➢  Thursday Dec 5, 5-8pm at Sun Mountain Lodge - Locals Night, with Ken Bevis- Acoustical Guitar and Vocals, many originals from this Nature Troubadour.  Live music and a special menu at the Wolf Creek Bar and Grill.  All are welcome!  $9 burgers with fries.  Drink Specials | Cocktail specials.

➢   Friday Dec 6, 6-9 at OSB Pub, Winthrop - First Friday Open Mic -  Come share your musical talents, spoken word, jokes & comedy, Cowboy poetry, or perhaps recite your favorite recipe. Hobnob with your fellow Titans of the local music scene and the voracious consumers of sonic pleasure pulses and vibrating string theory. Sign up starts at 5:45. play up to 3-5 songs: 12-15 minutes.

➢    Friday Dec 6, 6-8pm at Meza - Wayne and Breathe - Two of the valley's senior statesmen of jazz, with Breathe Frue on guitar, and Wayne Mendro on sax, flute, and clarinet.  They've been playing together for decades, and it shows!  In a good way. No cover

➢  Friday Dec 6,  at Twisp River Tap House  - Open Mic - with the wonderful Greg Hardy

➢  Saturday December 7, 7pm at the Twisp River Tap House - The Goat Knuckles - Greasy bits of blues and funk spiced with healthy doses of rock n roll.  With Scott Barber, Hans Smith, Will Kiefer, and Mike Borowski. No cover

➢  Tuesday, December 10 and Wednesday December 11.  Doors open at 6:30 pm and concerts start at 7pm, at the Methow Valley Community Center - Cascadia Music Annual Holiday Concert 2024 - Featuring Cascadia Chorale, Small Groups of the Orchestra, and the Pipestone Youth Orchestra.  A Holiday celebration for the whole family!  Reserved seating for accessibility issues. Contact us at cascadiamv@gmail.com for more info or to volunteer.  Or check volunteermethow.org for specific volunteer shifts.  Admission is by donation.

➢   Thursday Dec 12, 5:30-8:30 at the OSB Taproom, Twisp - Second Thursday Open Mic - Come share your musical talents, tell a joke, spoken word, Cowboy poetry, etc. at our amazing South Campus Taproom, where you can forge new musical friendships and play in a brand new space, with the most scintillating atmosphere in Twisp, see you onstage! Space for solo, duo, trio - maybe a snare or cajon, acoustic and electric. Please bring your own instruments. Generally speaking, sign up starts at 5:30, play up to 3-5 songs: 12-15 minutes.

➢ Thursday Dec 12, 5-8pm at Sun Mountain Lodge - Locals Night, with Hank Cramer - Live music and a special menu at the Wolf Creek Bar and Grill.  All are welcome!  $9 burgers with fries.  Drink Specials | Cocktail specials.

➢  Friday Dec 13, 6:00-8:00 pm at Meza - Greg Goad - folk, funk, jazz, jams, roots, rock, reggae and originals from this talented local guitarist.  No cover.

➢  Friday Dec 13,  at Twisp River Tap House  - Open Mic - with the wonderful Greg Hardy

➢ Saturday Dec 14, 5:30-8:30 at the Mazama Public House, MPH - Loose Notes -  Born in the wilds of the Idaho outback, Loose Notes are one of the Methow Valley’s premiere sonic experiences.  Bringing to life the songs of John Hyatt, Grateful Dead, Pearl Jam, Ben Harper, Neil Young, Eagles, and so much more… you can’t help tapping your feet, singing along, dancing, or all of the above.  Kirk Schumacher is on drums, with Sid Pattison on bass, Paul Butler and Steve Hirsch cover the guitars and vocals. No cover.

➢ Saturday Dec 14, at the Twisp River Tap House - Ilo Curtis - talented young musician on guitar, mandolin and vocals.  No cover. 

➢  Sunday Dec 15, 5:30pm at the Twisp River Tap House - Terry Hunt - Holiday Music Dinner Concert - with classical guitarist Terry Hunt.  A special holiday concert series of classical holiday musical standards melded to perfection through Terry’s beautifully mastered classic guitar sounds. Theater-style dinner seating.  No cover with purchase.

➢ Tuesday Dec 17, 5:30-8:30 at the Mazama Public House, MPH - Lucian Waters -  Hip Hop / Electronic.  Lucian Waters is the solo project of musician Nate Hirsch. Nate grew up in the Valley and has since been making lots of music! Nate has upcoming performances in Seattle and the Methow Valley. Stay in the loop @lucian_waters.  No Cover.

