MUST HEAR

There is no night on the yearly calendar quite as special as New Year’s Eve. The imminent arrival of 2014 is the perfect excuse to celebrate with friends, food, drink and music, and the La Jolla area offers up plenty of options to wrap up the year. At intimate night spot Eddie V’s, jazz piano aficionados will enjoy music from the Freddie A Dream Trio, playing standards in the V Lounge starting at 7 p.m. Meanwhile, at Café-Bar Europa, the venue will be transformed into the Turquoise Speakeasy for the night, with a vaudeville show and a band mixing ragtime and swing tunes for dancing, 7:30 p.m. Fans of blues, jazz and R&B will want to head to the Marine Room, where chanteuse Whitney Shay and her band will be holding court at 8 p.m. Finally, rock fans should head over to Beaumont’s, where Slower will be counting down until midnight with a set of classic covers. Whatever your musical taste, La Jolla’s music venues offer up something for just about everybody.

Friday, Dec. 20

Tomcat Courtney, blues legend, 5 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

Lisa Campbell, 6 p.m., Prospect Bar

AJ DeGrasse Trio, piano jazz, 7 p.m., Eddie V’s

Loose Nuts, ska-punk, 7 p.m., Che Café

Chicken Bone Slim, blues, 7 p.m., Amaya

Tad Sisler, vocals, piano, keyboards, 8 p.m., Manhattan of La Jolla

FUNdamental Fridays, DJ night, 8 p.m., Barfly

AfroJazziacs, Latin & Afro Cuban Jazz Trio with Louie Valenzuela, 9 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

Saturday, Dec. 21

Ryan Hiller, noon, Prospect Bar

Jimmy Lewis, 3:15 p.m., Prospect Bar

Tomcat Courtney, blues legend, 5 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

Aquile, 6:30 p.m., Prospect Bar

Freddie A Dream Trio, piano jazz, 7 p.m., Eddie V’s

Breez’n, jazz tp Top 40, 7 p.m., Amaya

American Haiku, Denver-based indie rock, 7 p.m., Che Café

Tad Sisler, 8 p.m., Manhattan of La Jolla

Superstar Saturdays, DJ night, 8 p.m., Barfly

DJ Night, 9 p.m., Prospect Bar

Random Radio, classic covers, 9:30 p.m., Beaumont’s

Son pa Ti, Latin dance music, 9 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

Sunday, Dec. 22

Kayla Hope, 11:30 a.m., Beaumont’s

Brent Curtis & Mike Myrdal, noon, Prospect Bar

Sounds Like Four, jazz, 4 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

Jimmy Lewis, 4 p.m., Prospect Bar

Ray Briz Trio, piano jazz, 5 p.m., Eddie V’s

Middle Earth, belly dance ensemble, 8 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

Monday, Dec. 23

Thee Antagonist, acoustic rock ’n’ roll, 4 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

John Cain, piano jazz, 5 p.m., Eddie V’s

Stefanie Schmitz and Amanda Portella, Brazilian music, 7 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

Tuesday, Dec. 24

Stephanie Schmitz, 5 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

Freddie A Dream Trio, 5 p.m., Eddie V’s

Lisa Campbell, 6:30 p.m., Prospect Bar

Wednesday, Dec. 25

Christmas Day

Thursday, Dec. 26

Talia, 4 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

Ray Briz Trio, 6 p.m., Eddie V’s

The Jade Visions Jazz Trio, jazz, 7 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

Mark Fulton Band, classic covers, 7 p.m., Amaya

Doug Benson, classic covers, 8 p.m., Beaumont’s

Friday, Dec. 27

Tomcat Courtney, 5 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

Lisa Campbell, 6 p.m., Prospect Bar

Take Offense, hardcore, 6:30 p.m., Che Café

JazzMikan, piano jazz, 7 p.m., Eddie V’s

Ron’s Garage Band, rock, 7 p.m., Amaya

Tad Sisler, 8 p.m., Manhattan of La Jolla

Fly Fridays, DJ night, 8 p.m., Barfly

AfroJazziacs, 9 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

Stratos, blues and rock, 9 p.m., Beaumont’s

Saturday, Dec. 28

Ryan Hiller, noon, Prospect Bar

Jimmy Lewis, 3:15 p.m., Prospect Bar

Tomcat Courtney, 6 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

Aquile, 6:30 p.m., Prospect Bar

JazzMikan, 7 p.m., Eddie V’s

Lance Diekmann, blues, 7 p.m., Amaya

Tad Sisler, 8 p.m., Manhattan of La Jolla

Superstar Saturdays, DJ night, 8 p.m., Barfly

Santana Pa Ti, Santana covers project, 9 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

