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✽✽ Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Street Party Edinburgh City Centre, 0844 573 8455. 9pm–1am. £15. Famed as one of the best New Year celebrations in the world, thousands of revellers bring in the New Year in the centre of Edinburgh with a mix of live music and DJs. This year’s line up on the West End Stage features Friendly Fires and Wild Beasts; the East End Stage has DJ sets from Mark Ronson and Jaymo & Andy George; The Waverley Stage is headed by The Vaccines, Kassidy and James Brown is Annie; The Celtic Wold Music Stage features Peatbog Faeries, Capercaillie and Rura while there’s pop fun on the Mound Party Stage with Frisky & Mannish, The Cuban Brothers and X-Factor’s Jade Richards. Part of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay. ■ Hogmanay Allniter The Third Door, 45–47 Lothian Street, 225 6313. 9pm–5am. £tbc. Starting out as a gig with pre-bells sets from Hidden Orchestra, Broken Records and Withered Hand then morphing into a club with five hours of DJ action. Stirling ■ Stirling Hogmanay Stirling Castle, Old Town, 01786 274000. 9pm–12.30am. £20 (under 16s £15; family ticket £60). Official Hogmanay celebrations on the Castle Esplanade, with live music from the Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Eddi Reader and the Heart of Scotland choir, and a spectacular firework display.
Monday 2 Glasgow ■ Chris Glen & the Outfit The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 8pm. £12.50 in advance; £14 on door. Sensational Alex Harvey Band bassist Glen helms his own classic rock outfit playing tribute to the music of SAHB. Plus Cafe Jaques and Nanobots.
Tuesday 3
Glasgow FREE Open Mic The Libertine, 45-47 Bell Street. 9pm. See Tue 20. Thursday 5
Glasgow ■ The LaFontaines, Darc, TeKlo and Kid Robotik King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £6. Over-14s show. The headliners fuse hip hop, pop and indie to create a colourful sound. Part of New Year’s Revolution. Edinburgh FREE Henry Ibbs The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Thu 15. ■ Rend Collective Experiment The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 7pm. £9 (students £6). Christian music from this young Northern Irish ‘worship group’. Launching new album Handmade Worship by Handmade People. ■ Unpeeled The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5. Showcase of four new acts of any genre from rock and indie to folk and acoustic. ■ Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2–£3. See Thu 15.
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JAZZ Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to henry@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Henry Northmore. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 15
Glasgow ■ Swingin’ into Christmas Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £10.50 (£7.50). The Royal Conservatoire Big Band and students from the Musical Theatre programme present their annual swinging seasonal smorgasbord. Edinburgh ■ Stretch Dawrson The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5. Scottish band specialising in Western Swing. Album launch party. ■ Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2–£3. Groovy funk four-piece with ace guitarist Aki Remally.
Friday 16
Glasgow ■ Swingin’ into Christmas Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £10.50 (£7.50). See Thu 15. Edinburgh ■ Christmas at the Jam House The Jam House, 5 Queen Street, 226 4380. 6.30pm. £10. Funky Christmas party with live music and DJs. FREE Debbie Davis & Jazz Main Point Hotel, 34 Bread Street, 221 5555. 8pm. Latin, soul and funk from this jazz vocalist. ■ Jazz Bar Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Jazz four-piece. ■ Late’n’Live The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Late night jazz and funk acts and DJs featuring high energy funk from Jade & The Jacks.
Saturday 17
Glasgow FREE Liquid Jazz Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 3pm. Cool jazz outfit playing standards and classic jazz. Edinburgh FREE The Mellotones The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3pm. Jimmy Taylor and band play songs by Mel Torme and other great jazz vocalists. ■ Christmas at the Jam House The Jam House, 5 Queen Street, 226 4380. 6.30pm. £10. See Fri 16. ■ Christmas with The Rat Pack Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £23.50–£27.50. Relive the glory days of Frank, Sammy, Dean, Joey and Peter. ■ World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). A different selection of five leading jazz players come together for each session with no rehearsal. ■ Late’n’Live The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). Late night jazz and funk acts and DJs. Featuring Latino funk and reggae from Das Contras.
Sunday 18 Glasgow ■ Junior Conservatoire of Music Big Band Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 2pm. £10.50 (£7.50). Toe-tapping big-band jazz from a gifted ensemble of musicians who are almost all too young to be served alcohol.
FREE Stretch Dawrson and The Mending Hearts Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9pm. Scotland’s king of Western swing. Edinburgh FREE Raw Blues Jam The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Stripped back acoustic blues from the Hot Tin Roof Duo and guests. FREE Rosie Nimmo & Stuart Allardyce Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7pm. Jazz, blues and folk-infused vocals from Nimmo. FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, Charlotte Square, 225 8674. 7.30pm. All singers and instrumentalists are welcome at this jazz jam with a different host every week and a stellar trio. Featuring the Sound of Seventeen Big Band. ■ Stormy Sunday Blues The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Blues night organised by vocalist James Carr, featuring a showcase of blues singers and soloists. ■ The Sunday Sinners The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £3 (£2). Motown style funk/soul from this six-piece fronted by Fiona Lynch and Joe Early.
Monday 19 Edinburgh ■ The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). Big band jazz classics from this 17-piece ensemble of pros from all over Scotland; expect trickier and more rousing charts than usual. ■ The Babes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 10.30pm. £3 (£2). Mix of rock, jazz, blues and funk from this six-piece playing arrangements of Prince, Herbie
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Hancock, Zappa and improv renditions of classics. Tuesday 20
Glasgow ■ Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7pm. £12.50. Gruff former Arab Strap man Moffat and gentle jazz man Wells reprise the collaboration that brought them so much acclaim on joint album Everything’s Getting Older. FREE Gus Stirrat Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. Bassist Stirrat and guests with a mixture of modern jazz and standards. Edinburgh FREE The Six O’Clock Blues The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Live acoustic blues from John Hunt, his remarkable homemade guitars, and friends. ■ Great Jazz Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £2 (£1). Expect a rich mix of styles as faces old and new drop in to perform with the House Trio each week. ■ Tuesday Heartbreak The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £3 (£2). Guitarist Aki Remally leads this funk groove band.
Dundee ■ Christmas with The Rat Pack Caird Hall, City Square, 01382 434940. 7.30pm. £26 (£23). See Sat 17.
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