MUST HEAR
There is no night on the yearly calendar quite as special as New Year’s Eve. The imminent arrival of 2014 is the perfect excuse to celebrate with friends, food, drink and music, and the La Jolla area offers up plenty of options to wrap up the year. At intimate night spot Eddie V’s, jazz piano aficionados will enjoy music from the Freddie A Dream Trio, playing standards in the V Lounge starting at 7 p.m. Meanwhile, at Café-Bar Europa, the venue will be transformed into the Turquoise Speakeasy for the night, with a vaudeville show and a band mixing ragtime and swing tunes for dancing, 7:30 p.m. Fans of blues, jazz and R&B will want to head to the Marine Room, where chanteuse Whitney Shay and her band will be holding court at 8 p.m. Finally, rock fans should head over to Beaumont’s, where Slower will be counting down until midnight with a set of classic covers. Whatever your musical taste, La Jolla’s music venues offer up something for just about everybody. Friday, Dec. 20
Tomcat Courtney, blues legend, 5 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
Lisa Campbell, 6 p.m., Prospect Bar
AJ DeGrasse Trio, piano jazz, 7 p.m., Eddie V’s
Loose Nuts, ska-punk, 7 p.m., Che Café
Chicken Bone Slim, blues, 7 p.m., Amaya
Tad Sisler, vocals, piano, keyboards, 8 p.m., Manhattan of La Jolla FUNdamental Fridays, DJ night, 8 p.m., Barfly
AfroJazziacs, Latin & Afro Cuban Jazz Trio with Louie Valenzuela, 9 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
Saturday, Dec. 21
Ryan Hiller, noon, Prospect Bar
Jimmy Lewis, 3:15 p.m., Prospect Bar Tomcat Courtney, blues legend, 5 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
Aquile, 6:30 p.m., Prospect Bar
Freddie A Dream Trio, piano jazz, 7 p.m., Eddie V’s
Breez’n, jazz tp Top 40, 7 p.m., Amaya
American Haiku, Denver-based indie rock, 7 p.m., Che Café
Tad Sisler, 8 p.m., Manhattan of La Jolla Superstar Saturdays, DJ night, 8 p.m., Barfly
DJ Night, 9 p.m., Prospect Bar
Random Radio, classic covers, 9:30 p.m., Beaumont’s
Son pa Ti, Latin dance music, 9 p.m., Café-Bar Europa Sunday, Dec. 22
Kayla Hope, 11:30 a.m., Beaumont’s Brent Curtis & Mike Myrdal, noon, Prospect Bar
Sounds Like Four, jazz, 4 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
Jimmy Lewis, 4 p.m., Prospect Bar
Ray Briz Trio, piano jazz, 5 p.m., Eddie V’s
Middle Earth, belly dance ensemble, 8 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
Monday, Dec. 23
Thee Antagonist, acoustic rock ’n’ roll, 4 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
John Cain, piano jazz, 5 p.m., Eddie V’s
Stefanie Schmitz and Amanda Portella, Brazilian music, 7 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
Tuesday, Dec. 24
Stephanie Schmitz, 5 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
Freddie A Dream Trio, 5 p.m., Eddie V’s
Lisa Campbell, 6:30 p.m., Prospect Bar
Wednesday, Dec. 25
Christmas Day
Thursday, Dec. 26
Talia, 4 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
Ray Briz Trio, 6 p.m., Eddie V’s
The Jade Visions Jazz Trio, jazz, 7 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
Mark Fulton Band, classic covers, 7 p.m., Amaya
Doug Benson, classic covers, 8 p.m., Beaumont’s Friday, Dec. 27
Tomcat Courtney, 5 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
Lisa Campbell, 6 p.m., Prospect Bar
Take Offense, hardcore, 6:30 p.m., Che Café
JazzMikan, piano jazz, 7 p.m., Eddie V’s
Ron’s Garage Band, rock, 7 p.m., Amaya
Tad Sisler, 8 p.m., Manhattan of La Jolla Fly Fridays, DJ night, 8 p.m., Barfly
AfroJazziacs, 9 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
