Plenty of party options in Seattle to bring in the new year

Published 6:23 pm Wednesday, December 22, 2010

The clock is ticking down toward New Year’s Eve. Now is the time to book a ticket to a special concert before time runs out on you, and the rest of 2010.

Here’s a sampling of some of the musical parties planned. Hangover medication not included in the price of admission.

The punk group X has a full night of entertainment planned at The Moore. It will perform its album, “Los Angeles,” in its entirety. The album was ranked by Rolling Stone among the top 500 ever made.

X also will screen its film, “X, The Unheard Music,” and it plans a set of its greatest hits.

The band has been around since the late 1970s, but its music and energy will propel you into 2011.

8 p.m., The Moore Theatre, 1932 Second Ave., Seattle; show is restricted to 21 and over; $43; stgpresents.org or 877-784-4849.

The Crocodile presents a night of hip hop, pop, electronic and pulsing dance rhythms with Fresh Espresso, Head Like a Kite and Concours d’Elegance. The big ball will drop, and at this show, everyone will bop.

8 p.m.; The Crocodile, 2200 Second Ave., Seattle; show is restricted to 21 and over, $15 in advance; www.thecrocodile.com.

Epidemic Music presents Seattle’s own punk superstars Fall From Grace. In case you don’t remember, they won a recording contract on “Bodog Music Battle of the Bands” back in 2004, beating out 7,000 other contestants. They’re appearing with Urban Collapse, SuPeRFeKtA, No Ground and Blue Helix.

8 p.m., Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave., Seattle; show restricted to 21 and over; $15 in advance, $17 at the door; go to ShowboxOnline.com or call 800-745-3000.

Remix master Morgan Page headlines USC Events and Insomniac’s Resolution New Year’s Eve 2011. It’s be a night of hard thumping, house, trance and dance music. Page is joined by Johnny Monsoon, Sean Majors, Westside Legacy and Kryspin.

8 p.m., Showbox Sodo, 1700 First Ave. S., Seattle; show restricted to 21 and over. $46 in advance, $60 at the door, $101 for VIP; go to ShowboxOnline.com or call 800-745-3000.

Close out the year with a bang, and spend New Year’s Eve with The Dusty 45s, a local roots band. They’ll play an early, all-ages, show and then kick off a countdown for 21 and over folk later in the evening.

7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. (over 21 only), The Triple Door, 216 Union St., Seattle; $70 to $100. Tickets available only by calling The Triple Door at 206-838-4333.

Make the final night of 2010 a Latin fused funky night of rhythm with the Grammy-award winning sounds of Poncho Sanchez and his band. It’s a little bit of salsa, a little bit of straight-ahead jazz and a whole lot of fun.

6 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.; Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, 2033 Sixth Ave., Seattle. Tickets range from $52.50 to $155.50 for both shows and dinner; www.jazzalley.com or 206-441-9729.

Jackson Holtz: 425-339-3447; jholtz@heraldnet.com.