Thursday The 2nd
AVK: violin and cello. Duma Club. 8 p.m.
Billy's Band: alternative, blues, rock, cabaret, alco jazz. Shestnadtsat Tonn. 9 p.m.
Classy Jazz. B2 small hall. 9 p.m.
Cubanaty: traditional from Cuba. Radio City Bar. 8 p.m.
Denis Mazhukov: boogie, rockabilly, rock 'n' roll. Birthday party. Roadhouse. 7 p.m.
Elysium: punk. B2. 9 p.m.
Haleo: Cuban ethno fusion. Forte. 8 p.m.
Karl Khlamkin and OgneOpasnOrchestra: folk rock. Kitaisky Lyotchik Dzhao Da. 10 p.m.
Latinos Band: Latino. Pancho Villa. 8:30 p.m.
Nikolai Moiseyenko Project: funk, new emo music. Kozlov Club. 8 p.m.
Nina Dilon: French songs. Gnezdo Glukharya. 7 p.m.
Open Blues Jam. Roadhouse. 6 p.m.
Otomoto: freak pop, disco rock. Masterskaya. 9 p.m.
Punk New Year's Party with Tarakany!, Port, Dyrgat and others. Plan B. 2 p.m.
Soulsofbeats: girl's duet. ArteFAQ. 9 p.m.
Stilyagi Band: rock 'n' roll and pop fusion. Soyuz Kompozitorov. 8:30 p.m.
Vladimir Kuzmin: rock. Alma Mater. 8 p.m.
Yolki: New Year's house party. Icon Club. 11 p.m.
Friday The 3rd
$7000: alternative, nu metal from Nizhny Novgorod. ArteFAQ. 9 p.m.
Alexei Kozlov and Arsenal: jazz rock, funk, fusion. Kozlov Club. 8 p.m.
Anna Buturlina: jazz vocals. Soyuz Kompozitorov. 8:30 p.m.
Bad Bimbos: blues rock, funk. Roadhouse. 8 p.m.
Best Blues Jam Party. Cafe Blues. 7 p.m.
Billy's Band: alternative, blues, rock, cabaret, alco jazz. Shestnadtsat Tonn. 9 p.m.
Cocktail Trio: vocals, drums, electric accordion. Forte. 8 p.m.
Esh: Brazilian jazz. Duma Club. 9 p.m.
Hangover Party with Bobry. Music Town. 9 p.m.
Karmen Moxie (jazz vocals) and the Oleg Butman Trio. Igor Butman Club Na Chistykh Prudakh. 8:30 p.m.
Keta. Somewhere on Kamchatka: joint experimental musical show by Ilya Lagutenko (Mumy Troll) and VJs United. Moscow Planetarium. 9:30 p.m.
Marakatu: carnival music orchestra. Radio City Bar. 8 p.m.
Mishouris Blues Band. Roadhouse. 8 and 11:30 p.m.
Moscow Ragtime Band. B2 small hall. 9 p.m.
MPTRI: rock, disco punk. Kitaisky Lyotchik Dzhao Da. 10 p.m.
NOM: experimental, avant-garde. Theater Club. 8 p.m.
Pavel Kashin: soft rock. Alma Mater. 7 p.m.
Sin Fronteras: Latino. Pancho Villa. 9 p.m.
Yevgeny Margulis: blues. Alma Mater. 10 p.m.
Yolki: New Year's house party. Icon Club. 11 p.m.
Saturday The 4th
Beriashvili-Losev Group: ethno jazz. Kozlov Club. 8 p.m.
Che Guevara Jazz. Soyuz Kompozitorov. 8:30 p.m.
Chucky Band: jazz, r&b, pop. Radio City Bar. 8 p.m.
Cubamania: Latino. Pancho Villa. 9 p.m.
Cuban Party. Izvestia Hall. 10 p.m.
Daniil Kramer: jazz piano. Alma Mater. 7 p.m.
Emergency Band: r&b, blues, rock. Roadhouse. 8 p.m.
KnyaZz: acoustic. Shestnadtsat Tonn. 9 p.m.
Makulatura: alternative hip-hop. Theater Club. 7 p.m.
Mishouris Blues Band. Roadhouse. 11:30 p.m.
Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon: multimedia show. Moscow Planetarium. 9:10 p.m.
Posle Odinnadtsati: folk rock, indie. Alma Mater. 10 p.m.
Shemyakina Band: funk and soul covers. B2 small hall. 9 p.m.
Taki Da!: dark chansons, dub. Kitaisky Lyotchik Dzhao Da. 10 p.m.
Vadim Eilenkrig (trumpet) and his band. Igor Butman Club Na Chistykh Prudakh. 8:30 p.m.
Vadim Stepantsov and Burlesque Orchestra: art rock. Schwein. 11 p.m.
Yolki: New Year's house party. Icon Club. 11 p.m.
Sunday The 5th
5 Storon: cover band. Cafe Blues. 9 p.m.
African Party. Izvestia Hall. 10 p.m.
Barto: electro punk. Fanny Kaplan: experimental. Kitaisky Lyotchik Dzhao Da. 9 p.m.
Blues Cousins interpret The Beatles. Soyuz Kompozitorov. 8:30 p.m.
Cheers Mate: jungle and drum 'n' bass party. Shestnadtsat Tonn. 11:55 p.m.
Christmas Jazz performed by Daniil Kramer (piano) and the Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.
