All too often on New Year's Eve, we find ourselves in the basement of a friend of a friend's house, drinking $7 bottles of champagne and thinking "Why is this holiday so disappointing?"

Not this year. Baltimore has too much to offer. We've rounded up a variety of New Year's Eve events so you don't have to spend another year falling asleep on the couch. These 12 celebrations range from elegant and chic to local and fun to crazy and wild. This is the New Year's Eve we all deserve.