12/31 New Year’s Eve Events
Posted by novoscene on December 30, 2007

-Brass Menazeri
Take heed all ye faithful revelers, your night has arrived! The streets will be filled with merriment, the music will play, the drink will flow and the world will move just a little closer to universal peace, love and understanding-or at the very least we’ll see some fireworks, blow some noisemakers and bond with tons of people you won’t remember in the morning.
From the traditional to the eccentric, the formal to the WTF! there’s a little something in the Novoscene New Year’s Eve guide for however you like get your respective groove on. See you in the New Year!
-kwan
2008 New Year’s Bash w/ DJ Jay-R
$10
8 p.m
White Horse Inn
6551 Telegraph Ave., Oakland
510-652-3820
Brian Jack & Zydeco Gamblers
$45
9 p.m.
Eagles Hall, 2305 Alameda Ave., Alameda
415-285-6285
Black Comedy Explosion W/ Earthquake, Lavelle Crawford, Sheryl Underwood, & Rueben Paul.
$39.75-$67.75
10 p.m.
Paramount Theatre,
2025 Broadway, Oakland,
510-465-6400
Bootie Pirate New Year’s Eve Party w/ Adrian & the Mysterious D, Party Ben, Dada, Smash-Up Derby, DJs Earworm Freddy & King of Pants, & the Indra
$20-$30
9 p.m
DNA Lounge
375 11th St., San Francisco
415-626-1409
Cake W/ the Lovemakers
$69.50-$79.50
9 p.m.
The Warfield
982 Market St., San Francisco
415-775-7722
Champions of the Arena III: Clash of the Titans w/ Shinehead & JFX, Crown City Rockers, Coolie High, Daddy Rolo & Mendoja, & DJs Sake 1, Daddy Rolo, Apollo, Fuze, & Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist
$30-$50
8 p.m
Club Six,
60 Sixth St., San Francisco
415-863-1221
Count Basie Orchestra w/ Ledisi
$100-$110
8 & 10 p.m.
Yoshi’s San Francisco
1330 Fillmore St., San Francisco
Drunk Horse New Year’s Eve show w/ Total BS
$5
9 p.m.
Stork Club
2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland
510-444-6174
“Eclectic Fever” W/ Sila and the AfroFunk Experience, B-Side Players, Native Elements, Nonstop Bhangra Collective, DJ Jeremiah and Afrobeat Nation, DJ Dragonfly, & DJ Felina
$55-$125
9 p.m.
GiftCenter Pavilion,
888 Brannan St., San Francisco
Faye Carol, Howard Wiley & the Freedom Now Band, and David Murray
$20
9 p.m.
EastSide Cultural Center
2277 International Blvd., Oakland
First Friday’s New Year’s Eve
Scott’s Pavillion
The Waterfront@ Jack London Square
2 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94607
510-444-3456
The Germs w/ the Adolescents, Switchblade Riot, & the Mae Shi
$18
9 p.m.
Uptown
1928 Telegraph Ave., Oakland,
510-451-8100
Geoffrey’s New Year’s Eve w/DJ Lash, JT Presents & GIC
$30
9:00pm
Geoffrey’s Inner Circle
410 – 14th Street, Oakland
510-839-4644
Jamgrass New Year’s Eve Bash w/ Montana Slim
$10
9:30 p.m.
Starry Plough
3101 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley
510-841-2082
John Lee Hooker Jr.
$17.50
8 p.m.
Biscuits & Blues
401 Mason St., San Francisco
415-292-2583
Liquid New Year’s Eve party w/ DJs Dyloot, Tomslik, Blix Cannon, Tenchi, Angel & Rohan, Sunrise & Rukkus
$15-$25
8 p.m.
Blake’s on Telegraph
2367 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley
510-848-0886
Lyrics Born
$35
9 p.m.
Shattuck Down Low
2284 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley
Maxwell’s New Year’s Eve Party
$25
8pm
Maxwell’s
341 13th Street, Oakland
Metro-Tech w/ Diplo, DJ Rekha, Pharrell, Nick Catchdubs, Mike B, Janaka Selekta, Motion Potion, Richie Panic, Eric Sharp, Miss Toots & Richard Oh?!, Paul Hemming, 2 Cents, Tone, Destro, Durben, & Jaswho?
$65-$250
9 p.m.
Temple Nightclub
55 Natoma St., San Francisco
New Year’s Eve 2008 w/ DJ Wisdom
No cover at 10pm
827 Washington Street
Oakland, CA 94607
510-835-5585
New Year’s Eve 2008 featuring Kim Nalley Quintet w/ Kenny Washington
$100-$200
9 p.m.
Jazz at Pearl’s
256 Columbus Ave., San Francisco
415-291-8255
New Year’s Eve Balkan Bash w/Edessa, Kalin Kirilov, Brass Menazeri and Joe Finn
$20, students $10
8 p.m
Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley,
510-525-5054
New Year’s Eve Ball w/ Mos Def, Goapele
$125
9 p.m.
Terra
511 Harrison St., San Francisco
415-896-1234
New Year’s Eve Celebration w/ High Country, Dix Bruce, & Jim Nunally
$26.50-$27.50
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage
1111 Addison St., Berkeley
510-548-1761
New Year’s Eve Ceremony & Drumming Circle
Free.
9:30 p.m
The Center for Urban Peace
2584 Martin Luther King Jr. Way., Berkeley
510-549-3733
New Year’s Eve Dance Extravaganza w/Jesus Diaz and the Cuban Connection
$25
9:30 p.m.
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley
510-849-2568
New Year’s Eve Flamenco Fiesta
$55-$125
8:30 p.m
Cafe de la Paz
1600 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley
510-843-0662
New Year’s Eve with the Medicine Ball Band Featuring Pee Wee Ellis & Lady Bianca
$24-$30
8:30 p.m.
Plymouth United Church of Christ
424 Monte Vista Ave., Piedmont
510-654-5300
New Year’s Karaoke
Free
8 p.m.
Eli’s Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland
510-654-4549
New Year’s Eve with Paul Mooney
$25-$100
7, 9 & 11 p.m
Black Repertory Theater
3201 Adeline St., Berkeley
510-652-2120
Spanish Harlem Orchestra
$100
8 & 10 p.m.
Yoshi’s
510 Embarcadero West, Oakland
510-238-9200
Imagine Peace 2008 W/ Hyim & the Fat fOakland Orchestra
$50, student/youth $25
9 p.m.
Wax Museum, Fisherman’s Wharf
145 Jefferson Street, San Francisco
www.globalexchange.org/imaginepeace2008
New Year’s Eve Balloon Drop
3:45 p.m.
Chabot Space & Science Center
10000 Skyline Blvd., Oakland
510-336-7395
New Year’s Eve Party For young revelers
$5.50-$10
12-2 p.m.
Lawrence Hall of Science,
Centennial Dr., Berkeley
510-642-5133
Prodigies, A New Year’s Celebration w/The San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Free
8 p.m.
First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley
510-848-3696
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