First Friday, World premiere of ‘Ingredients Hawaii’, Roots by the Sea, Rachel Brice bellydance and the updated Cage the Elephant, Best Coast & El Mariachi Bronx show

Mercury Bar in Chinatown celebrated eight years on Saturday night, with a formal dress-up party and live bands

Freeradicals Projekt from Maui and local bands Yoza and Kings of Spade played a crowded show at The Venue

The red-carpet charity party hosted by NFL Hall of Famer Warren Moon and Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez was held at Pearl Ultralounge this year

Pro Bowl Weekend, Eat the Street’s 1st Anniversary, ARTafterDark, Free Radicals Projekt & Kings of Spade, Downbeat’s 1st anniversary & Mercury Bar’s 8th and a Fairy Tale Fashion Show

Here’s a guide to where the Pro Bowl players will be this weekend, and who’s hosting what

Three of the Island’s top bartenders showed off their amazing mixology skills to help launch Mike Prasad’s new cocktails newsletter, MXLGY

The first Shake and Pop of 2012 packed hotelthirtynine wall-to-wall

Legato, Lotus’ monthly house music night, hosted double headliners Michael Scalar (Miami) and Hawthorne (San Francisco)

The ARTS at Marks Garage unveiled Clear the Smoke, a new anti-smoking art exhibit sponsored by the HI Department of Health

Steve-O from ‘Jackass,’ Dumbfoundead, Eddie Griffin, Single World Art Reception, Chinese New Year, Winter Wonderland 2012 and SOJA with The Green & Anuhea

Catching Shiny Toy Guns’ singer Sisely Treasure at Mercury, Andrew Bird at Hawaii Theatre, b-boys at Fresh Cafe, cyberpunks at The Venue and ravers at Pearl

The first Trilogy urban art and culture event featured b-boy and emcee battles and a lowrider and fixed-gear bike show

Pearl’s new weekly Friday night party kicked off in style with electronica music, lasers and fog

The eccentric indie multi-instrumentalist returned to Honolulu for a show at Hawaii Theatre Thursday night

Andrew Bird, Shabazz Palaces, the New Shanghai Circus, Grand opening of Zero11 at Pearl, Friday the 13th parties, Bollywood Film Festival, Trilogy and Energize Hawaii

The new project organized to showcase local hip-hop threw its big inaugural event Saturday at NextDoor and thirtyninehotel

The grand opening of Japengo’s first weekly party brought out stylish partygoers to the Hyatt Regency’s newly remodeled restaurant

Take a look at our shots from the year’s first First Friday

First Friday, Broadcast with Linus, Larry and His Flask, Elton John, Sk808 Roller Derby, the Grand Opening of Capital at Japengo and 808 Speakerbox’s big show

The new nightclub, formerly Oceans 808, brings a clean aesthetic, modern electro groove and versatile late-night party spot to Restaurant Row

Roller disco, grand opening madness at The Standard and New Year’s Eve at Aloha Tower

Aloha Tower Marketplace hosted a huge block party-style affair to welcome in the new year

The former Oceans 808 nightclub held its packed official grand opening with food and custom cocktails, a fashion show and DJs spinning house and club music

Celebrate New Year’s Eve with these parties and dining events

Roller Disco, Grand Opening of The Standard, Dub & Bass, Bill Maher and the Top 5 New Year’s Eve parties to check out

Christmas Eve brought a crowd of festive party people out to drink and dance at the Honolulu Design Center

OOSpot’s regular promotion started Christmas weekend off with a deal of one cover for several Chinatown clubs

Martini Nights at Hukilau, Chinatown Get Down, Hawaii’s Finest 2nd Anniversary, thirtyninehotel’s Christmas party with DJ Wolfram and the Oh My Godzilla! Film Festival

December’s dance party and food drive for the homeless at thirtyninehotel went off Saturday night