*HATEBREED will play two all ages shows this weekend, leading up to and including New Year’s Eve.

The first show, on December 30, will include opening sets by Sick of it All, Suffocation, Full Blown Chaos, Subzero, Thy Will Be Done and Creation. Tickets are $17.50 for this show in advance ($20 at the door), or two-day passes are available for $35 in advance.

On Sunday night, the Hatebreed New Year’s Eve Extravaganza will include sets by Glassjaw, The Distance, Bateman, DBW, Signs of Hope and Crowns of Kings. The tickets for this show – $20 in advance or $22 day of show – also include party favors, a champagne toast and midnight countdown, and continental breakfast.

*Local band CHARISMA will play its live dance music at Molly Darcy in Danbury on Friday, January 12.

The pub is at 39-A Mill Plain Road.

*STEPHEN KELLOGG & THE SIXERS will play two shows at The Acoustic Café this weekend, both Saturday night. A 7 pm show is open to all ages and the second show, at 10, is for ages 21 and up.

Next weekend’s shows include NICK HARRISON, January 4; CHRIS SMITHER, January 5; and MERRIT JACOBS, Janucary 6.

*Café Nine in New Haven will be closed on New Year’s Eve, but will have plenty of good musical choices in the nights leading up to the big night.

Friday afternoon, Rafter Bats guitarist Dave Hogan will play during a 5-7:30 pm happy hour(s), with no cover charge. Then at 10 pm, New Haven’s own rhythm and blues legend George Baker will bring THE GEORGE BAKER EXPERIENCE to the stage. Admission for that show is just $5.

A pair of shows are also planned for Saturday. First at 4:30, George Baker will return to host an afternoon jazz jam starting at 4:30. Then at 10, BROKEN will headline Café Nine’s annual end-of-the-year punk rock blowout. The show that will also include opening sets by Hyman Holocaust and Shell Shock.

After its New Year’s Eve break, the café will reopen on January 1 with a show by BEATNIK 2000, and then will host AL HOWARD (and a second performer TBA) the following evening.

Later in the month, KING FOR A DAY will make its Café Nine debut. The Fairfield County supergroup will be playing on January 13; admission will be $5.

The café’s website is CafeNine.com. The café itself, located at 250 State Street in New Haven, can be reached for additional information by calling 203-789-8281.

Until next week I’ll be seeing you... on the road.

Questions and comments should be sent to Shannon Hicks c/o The Newtown Bee, 5 Church Hill Road, Newtown CT 06470, or shannon@thebee.com, or call the office at 426-3141. Shows listed at club locations are for ages 21 and over unless specified.

 

UPCOMING SHOWS

DECEMBER 29 — 150 RPM at Proud Mary’s, Newtown; Darik & The Funbags at Toad’s Place, New Haven; Uncle Mustache at The Georgetown Saloon; Dave Hogan at Café Nine, New Haven (early happy hour show, no cover charge); The George Baker Experience at Café Nine (10 pm show);

December 30 — 150 RPM at Proud Mary’s; Hatebreed at Toad’s Place, New Haven, Sick of it All, Suffocation, Full Blown Chaos, Subzero, Thy Will Be Done and Creation opening (all ages); Smokehouse at The Georgetown Saloon; Broken at Café Nine, Hyman Holocaust and Shell Shock opening;

December 31 — Hatebreed New Year’s Eve Extravaganza at Toad’s Place with Glassjaw, The Distance, Bateman, DBW, Signs of Hope and Crowns of Kings opening (all ages).; Roomful Of Blues at FTC’s StageOne (New Year’s Eve bash, call for info – reservations required); Doug Wahlberg Band at The Georgetown Saloon; The John Hickey Band at Baxter’s (The Bitter End), Black Rock.

JANUARY 1 — Beatnik 2000 at Café Nine, New Haven;

January 2 — Al Howard at Café Nine;

January 3 — The New Inertia at Café Nine (early happy hour show);

January 4 — No Reason To Live at Café Nine, Hand Grenade Serenade and Flash Hammer opening;

January 5 — Jeff Pitchell & Texas Flood at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; Call It Arson at Café Nine, The Quiet Life opening;

January 6 — Gregg Allman & Friends at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den; Big Mistake at Toad’s Place, New Haven, Boiling Man, Fine Line, Old Yorke and No Image opening (all ages); Kalte Sterne at Café Nine, Groovski and Smooth Medusa opening;

January 7 — Blues jam hosted by Mitch Mitchell Quartet at Café Nine;

January 10 — Senses Fail at The Webster Theater, Hartford (all ages);

January 11 — Veloray at Café Nine, Eric Royer opening;

January 12 — The Wailers at The Webster Theater (all ages); Charisma at Molly Darcy Pub, Danbury; Opus’ Birthday Bash at Toad’s Place, 100 Demons, DBW, Since The Flood, Deadwait and No Less Than Everything opening (all ages);

January 13 — Mates of State at Toad’s Place, Oxford Collapse and Diamond J & The Rough opening (all ages);

January 14 — MLK Funkfest at Toad’s Place, Rearview opening;

January 18 — Seth Adams at Toad’s Place, Mean Carlene opening (all ages);

January 19 — Jamie Foxx and Fantasia at Mohegan Sun Arena; Unforgettable Fire at Toad’s Place, Ink and The Jaws opening;

January 20 — Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band at Mohegan Sun Arena; Johnny Winter at Toad’s Place, Remember September and The Bonesmen opening;

January 25 — Overkill at The Webster Theater (all ages);

January 26 — Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den;

January 25 — Overkill at The Webster Theater, Hartford, Metal Church opening (all ages);

January 27 — Brooks & Dunn at Mohegan Sun Arena; Rock Star Supernova with The Panic Channel at The Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford; Roomful of Blues at The Webster Theater (all ages); Hat City Blues Band at Redding Roadhouse.