Numerous local bars, restaurants and nightclubs will be hosting New Year’s Eve parties. Here are some of the bigger ones. We’ll run a longer list of the ones we know about next week, but you can use this as a head start for making plans to ring in 2017.
T.J. Greever sports a green tu-tu during his performance with the rest of The Communicators at Riverbend.The Communicators (in That ’90s Show) with Danimal Planet
Where: Clyde’s on Main, 122 W. Main St.
When: 9 p.m.-2 a.m.
Admission: $15.
Phone: 423-362-8335.
Party band The Beaters
The Beaters will again perform their annual Rockin’ New Year’s Eve party at the Chattanooga Choo Choo.Where: Chattanooga Choo Choo, 1400 Market St.
When: 7:30 p.m.-1 a.m.
Admission: $40.
Phone: 423-266-5000.
Rapper Juicy J
Where: Track 29, 1400 Market St.
When: 9 p.m.
Admission: $55 in advance, $60 day of.
Phone: 423-521-2929.
The Swinger David Scott (comedian) and DJ after midnight
Where: The Comedy Catch, 1400 Market St.
When: 10 p.m.
Admission: $36 (also a 7:30 p.m. show without NYE add-ons for $18).
Phone: 423-622-2233.
Courtney Reid, who’s known for her smooth vocals and soulful sound, is the next featured act at Noontunes, a weekly concert series designed to give local artists a new platform for their music. A Memphis native, she has been singing professionally since age 17 and holds a degree in sociology with a minor in music performance. She cites Whitney Houston, Beyoncéand Stevie Wonder as her greatest musical influences. She sings backup for Shirley Jones of The Jones Girls (“Who Can I Run To,” “You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else”) and with the Nashville-based Power Players and the Higher Ground band. Her Noontunes show is noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, May 18; admission is free. Shows are taped for broadcast at 8 p.m. the following day on WUTC-FM 88.1, so yesterday’s live performance by Jamal Traub will be featured on the station tonight, May 12. For more information, call 423-265-3700.The Power Players show band
Where: Chattanoogan, 1201 Broad St.
When: 8 p.m.- 1 a.m.
Admission: $150 per couple.
Phone: 423-424-3700.
Hair/rock/pop band The Velcro Pygmies
Where: Revelry Room, 41 Station St.
When: 10 p.m.; doors open at 8 p.m.
Admission: $35 in advance, $40 day of.
Phone: 423-521-2929.
SoundForce Entertainment DJs
Where: Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View.
When: 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
Admission: $140 individual, $260 couple.
Phone: 423-267-0968.
Guitarist Gino Fanelli, then DJs Cutlass Cult and Boo Ryder
Where: The Social, 1110 Market St.
When: 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m.
Admission: $25.
Phone: 423-266-3056.