Yo, ho, ho (plus one other ho) and a bottle of Christmas cheer will get you right here, there and almost all over the place this weekend as we wind our manner by means of the Yuletide season. With the massive day on a Wednesday this 12 months, our upcoming weekend of entertaining leisure alternatives has been left unscathed from the precise celebrated date and really enhanced by the properly aligned, mid-week vacation. Let’s examine what’s “up on the housetop” for our weekend earlier than Christmas.
Internet hosting joyful vacation hoopla this Thursday, we’ve got Angel Brown and Rick Gasparin, often called Angel Brown’s Easy N’ Blue Duo, for this gig at Mom Highway Diner and myself and Rick Dunham, often called Tom Irwin and Elvis Himselvis, for this gig at It is All About Wine shoveling some songs of the season at you and yours. That and three open mics with three advantageous hosts every, together with Casey Cantrall at The Wakery, Mike Metz at The Hen Tavern and Kortney Leatherwood at The Blue Grouch completes our in-town Thursday lineup this week.
Santa Claus will not be coming to city fairly but, however Kortney Leatherwood is making his listing and checking it twice with a two-fer Friday, popping into The Hen (2-5 p.m.) for a “holla-day” drink shebang earlier than heading south to Slauterhouse in Auburn (7-10) to slay the merry of us there. Spend the Friday earlier than Christmas with the household – the Harris Household Band, that’s – as Bustin’ Free gathers on the Curve Inn for a homecoming vacation taking place. George Rank’s cranks up the Friday night time music with a daring assure from Los Injectors for a Christmas tune (Feliz Navidad?) and a unstable go to from Crash Planet.
In additional band enterprise, Bluesmattic burns one at Boone’s because the Friday Night time Jazz & Blues providing, Chris Camp and his Blues Ambassadors, take refuge at Lime Road and Off the Wall bounces into Motorheads. Our in style tribute band venue, Danenberger Household Vineyards, presents Damned Torpedoes: A Tom Petty Celebration with Head Over Ft: A Tribute to Alanis Morissette in a ticketed occasion for a blockbuster of an evening out close to New Berlin.
Saturday our stockings overflow with goodies together with a particular present at The Backroom Lounge in Riverton with hometown hero Lyman Ellerman and particular visitor Oliver Sayini. Again out on the Curve Inn, Michael Burnett hosts his annual “Christmas on the Curve” benefiting Toys for Tots and that includes a musician lineup positive to please Santa together with Ezra Casey, Dion Doss, Eric Tinsley, Robert Sampson and Andon “Ted” Davis because the shining star on high of the tree. Joel Gragg lights up the Blue Grouch together with his Filaments, plus particular friends 2 Bit Scoundrels, simply as Wowie Zowie presents us with their presence at Harvest Market, whereas Jet Trio and Associates land at Casey’s Pub and The Collective collects donations for Toys for Tots whereas celebrating the esteemed Chris Warren’s birthday with a efficiency at Weebles.
Sunday brings on the Funday with a slew of celebratory reveals together with Ethan Taylor Stephenson at It is All About Wine simply as White Lightnin’ Band Trio (3-6) mixes it up with Robert Sampson (6:30-9) at Mom Highway Diner. Concurrently in delightfully good pairings of advantageous musicians, Nick Park & Dr. Dave roll into Buckhart Tavern and Antone & Wick dig in at Hill Prairie Vineyard. And… we’re again on the Brewhaus Pub with a full band to have fun Owen Thomas Irwin’s birthday and the mysterious resurgence of Erich Zander.
Lastly, journey straightforward into the vacation when David Lumsden and Reggie Britton host the Blue Monday night time at The Alamo to deliver all of it again dwelling.
Joyful Christmas to you all.