➢    Friday and Saturday December 20 & 21, 7:00pm, (doors open at 6pm) at The Merc - Jose “Juicy” Gonzalez Jazz Trio, The Charlie Brown Christmas Song Book -  Presented by Methow Arts. Two nights only for the Holidays! Rooted in jazz, fueled by the blues, marinated in funk, pianist/singer Jose 'Juicy' Gonzales delivers a rich, dynamic experience. His trio creates a holiday hit, playing Vince Guaraldi's "A Charlie Brown Christmas" live, with Juicy telling stories. $40 general admission, $50 premium seating.  Tickets are at this site

➢  Friday Dec 20, 6:00-8:00pm at Meza - Ben Wheeler - Latin American Classical Guitar - Enjoy savory food, fine refreshments & Classical Guitar masterworks from Latin America and Spain to soothe your soul and light your fire. No cover 

➢  Saturday Dec 21, 6:30pm at the Twisp River Tap House - Christmas Karaoke - hosted by MS Klaus aka April Peterson. Dawn your best holiday digs, drink a hot toddy, a hot buttered rum or holiday mocktail singing your way into Christmas- Carol, sing traditional holiday standards, or just your favorite Karaoke Standards! No Cover with purchase.

➢  Sunday Dec 22, 5:30pm at the Twisp River Tap House - Terry Hunt - Holiday Music Dinner Concert - with classical guitarist Terry Hunt.  A special holiday concert series of classical holiday musical standards melded to perfection through Terry’s beautifully mastered classic guitar sounds. Theater-style dinner seating.  No cover with purchase.

➢  Friday Dec 27, 6:00-8:00 pm at Meza - Lucian Waters - (locally known as Nate Hirsch, with a background in Jazz piano and originally from the Methow...  Lucian Waters is an alternative R&B, HipHop writer/producer now based out of Glassel Park in Los Angeles.  (Lucian Water's album 'Look at me Now' released in 2023 and the latest single 'Hocus Pocus' can be found on Spotify).  No cover.

➢   Saturday (7pm) and Sunday (3pm) December 28 and 29 at the Merc Playhouse - Michael Brady Classical Piano Recital - a wonderful piano recital to benefit the Cove.  Local pianist Michael will be playing and talking about keyboard music by the three great composers born in 1685: JS Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, and George Frederick Handel.  Admission by donation, all proceeds going to the Cove.

➢   Sunday, December 29, 2:00pm at the MVCC gym - Pipestone Music Students - Annual winter showcase of the valley’s student musicians.  Piano, guitar, violin and cello.  Free.

➢  Sunday Dec 29, 5:30pm at the Twisp River Tap House - Terry Hunt - Holiday Music Dinner Concert - with classical guitarist Terry Hunt.  A special holiday concert series of classical holiday musical standards melded to perfection through Terry’s beautifully mastered classic guitar sounds. Theater-style dinner seating.  No cover with purchase.

➢  Friday, January 3, at the Twisp River Tap House - The Broken Hipsters w/Kirk Schumacher - This fearless local jazz trio is very hip indeed, and one of them even has a recently broken hip, which is healing nicely, thank you.  Dave Nolet on bass, Marcus Duke piano, and George Schneider on flute. Special guest drummer Kirk Schumacher.  Repertoire ranges from jazz standards to rarely heard tunes from the likes of Bill Evans, Wayne Shorter, Duke Ellington, Dave Holland, and Miles Davis. No cover.

➢  Saturday, January 4, 6:00-8:00 at the Twisp River Taphouse - Tamarack String Quartet - For this evening, the Tamarack String Quartet has prepared full string quartets by Mozart and Dvorak as well as two exciting tangos by Piazolla.  We’ll also include some crowd favorite pop songs.  Matt Armbrust, Norma Shull, Anna Dooley, Pam Hunt.  Free

➢  Sunday Jan 5, 3-5pm  - Methow Acoustic Musicians Association (MAMA) - the MAMA circle gathers, winter meeting at Cove 2 meeting room right behind the food bank, the first Sunday afternoon of the month (holiday exceptions). All are invited. There are only two “rules”; no electricity (with limited exceptions) and everyone takes turns playing and leading songs. MAMA is a song circle of inclusion and friendship.

➢  Tuesday, January 28, 5:00pm at the Winthrop Library - Ben Wheeler “Musical Odes” - Ben is a wonderful classical guitarist, who will present a selection of musical odes, that is, music inspired by something or someone, along with accompanying readings of short poetry.  Free.

➢  Saturday February 15 (7pm) and Sunday Feb. 16 (2pm) at the Merc Playhouse - A Warm Winter Weekend - presented by the Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival.  Concerts will feature The Great Master Work, Ravel Piano Trio, Helen Kim on violin, Paige Roberts Molly on piano, and Kevin Krentz on cello.  Info at methowmusicfestival.org.  Cost is $48 for the weekend.  tickets at this site.

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