Jazz ensemble led by this local guitarist, a U-M grad currently pursuing a degree in jazz performance at NYU. Dinner shows: 6 & 7:30 p.m.
All invited to join or listen to an instrumental jam session.
Singer-songwriter and guitarist who fronts the local Americana folk-rock band Cool Birds.
Local 10-piece big band led by tubaist Chris Smith that specializes in the old-time big band music of the late 1920s and early 1930s associated with Jelly Roll Morton and King Oliver.
DJ Misanthropia Narcissus & DJ Remnant spin goth, industrial, synthpop, aggrotech, witch house, harsh noise, alternative, and EBM records.
Award-winning 14-piece big band led by bassist Keller and featuring vocalist Sarah D’Angelo and occasional guest vocalists. Also, each week features a middle set by a guest college student ensemble.
New Year’s Eve show by this local funk-rock jam quartet. Openers: the Detroit funk and soul band Strictly Fine, and DJ Batz. $20.
Veteran local bassist Keller leads an all-star local jazz ensemble in a New Year’s Eve program of favorite swing tunes. With vocalist-clarinetist Sarah D’Angelo, vibraphonist Cary Kocher, pianist Ellen Rowe, and guitarist Ralph Tope. Dinner show: 7 p.m. $95.
This acclaimed Etta James-style vocalist from Detroit leads a band in jump blues, Detroit-style R&B, and roots-rock. Includes a set by Detroit stand-up comic Mike Bonner. Dinner show: 9 p.m.–12:15 a.m. $195 (includes a champagne toast).
Solo jazz guitarist. Solo jazz pianists TBA occasionally substitute.
Solo performance by this local singer-guitarist, a former finalist on The Voice whose repertoire is an eclectic mix of roots Americana, classic rock, and blues, including many originals. His 2016 CD, Real, a collection of songs drawing on blues, country, gospel, and roots rock, was recorded in L.A. with an all-star cast of session legends, and he won a 2018 Detroit Music Award for his 4-song EP of Jimi Hendrix covers. 7–9 p.m.
Two New Year’s Eve shows by this local ensemble, led by guitarist Alex Belhaj, that plays a range of New Orleans jazz styles, from struts, stomps, cakewalks, and rags to pop tunes, marches, and classical favorites. 7 & 10 p.m. $30 (includes a glass of sparkling wine).
An eclectic mix of rock ’n’ roll, Motown, blues, soul, and R&B–mostly from the 1960s & 70s–by this finely tuned ensemble of veteran local musicians that’s fronted by vocalists Patty O’Connor, who plays keyboards and flute, and Myron Grant, who plays harmonica and guitar. With guitarist Phil Ryski, saxophonist and congas player Charles Dayringer, bassist Terry Gordinier, and drummer Rocky Di Iacovo. 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
Ypsilanti dance party DJ collective.