Eteri Beriashvili (jazz vocals) and Alexander Losev (piano). Igor Butman Club Na Chistykh Prudakh. 8:30 p.m.
Jazz Conversations: evening of vocal jazz. ArteFAQ. 8 p.m.
Jazz Report: covers. Duma Club. 9 p.m.
L.E.T.O.: downtempo, nu jazz, fusion. B2 small hall. 9 p.m.
Latinos Band: Latino. Pancho Villa. 8 p.m.
Mikhail Kistanov Trio: blues. B.B. King. 8:30 p.m.
Modern Blues Band. Forte. 8 p.m.
Open Blues Jam. Roadhouse. 6 p.m.
Psikheya and PTVP: alternative, glam punk. Theater Club. 8 p.m.
SegodnyaNochyu: Brit pop, rock. Shestnadtsat Tonn. 8 p.m.
Sunday Jazz Brunch. Jazz Esse. 2 p.m.
SunSay: reggae, funk, folk from Ukraine. Alma Mater. 8 p.m.
The Beatles Party with Dans Ramblers. Radio City Bar. 8 p.m.
Veretyontse Ensemble: folk. Kozlov Club. 8 p.m.
Monday The 6th
Alexander F. Sklyar: rock, ballads, romances, cabaret songs. Gnezdo Glukharya. 8 p.m.
Anise Project: electro soul. Shestnadtsat Tonn. 11:55 p.m.
Carina La Dulce: Latino, Flamenco. Kozlov Club. 8 p.m.
Christmas Party. Icon Club. 11 p.m.
Gradus: boogie. Schwein. 8 p.m.
Harmonica Night with Petrovich and Hot Rod Band, Voffka Kozhekin, Boris Plotnikov and others. Roadhouse. 8 p.m.
Jazzy House. B2 small hall. 9 p.m.
Live Jazz Jam. Faq-Cafe. 8 p.m.
Masquerade: discotheque. Arena Moscow. 10 p.m.
Mishouris Blues Band. Roadhouse. 11:30 p.m.
Pavel Kashin: soft rock. Shestnadtsat Tonn. 8 p.m.
Polina Orbakh (jazz vocals) and her quartet with a Christmas program. Igor Butman Club Na Chistykh Prudakh. 8:30 p.m.
Rapapam and Roma VPR: joint reggae concert. Kitaisky Lyotchik Dzhao Da. 10 p.m.
Sonora Latina: Latino. Pancho Villa. 8 p.m.
Sound Cake: jazz rock, soul, funk. Forte. 8 p.m.
Wayland Rodd: jazz vocals. Soyuz Kompozitorov. 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday The 7th
Armine Sarkisyan (jazz vocals), Roman Miroshnichenko (guitar) and Daniil Kramer (piano). Igor Butman Club Na Chistykh Prudakh. 8:30 p.m.
Christmas Party. Icon Club. 11 p.m.
Christmas Party with Deeplomatic People. Duma Club. 8 p.m.
Christmas Rave Alliance Party with Art of Fighters, Traxtorm Records and Adaro. Theater Club. 11:30 p.m.
Delta Blues Party. B.B. King. 8:30 p.m.
Dizzy Riders: funk, r&b, blues rock, soul. Roadhouse. 8 p.m.
Esh: Brazilian jazz. Forte. 8 p.m.
Frederick Belinsky: jazz guitar. Soyuz Kompozitorov. 8:30 p.m.
Gagarin Brothers: retro pop in rockabilly and jazz arrangements. Schwein. 8 p.m.
Gera Morales: reggae. Kitaisky Lyotchik Dzhao Da. 10 p.m.
Keta. Somewhere on Kamchatka: joint experimental musical show by Ilya Lagutenko (Mumy Troll) and VJs United. Moscow Planetarium. 9:30 p.m.
Latinos Band: Latino. Pancho Villa. 8:30 p.m.
Mishouris Blues Band. Roadhouse. 11:30 p.m.
Polyusa: indie, funk, soul. Shestnadtsat Tonn. 8 p.m.
RawCats'88: rockabilly, boogie, swing. Radio City Bar. 8 p.m.
Real Jam: retro jazz, girl's vocals. B2 small hall. 9 p.m.
Two Siberians: guitar and violin folk rock duet of Yury Matveyev and Artyom Yakushenko. Kozlov Club. 8 p.m.
Wednesday The 8th
Anna Korolyova and Jump: jazz, funk, ethno jazz. Forte. 8 p.m.
Esh: Brazilian jazz. Soyuz Kompozitorov. 8:30 p.m.
Ivan Smirnov: guitar. Kozlov Club. 8 p.m.
Naviol: acoustic duet. Kitaisky Lyotchik Dzhao Da. 9 p.m.
Nueva Sociedad del Caribe: Latino. Pancho Villa. 8:30 p.m.
Open Blues Jam with Dynamic James. B2 small hall. 8 p.m.
Pyotr Podgorodetsky: blues vocals and keyboards. Alma Mater. 8 p.m.
Sergei Manukyan (jazz vocals, keyboards) and his band. Igor Butman Club Na Chistykh Prudakh. 8:30 p.m.
ENGLISH The Delta Bombers: American rock band. Radio City Bar. 7 p.m.
Zero People: minimal beat, piano, vocals. Shestnadtsat Tonn. 8 p.m.
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