.
Sat 30 Dec 6pm at 1000 Trades, 16 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HE www.facebook.com