THURSDAY 20
THE COMET–Christmas Schmidtacular featuring The Steve Schmidt Organ Trio and Friends. 8:30 p.m. Holiday Jazz. Free.
THE GREENWICH–Phil DeGreg & Friends. 8:30 p.m. Brazilian Jazz. $5.
LUDLOW GARAGE–Reina del Cid. 8:30 p.m. Indie Folk. $12-$35.
MOTR PUB–Parker Gispert with Human Heart. 10 p.m. Alt/Rock/Various. Free.
THE REDMOOR–“Island Christmas Holiday LIVE” with The Merry Gentlemen and Friends. 7 p.m. Tropical/Soca/Calypso/Reggae/Holiday. $10, $15 day of show.
SCHWARTZ’S POINT JAZZ & ACOUSTIC CLUB–Society Jazz Orchestra Plays the Late Ed Moss’s Christmas Book. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.
URBAN ARTIFACT–The Kno Nothings, Leopold the Ghost and Feral Friends. 5 p.m. Alternative/Rock/Various. Free.
FRIDAY 21
20TH CENTURY THEATER–A Very Motherfolk Christmas IV with Stay Outside. 8 p.m. Indie Rock. $10-$20.
ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL–Ben Knight and the Well Diggers. 9 p.m. Americana. Free.
THE COMET–Christmas Schmidtacular featuring The Steve Schmidt Organ Trio and Friends. 8:30 p.m. Holiday Jazz. Free.
THE GREENWICH–Retro Nouveau (album release party). 8 p.m. Jazz. $10.
MADISON LIVE–Whack’d Out WinterFest 5 with Arbor, The Obnoxious Boot, Court House Prejudice, Derailed and Artificial Subjects. 7:30 p.m. Metal/Hardcore. $8, $10 day of show.
MEMORIAL HALL–An Acoustic Christmas with Over the Rhine and Leigh Nash. 8 p.m. Acoustic/Folk/Pop/Holiday/Various. $40-$65.
REVEL OTR URBAN WINERY–Grimez featuring Doctor Bionic. 10 p.m. Funk/Soul/Hip Hop/Trip Hop/Dub/Various.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY)–A Very Merry Midwesterns Christmas with special guest Bendigo Fletcher. 8 p.m. Rock/Roots/Various. $8, $10 day of show.
WOODWARD THEATER–Automagik (album release show) with Triiibe. 9 p.m. Indie/Pop/Dance/Rock/Hip Hop/Various. $10, $12 day of show.
SATURDAY 22
BROMWELL’S HÄRTH LOUNGE–Amy London with The Steve Schmidt Trio. 9 p.m. Jazz. Free.
THE MAD FROG–Groovemas with Trevor Lamont, Untitled Funk, Ron Motz and more. 9 p.m. EDM/House. $5.
MEMORIAL HALL–An Acoustic Christmas with Over the Rhine and Leigh Nash. 8 p.m. Acoustic/Folk/Pop/Holiday/Various. $40-$65.
NORTHSIDE TAVERN–Abiyah, The Perfect Children and Culture Queer. 10 p.m. Indie/Pop/Rock/Various. Free.
OCTAVE–Strange Mechanics, Peridoni and Grasspartame. 9 p.m. Progressive/Funk/Rock/Jam/Various.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE)–Cougar Ace and The Exit Strategy. 9 p.m. Rock/Various. Free.
TOP CATS–Tiger Sex, Carian and The Nothing. 9 p.m. Rock/Punk. $10.
SUNDAY 23
MEMORIAL HALL–An Acoustic Christmas with Over the Rhine and Leigh Nash. 2 p.m. Acoustic/Folk/Pop/Holiday/Various. $40-$65.
MOTR PUB–Philip Paul Trio. 8 p.m. Jazz. Free.
This article appears in Dec 19-26, 2018.
