It’s been a long, long time since we’ve been able to post a Chelsea McBee-specific video … and yet here we are on the very first day of December in the year 2016, and check it out: Chelsea McBee and her fine little ditty called “Gone-A-Rye.” You can see her perform live in and in color Saturday night over in Shepherdstown at The Opera House. You know we love us some Chelsea McBee, and we know that you should, too. Elsewhere this weekend … well, it’s a First Saturday, so there’s that. And aren’t First Saturdays in December fun around here? Seems like they are supposed to be. Saturday night, there’s going to be a whole bunch of Motown fun at the Weinberg, and gosh darn-it, if that’s not the right way to kick off a holiday season, we don’t know what is. Soul music. It heals the … soul. Also, something called The Bees Trees will be at Cafe Nola Friday night and that’s a fun name. The Blues Vultures will be at Cactus Flats, and this cold weather is awfully conducive to the blues, you know. There’s Sons Of The Radio. There’s The New Thirty. There’s Mindy Miller & The Chrome Tears. There’s two doses of Justin Angelo. And, of course, there’s 5.5 Men. Where the other half goes, nobody knows. T-minus 24 days until Christmas. Have you started shopping yet? Tisk tisk. Get in that holiday spirit, put on a coat and have some fun. Be good.
THURSDAY
Who: Bluegrass open jam with Bobby Bales and Claude Jones
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 6:30 p.m.
Who: Open Mic
Where: Bushwallers
When: Sign-up begins at 9 p.m.; play begins at 10 p.m.
Who: Open Mic
Where: JR’s, Woodsboro
When: 7:30 p.m.
Who: ilyAIMY
Where: Firestones
When: 10 p.m.
FRIDAY
Who: Mike Schirf
Where: Elk Run Winery
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Georgia Lee and Stone Cold Country
Where: Cactus Flats
When: 8:30 p.m.
Who: Piranhas
Where: Champion Billiards
When: 10 p.m.
Who: The Bees Trees
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Mindy Miller & The Chrome Tears
Where: The Blue Side
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Rew Smith Band
Where: Bushwallers
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Love Canon
Where: The Opera House, Shepherdstown
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Tom O’Donnell
Where: Frederick Coffee Company
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Dan Kenny Unplugged
Where: Red Shedman Farm Brewery
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Justin Angelo
Where: Springfield Manor Winery
When: 6 p.m.
Who: Monocacy Jazz Trio
Where: Vini Culture Wine Bar
When: 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
Who: Lark Rize
Where: Beans In The Belfry
When: 7 p.m.
Who: Blues Vultures
Where: Cactus Flats
When: 8:30 p.m.
Who: Sons Of The Radio
Where: Champion Billiards
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Tony Grey Galactic Duo
Where: Cafe Nola
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Dominic Cicala
Where: The Blue Side
When: 9 p.m.
Who: Shadows of the ’60s: A Holiday Tribute To Motown
Where: The Weinberg Center
When: 8 p.m.
Who: The New Thirty
Where: Bushwallers
When: 10 p.m.
Who: The Chelsea McBee Band, The Outpatients
Where: The Opera House, Shepherdstown
When: 9 p.m.
Who: 5.5 Men
Where: JoJo’s Tap House
When: 10 p.m.
Who: Windon & Ricker
Where: Frederick Coffee Company
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Liberty Road
Where: Red Shedman Farm Brewery
When: 4 p.m.
Who: Justin Angelo
Where: Springfield Manor Winery
When: 2 p.m.
Who: Mike Moniodis
Where: Vini Culture
When: 3 p.m.
Who: Mark Koons
Where: Vini Culture
When: 8 p.m.
Who: Brett Barry, Empty Ecstasy, Todd C. Walker, Safe Harbor
Where: FSK Mall
When: 1 p.m.
