By Lauren Jahoda & Arran Fagan
What are you doing for New Years? — The weighted, yet over-hyped probing that rolls in around this time year after year. And by the time the major holidays have come and gone, the question becomes more and more pressing. For those of us with easy access to a city like New York, our New Years options are usually outrageously pricey and disappointing. This year, we really asked ourselves what we would like to be doing come midnight, and the answer is simple … the same thing we enjoy every night of the year — music. We did our very best to compile a national list of Heartstrings-approved New Years Eve concerts. Some are expensive and others are not, but we can assure you that all will be well worth it. With New Years less than a week away, act quick (some have already sold out)!
California
The Decemberists/Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – The Masonic – San Francisco
Houndmouth/Saint Motel/ZZ Ward – Pine Ave – Long Beach
Joe Rogan/honeyhoney/Duncan Trussell/Ari Shaffir/Joey Diaz – The Wiltern – Los Angeles
Colorado
Yonder Mountain String Band – Boulder Theater – Boulder
Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Cervantes Masterpiece – Denver
Paper Bird/The Congress – The Oriental Theater – Denver
DeVotchka/The Yawkers – Bluebird Theater – Denver
Connecticut
Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds – The Warehouse at FTC – Fairfield
District of Columbia
St. Paul & The Broken Bones – 9:30 Club – Washington DC (SOLD OUT)
Georgia
Gregg Allman – Atlantic Symphony Hall – Atlanta
Widespread Panic – Fox Theatre – Atlanta
Illinois
Brandi Carlisle/Brynn Elliott – Thalia Hall – Chicago
Railroad Earth/Cornmeal – Vic Theatre – Chicago
Possessed by Paul James/Bobby Bare Jr./Shawn James/Zander Schloss – Reggie’s Music Joint – Chicago
Robbie Fulks – Fitzgerald’s – Berwyn
Massachusetts
Parsonsfield/The Suitcase Junket – Academy of Music – Northampton
The Boxcar Lillies/Colorway – St. John’s Episcopal Church – Northampton
Ellis Paul/Flynn – Club Passim – Cambridge
The Felice Brothers/Kinsey – Brighton Music Hall – Boston
Michigan
Greensky Bluegrass/Nicky Bluhm & The Gramblers – Royal Oak Music Theatre – Royal Oak
Missouri
Pokey LaFarge/The Hooten Hallers/River Kittens – The Pageant – St. Louis
New York
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave/Soulive – The Capitol Theatre – NYC
The Damnwells/Julian Velard – Rockwood Music Hall – NYC
Deer Tick/Last Good Tooth – Brooklyn Bowl – Brooklyn
Woody Pines – Harrietstown Town Hall – Saranac Lake
North Carolina
The Avett Brothers/Asleep at the Wheel – Greensboro Coliseum – Greensboro
Ohio
Red Wanting Blue – House of Blues Cleveland – Cleveland
Oregon
Calexico/Blind Pilot/Ages & Ages – Crystal Ballroom – Portland
Jerry Douglas Band/Peter Rowan – Alberta Rose Theatre – Portland
Pennsylvania
Brooke Annibale – Trust Arts Education Center – Pittsburgh
Tennessee
Old Crow Medicine Show/Madisen Ward & The Mama Bear – Ryman Auditorium – Nashville
Chris Knight/Aaron Lee Tasjan – The Exit/In – Nashville
Texas
Willie Nelson & Family/Kacey Musgraves – ACL Live at the Moody Theater – Austin
Dale Watson – Kendalia Halle – Kendalia
Wisconsin
Los Colognes – Radisson – Appleton