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Bucket Listers is excited to partner with Butch McGuire’s to offer you exclusive ticket pricing:

💰 General Admission: Starting at $80 per person
🗓️ Tuesday, December 31st
⏰ 9:00 PM - 2:00 AM. Last call at 1:00 AM, experience ends at 2:00 AM
📍 Butch McGuire’s: 20 W. Division Street, Chicago
👤 This event is 21+

Your ticket includes:

- Access to the experience 
- Oper bar 9:00 PM - 12:30 AM (includes all beer, wine, and call liquor)
- Passed and/or buffet-style appetizers
- Champagne toast at midnight

About the event:

“A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men.” - Willy 

Just like Willy Wonka, our Butch McGuire was a merry prankster, a dreamer of dreams, and a consummate showman. He may have even licked the wallpaper from time to time, and everyone knows that Leprechauns and Umpalumpas are very closely related.

For only the second time in history this New Year's Eve, Butch McGuire opens up the “chocolate factory” to guests! Colorful Wonka decorations will tickle your eyeballs, and dandy spirits and ale will liven your passage through the mysterious tunnel of time.

Grab your Charlie Buckets and Veruca Salts and get here early for the 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. reception and cocktail hour, the best time to secure the best spot. The “Fizzy Lifting Bar” will be open to ticket holders with draft beer, and call cocktails from 9 pm to 12 am, at which time we ring in 2025 with a sweet champagne toast! Bubbles, bubbles everywhere, and plenty of drops to drink!

All throughout a smattering of treats, and scrumptious hors d'oeuvres will be passed and a light buffet will fill your jelly belly.


Add-ons available: 

- If you are interested in a champagne upgrade, please contact [email protected]
- Shots and premium liquor are available for cash at the bar.


Fine Print:

- Dress code: Casual - Ugly sweaters a bonus
- Shots and premium liquor are not included on the ticket price, but available for purchase (cash only)
- Tiering distinctions offer the same ticket inclusions and are based on current demand. In other words, the sooner you purchase, the more you save!- All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges
- Exclusive and private event. Will NOT be open to the public