L.A. parties into 2009

Abney Park performs at the Edison.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

Two dapper gentlemen at the Edison.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

Dancers perform during the New Year’s Eve celebration in the third annual Giant Maximus 2009 in downtown Los Angeles.  (Ringo H.W. Chiu / Los Angeles Times)

Andre Reyes, singer and guitarist for the band Gipsy Kings, performs at the Conga Room during the New Year’s celebration at LA Live.  (Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles Times)

The dresses were tight and the hair high-maintenance at Miss Kitty’s Electro Sex Circus.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

It was all smiles at the Edison.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

A fortune teller from Lucent Dossier at the Edison.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

At the Wiltern Theatre, the opening act for DJ AM and Travis Barker featured a dancer with the troupe Cherry Boom Boom.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

A bartender sinks his teeth into the new year at the Edison.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

Travis Barker performs at the New Year’s Eve party at the Wiltern.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

A woman with a hat rings in the New Year on the dance floor at the Conga Room during the New Year’s celebration at LA Live.  (Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles Times)

Two young ladies ring in the new year.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

Party-goers celebrate moments after midnight during the New Year’s Eve celebration in the third annual Giant Maximus in downtown Los Angeles.  (Photo by Ringo H.W. Chiu / Los Angeles Times)

A young lady enthusiastically greets the new year.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

A circus antic dances with party-goers during the New Year’s Eve celebration in the third annual Giant Maximus 2009 in downtown Los Angeles.  (Ringo H.W. Chiu / Los Angeles Times)

A dancer works the floor at Miss Kitty’s.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

The dance floor erupts at Miss Kitty’s.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

The DJ lays down raucous beats at an L.A. warehouse party.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

A lady peacock preens at an L.A. warehouse party.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

The crowd cheers as the clock strikes midnight at the Wiltern Theatre.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

A reveler waits by the Edison’s staircase.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

Two people kiss on the spot they first met at an L.A. warehouse party.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

Friends ponder the new year on the patio at an L.A. warehouse party.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

Circus antics perform during the New Year’s Eve celebration in the third annual Giant Maximus 2009 in downtown Los Angeles.  (Ringo H.W. Chiu / Los Angeles Times)

A dashing dame on the colorful patio at an L.A. warehouse party.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

A finely attired lady enjoys at martini at the Edison.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

A Lucent Dossier acrobat performs at the Edison.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

A fairy on red velvet at the Edison.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

A Lucent Dossier performer gets randy at the Edison.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

Showing some skin at the Edison.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

All smiles at the Edison.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

Sustenance for revelers at the Edison.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

A few furry folks at the Edison.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

A new year’s lick at the Edison.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

The Edison’s owner doesn’t miss out on the festivities.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

A merry crowd at the Edison.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

Hats and horns were necessary props to greet 2009 at the Edison.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

Exotic jewelry was a hot commodity at the Edison.  (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

Revelers dance during Giant Maximus 2009 in downtown Los Angeles.  (Ringo H.W. Chiu / Los Angeles Times)

Moby celebrates moments after midnight at Giant Maximus 2009 in downtown Los Angeles.  (Ringo H.W. Chiu / Los Angeles Times)

More celebrating moments after the midnight during Giant Maximus 2009.  (Photo by Ringo H.W. Chiu / Los Angeles Times)

Revelers with party hats before the Wiltern Theatre performance of DJ AM and Travis Barker.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

A reveler in a conspicuous shirt at the New Years’ Eve party at the Wiltern Theatre.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

DJ AM and Travis Barker perform at the Wiltern’s New Year’s Eve party.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

A couple takes pictures before the show at the Wiltern Theatre.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Fans watch the band Gipsy Kings at the Conga Room at LA Live .  (Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles Times)

Party people dance at the Conga Room during the New Year’s celebration at LA Live.  (Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles Times)