The choices are many this Wednesday when it comes to ringing in 2015: from fancy dinners to contra dancing to a 1960s costume party, the North Olympic Peninsula offers a vigorous New Year’s Eve agenda.
Here comes a sampling of the fare.
PORT ANGELES
■ At C’est si Bon, the French dinner house just east of town, a lavish repast will fuel patrons for a night of dancing to the Soul Ducks, the rockabilly band starring singer Phyllis Gale, guitarist John Rollston and Corey Crozier on harmonica.
Tickets, including dinner, are $40 per person in advance at C’est si Bon, 23 Cedar Park Drive, or $50 at the door. Seating is at 6 p.m.; dancing will go on toward the midnight champagne toast. Transportation to and from the party is available from All Points Charters & Tours. For details, phone All Points at 360-460-7131, and for tickets, phone C’est si Bon at 360-452-8888.
■ The Metta Room, 132 E. Front St., will bring the Nasty Habits, the high-heeled and burly glam-rock band, starting at 9 p.m. and carrying on until 2 a.m. Tickets are $10 in advance at the Metta Room or $15 at the door.
■ Bar N9ne, 229 W. First St., will offer everyone a chance to sing during its New Year’s Eve karaoke party starting at 9 p.m. Revelers are urged to come dressed up as their favorite singers.
■ The Elks Naval Lodge hosts a dance with the Three Too Many band, hors d’oeuvres, party favors and a toast at midnight for the 21-and-older crowd. Three Too Many, with Dr. Mike Maxwell, his wife Barbara Maxwell, Jeff Anderson, Jeff Clark and singer Sharon Thompson, has a repertoire running from the Beatles to the Black Keys. Tickets to the party are $25 per person or $20 per if you come in a group of four or more. Phone 360-457-3355 for reservations or stop by the Elks at 131 E. First St.
■ Barhop Brewing, 124 W. Railroad Ave., will ring in 2015 with a 1960s-’70s costume party, prizes for the best getups and music by Joy in Mudville. From 9 p.m. until past midnight, the band — Jason Mogi, Kim Trenerry, Paul Stehr-Green and new drummer Mike Echternkamp — will play dance-enabling classics from the Grateful Dead and the Fab Four as well as vintage Tongue and Groove and Deadwood Revival songs. The cover charge is $5 for the whole night, and the prizes are a $50 bar and pizza tab for best costume and $30 for second place.
■ The Moose Lodge, 809 S. Pine St., is hosting a dance with the Hayshakers, a country band featuring Denny Secord, Terry Smith, Jim Rosand and Mike Pace, amid a potluck party to start at 8 p.m. There’s no cover charge, and more details can be had by calling 360-452-2157.
■ The Port Angeles Eagles Lodge invites everyone to its dinner and dance with the Jimmy Hoffman Band. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for a prime rib buffet at 7:30 p.m. Then comes dancing to the band’s country and rock and a champagne toast to ring in 2015. Advance tickets are $45 per couple or $25 for singles at the Eagles, 2843 E. Myrtle St. At the door Wednesday night, that rises to $50 for couples and $30 for singles. For details, phone 360-486-4926.
SEQUIM
■ 7 Cedars Casino will have a pair of parties going on: a no-cover-charge New Year’s Eve bash with the band Idol Eyez, a dance-rock band set to bring the hits from the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s to the Club Seven lounge. This 21-and-over party goes from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m.
At the same time, the casino’s Rainforest Bar will have DJ O.B.1 with video remixes of dance music from pop to hip-hop for the 18-and-older crowd from 9 p.m. to midnight. For details about either of these events, contact the casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101 east of Sequim, by phoning 360-683-7777.
■ A family-friendly, hillbilly hoedown-style dance comes along with the Buck Ellard Band at the Sequim Prairie Grange Hall, 290 Macleay Road, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Grange members will lay out the food and soft drinks, and admission will be $15 per person, $25 per couple or $35 per family, while children 11 and younger get in free. For details, phone Valerie at 360-821-9321.
■ A blues revue will take over Wind Rose Cellars, the wine bar at 143 W. Washington St., from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. There’s no cover charge to drink in the music with guitarists Rufus Perry and Bill Volmut, drummer Mark Volmut and bass man Taylor Ackley.
■ At the Oasis Bar and Grill, two bands are coming for New Year’s Eve: the Old Sidekicks will play country and bluegrass from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.; then Black Rock will play, well, rock from 9 p.m. until after midnight. There’s no cover charge at the Oasis, 301 E. Washington St. in Sequim’s Creamery Square, while more information can be had at 360-582-3143.
PORT TOWNSEND
■ First Night, the family-friendly convergence of live music, square and line dancing, storytelling, games and many other activities, happens from 6 p.m. to
9 p.m. in and around Port Townsend’s historic City Hall, 540 Water St. At 9 p.m., the crescendo comes with Dr. David Chuljian’s fireworks display and the raising of sculptor Thaddeus Jurczynski’s big, lighted anchor over Memorial Field, 550 Washington St.
Admission is by optional donation, with passes available for a suggested $5 per person or $10 per family. Advance passes are at the Jefferson Museum of Art & History at City Hall; information awaits at 360-385-1003.
■ Sirens Pub will host a ring-in-2015 party with two bands: the Shivering Denizens, the opening act, and then The Better Half, those suppliers of rhythm and blues and other danceable stuff. Festivities get going at 8:30 p.m. while the cover charge is $10 at the pub, 823 Water St.
■ The Cellar Door is bringing the Crow Quil Night Owls and DJ Coarse in for a dance party from 9 p.m. on until midnight. Admission at the club, 940 Water St., will be $5.
■ The Quimper Grange New Year’s Eve Fundraiser Dance, an event open to all ages and dance experience levels, has a pair of local bands: Susannah Gals and Airstream Traveler. They’re rolling in for square dancing, contras, reels, circles, mixers and more, all with dance caller Dave Thielk, from 8 p.m. to around midnight.
Singles, couples and groups are welcome, and admission is a suggested $10 donation, but no one will be turned away. Proceeds go toward keeping the grange in good shape. For more information, phone 360-385-3308.
■ Jim Nyby and the F Street Band will dish up New Orleans R&B and 1950s soul at Manresa Castle, 651 Cleveland St. The ensemble will get started at 8:30 p.m. and play on to 12:30 a.m. Advance tickets are $15 at Crossroads Music, 2100 Lawrence St., Port Townsend; remaining tickets will be sold at the door for that same price.
■ Three bands will bring on 2015 at the American Legion Hall: The High Council, the Dirty Beat Duo and the Naughty Blokes will play a 21-and-older bash starting at 7:30 p.m. Doors of the hall will open at 5:30 p.m. for food, drink and mingling, and then come the Blokes’ British-style rock ‘n’ roll, the Dirty Beat’s percussive electronica and the High Council’s roots, rock and reggae. Admission is $20 at the door of the American Legion, 209 Monroe St.
■ DJ Captain Peacock will bring the beats to the Pourhouse, 2231 Washington St., from 10 p.m. on past midnight. Admission is free while Peacock’s motto is “party like it’s 2015.”
