I miss 2022 because it was such a good year.
No. We all hope that 2023 will be better, more peaceful, healthier and more fun.
More than half a dozen local venues offer attractive options for revelers. If you want to go out, you can have fun. Here’s an alphabetical overview of what these venues have to offer.
The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn will be open to the public for a grand celebration beginning at 9:00 PM. In the lobby he has a DJ playing music and a free champagne toast at midnight. Note to self: New Year’s Eve dinner is sold out. Please make a reservation for next year.
HopMonk Sonoma features live music from the very good band Kareeta. This band will start at 9pm elsewhere on this page. .
Murphy’s Irish Pub gets the celebrations started early. It’s 3:00 pm, not 8:00 pm, not 7:00 pm. So, as all geography buffs know, it’s midnight in Dublin, Ireland. The owners come from a really old lawn, so it’s the perfect and perfectly fitting time for their celebration to begin.
Murphy’s was recently named Best Place to Hear Live Music at the Sonoma People’s Choice Awards.
Sue Albano and her Scarlet Letters Band kick off the day with a 3pm show. A familiar and well-loved cover song is Sue’s Stocks and Trades.
An outstanding trio known as Cone of Uncertainty (Dave Aguilar, Peter McCauley, Michael Israel) kicks off the show at 7:30pm.
Rounding out the year is the Levi Lloyd Band, with two hours of rock and bluesy music starting at 10pm.
Moose Lodge is open to the first 100 non-members who want to have fun there. A $75 ticket gets you into an evening full of food and live music. Tickets for this event are available at Eventbrite.com.
Lynne O and the Riots are performing a special New Year’s Eve show at Sonoma Speakeasy and American Music Hall. Lynne Orweller, her O in the band name, is keen on special decorations, surprises and more.
Sterling Bar Sonoma at the intersection of Spain Street and Sonoma Highway. Their New Year’s Eve event kicks off at 9:30pm with the band Mood Jungle. The Petaluma-based trio bring a youthful pop-rock sensibility to the show. Tickets for the event are a reasonable $20 and are also available at Eventbrite.com.
Local rock stars Jesse Adams and Lauren Bierde, aka Jalet, are Springs residents who have recently been riding a wave of well-deserved success. They front the excellent band Royal Jelly Jive and headline the New Year’s Eve show at Petaluma’s Mystic Theater. The show’s opening, as Jalet said, is King Dream and “so many special guests.”
Whatever you do, wherever you do, have a great New Year’s Eve. See you next year at another great show!