Stratos, blues and rock, 9 p.m., Beaumont’s
Saturday, Dec. 28
Ryan Hiller, noon, Prospect Bar Jimmy Lewis, 3:15 p.m., Prospect Bar Tomcat Courtney, 6 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
Aquile, 6:30 p.m., Prospect Bar JazzMikan, 7 p.m., Eddie V’s
Lance Diekmann, blues, 7 p.m., Amaya
Tad Sisler, 8 p.m., Manhattan of La Jolla Superstar Saturdays, DJ night, 8 p.m., Barfly
Santana Pa Ti, Santana covers project, 9 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
Fish & The Seaweeds, classic covers, 9 p.m., Beaumont’s Sunday, Dec. 29
Doug Benson, 11:30 a.m., Beaumont’s
Brent Curtis and Mike Myrdal, noon, Prospect Bar Sounds Like Four, jazz, 4 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
Jimmy Lewis, 4 p.m., Prospect Bar John Cain, piano jazz, 6 p.m., Eddie V’s
Soul Ablaze, rock, soul and jazz, 7 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
Monday, Dec. 30
The Antagonist, acoustic rock ’n’ roll, 4 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
John Cain, piano jazz, 5 p.m., Eddie V’s
Stefanie Schmitz and Amanda Portella, Brazilian jazz jam, 7 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
Tuesday, Dec. 31
Freddie A Dream Trio, piano jazz, 7 p.m., Eddie V’s
Turquoise Speakeasy, ragtime meets swing, 7:30 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
Whitney Shay, 8:30 p.m., Marine Room
Slower, classic clovers, 9:30 p.m., Beaumont’s
Wednesday, Jan. 1
Mark Hall, acoustic rock, 4 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
Aquile, 6 p.m., Prospect Bar Freddie A Dream Trio, piano jazz, 6 p.m., Eddie V’s
Tomcat Courtney, blues legend, 6 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
Aquile, 6:30 p.m., Prospect Bar
Rick Ross, jazz and pop, 7 p.m., Amaya
Thursday, Jan. 2
Kayla Hope, 5 p.m., Prospect Bar
Rob Bondurant, 6 p.m., Prospect Bar
Richard James Trio, piano jazz, 6 p.m., Eddie V’s
Tad Sisler, vocals, piano, keyboards, 7 p.m., Manhattan of La Jolla Bobby Meader, folk-punk troubadour, 7 p.m., Che Café
Jade Visions Jazz Trio, jazz, 7 p.m., Café-Bar Europa
Mark Fulton Band, Top 40 and classic rock, 7 p.m., Amaya
Lotus, DJ night, 8 p.m., Barfly
Shoeless, classic covers, 8 p.m., Beaumont’s MUSIC VENUES: • The Athenaeum: 1008 Wall St., (858) 454-5872, www.barflylajolla.com
• Beaumont’s: 5662 La Jolla Blvd., (858) 459-0474, www.beaumontseatery.com
• Bird Rock Coffee Roasters: 5627 La Jolla Blvd., (858) 551-1707, www.birdrockcoffeeroasters.com
• Café-Bar Europa: 873 Turquoise St., (858) 488-4200, www.theturquoise.com
• Che Café: 9500 Gilman Drive, UCSD, (858) 534-2311, thechecafe.blogspot.com
• Eddie V’s: 1270 Prospect St, (858) 459-5500, www.eddiv.com
• La Jolla Music Society (Sherwood Auditorium): 700 Prospect St., (858) 454-3541, www.ljms.org
• La Valencia Hotel: 1132 Prospect St., (858) 454-0771, www.lavalencia.com
• Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center: 4126 Executive Drive, (858) 457-3030, www.lfjcc.org
• The Loft: 9500 Gilman Drive, UCSD, (858) 246-0323, www.artpwr.com
• Manhattan of La Jolla: 7766 Fay Ave., (858) 459-0700, www.manhattanoflajolla.com
• The Neurosciences Institute: 10640 John Jay Hopkins, (858) 454-626-2000, www.nsi.edu
• St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church: 743 Prospect St., (646) 457-8707
• Cusp Dining and Drinks at Hotel La Jolla: 7955 La Jolla Shores Drive, (858) 459-0261, www.hotellajolla.com
• Hiatus: 7955 La Jolla Shores Drive, (858) 459-0261, www.hotellajolla.com
• Amaya La Jolla: 1205 Prospect St., (858) 750-3695, www.amayalajolla.com
