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MUSIC BY W I L L K E N N E D Y NEW YEARS EVE PA RT Y SACRED TREES MONDA Y 12/31 9pm FEAT URIN G Restaurant and cafe with free WiFi and cozy, accessible work spaces. Delicious southern brunch and dinner. Check us out for business meetings, drinks and events. Open at 4pm daily, 10am daily starting January 4. Closed Mondays. God-D es is a “The pop p L as Go Word” and henomeno d-Des n h perso and S as sold th who appe ousan a na h ds of red on in the l, inspirati e. She will re b o N will o ew Year w nal lyrics li e performin cords pen. E v it vent b h a bang. e at Spectr g her Specia um ri egins n at 9p m, $10 l guest Slu ging tashia , 21+ o nly. NEW YEAR, NEW MUSIC Celebrate New Year’s Eve with live music in Eugene ike Ella Fitzgerald, Eugene Weekly is wondering, “What are you doing New Year’s Eve?” Well, if you’re still without plans, we say head out to hear some live music. Be- cause on New Year’s Eve, Eugene offers a musical menu of everything from psych rock to Gilbert & Sullivan. Here are our top picks for the best live music to hear while welcoming the new year. First up, we have the third-annual Eugene Psychedelic Ball at the WOW Hall. Headlin- ing this year is San Francisco’s LSD & The Search for God. Also appearing is a long list of some of Eugene’s best live bands, including Egotones, Sacred Trees, The Blimp, Snow White, Thom Simon, Entresol, Smear and more. The Eugene Psychedelic Ball starts at 7:30 pm; $12 advance, $15 door, all-ages. Heading over to the Whit, Sam Bond’s welcomes Eugene-based eight-piece ska band Ludicrous Speed. That all kicks off at 9:30 pm; $5, 21-plus. Up the street from Sam Bond’s, Portland party-rockers The Quick and Easy Boys return to Blairally Vintage Arcade. That show begins at 9 pm; $15, 21-plus. Be sure to stick around for the champagne toast. At Old Nick’s, check out the fourth-annual New Year’s Eve Speakeasy Party. Perform- ing this year at the party are Corwin Bolt and the Wingnuts, Humble George, Joy Economy and more. Old Nick’s calls the party an “old timey underground gala” and en- courages attendees to “dress to the nines!” At Old Nick’s, it all starts at 8 pm; free, 21-plus. Back downtown, New Year’s Eve offers plenty to do. The not-quite-dead-yet venue Hi- Fi Music Hall comes out of hibernation to welcome Solovox, Living Roots, DJ Groove- maker and DJ Bree Conscious. That party starts at 9 pm; $10 advance, $15 door; 21-plus. Across the street from Hi-Fi, get your classical on with Eugene Opera as it performs Gilbert & Sullivan’s comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore at 7:30 pm at the Hult Center; $20- $89.50, all-ages. Up Willamette, Mac’s Restaurant and Nightclub is hosting a Blues Harp Showdown featuring Hank Shreve, Mike Moothart, Bill Rhoades, Kim Fields and many more. That show starts at 8 pm; $15 advance, $20 door, 21-plus. A $25 ticket gets you access to both the Blues Harp Showdown and Darline Jackson’s My Band, also performing at Mac’s on New Year’s Eve. Back downtown at Luckey’s, EW Best of Eugene Best Band winner Fortune’s Folly takes the stage at 9 pm; $12, 21-plus. And if you’re down in the Cottage Grove area, Axe & Fiddle is throwing a New Year’s dance party featuring Sequel and DJ B-Side Strangler. The fun starts at 8:30 pm; free, 21-plus. And a late entry to the festivities is the "Bleu Year's Eve/Candy Apple Bleu" show with DJ Chilla starting at 7:30 pm at Whirled Pies. The show is free, 21-plus. ■ L CLUB with SPECIAL GUEST S LU TA S I A SPONSORED BY 1 5 0 W B R O A D WA Y , E U G E N E , O R • S P E C T R U M E U G E N E . C O M 100 YEARS 10PM FRIDAY DECEMBER 28 BENEFIT SHOW FOR ‘END THE BACKLOG’ WITH THE INDISCRETIONS, CHILDSPEAK, BROADWAY REVUE BURLESQUE, SARA B3 GROUP ($5) (LOVE) 10PM SATURDAY DECEMBER 29 CLYDE MCGEE, TOKEN RHYMES ($5) (RAG-GRASS/JAM) 10PM SUNDAY DECEMBER 30TH LUCKEY’S BROADWAY REVUE BURLESQUE ($5) (VARIETY SHOW) 933 Olive St | 541-687-4643 830 Olive St | 541-343-3204 luckeysclub.com • In the heart of the Barmuda Triangle @EUGENEWEEKLY eugeneweekly.com • December 27, 2018 21