Fish & The Seaweeds, classic covers, 9 p.m., Beaumont’s

Sunday, Dec. 29

Doug Benson, 11:30 a.m., Beaumont’s

Brent Curtis and Mike Myrdal, noon, Prospect Bar

Sounds Like Four, jazz, 4 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

Jimmy Lewis, 4 p.m., Prospect Bar

John Cain, piano jazz, 6 p.m., Eddie V’s

Soul Ablaze, rock, soul and jazz, 7 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

Monday, Dec. 30

The Antagonist, acoustic rock ’n’ roll, 4 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

John Cain, piano jazz, 5 p.m., Eddie V’s

Stefanie Schmitz and Amanda Portella, Brazilian jazz jam, 7 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

Tuesday, Dec. 31

Freddie A Dream Trio, piano jazz, 7 p.m., Eddie V’s

Turquoise Speakeasy, ragtime meets swing, 7:30 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

Whitney Shay, 8:30 p.m., Marine Room

Slower, classic clovers, 9:30 p.m., Beaumont’s

Wednesday, Jan. 1

Mark Hall, acoustic rock, 4 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

Aquile, 6 p.m., Prospect Bar

Freddie A Dream Trio, piano jazz, 6 p.m., Eddie V’s

Tomcat Courtney, blues legend, 6 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

Aquile, 6:30 p.m., Prospect Bar

Rick Ross, jazz and pop, 7 p.m., Amaya

Thursday, Jan. 2

Kayla Hope, 5 p.m., Prospect Bar

Rob Bondurant, 6 p.m., Prospect Bar

Richard James Trio, piano jazz, 6 p.m., Eddie V’s

Tad Sisler, vocals, piano, keyboards, 7 p.m., Manhattan of La Jolla

Bobby Meader, folk-punk troubadour, 7 p.m., Che Café

Jade Visions Jazz Trio, jazz, 7 p.m., Café-Bar Europa

Mark Fulton Band, Top 40 and classic rock, 7 p.m., Amaya

Lotus, DJ night, 8 p.m., Barfly

Shoeless, classic covers, 8 p.m., Beaumont’s

MUSIC VENUES:

• The Athenaeum: 1008 Wall St., (858) 454-5872, www.barflylajolla.com

• Beaumont’s: 5662 La Jolla Blvd., (858) 459-0474, www.beaumontseatery.com

• Bird Rock Coffee Roasters: 5627 La Jolla Blvd., (858) 551-1707, www.birdrockcoffeeroasters.com

• Café-Bar Europa: 873 Turquoise St., (858) 488-4200, www.theturquoise.com

• Che Café: 9500 Gilman Drive, UCSD, (858) 534-2311, thechecafe.blogspot.com

• Eddie V’s: 1270 Prospect St, (858) 459-5500, www.eddiv.com

• La Jolla Music Society (Sherwood Auditorium): 700 Prospect St., (858) 454-3541, www.ljms.org

• La Valencia Hotel: 1132 Prospect St., (858) 454-0771, www.lavalencia.com

• Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center: 4126 Executive Drive, (858) 457-3030, www.lfjcc.org

• The Loft: 9500 Gilman Drive, UCSD, (858) 246-0323, www.artpwr.com

• Manhattan of La Jolla: 7766 Fay Ave., (858) 459-0700, www.manhattanoflajolla.com

• The Neurosciences Institute: 10640 John Jay Hopkins, (858) 454-626-2000, www.nsi.edu

• St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church: 743 Prospect St., (646) 457-8707

• Cusp Dining and Drinks at Hotel La Jolla: 7955 La Jolla Shores Drive, (858) 459-0261, www.hotellajolla.com

• Hiatus: 7955 La Jolla Shores Drive, (858) 459-0261, www.hotellajolla.com

• Amaya La Jolla: 1205 Prospect St., (858) 750-3695, www.amayalajolla.com