Looking for something to do on New Years Eve? There are all kinds of parties going on in the glass city for you to ring in the New Year with a live band! Here are the best parties in town:

Eden Adam New Years Eve Party at the Bronze Boar downtown Toledo with 4 DJ’s, high energy dance music, champagne, extreme girls, bronzegirls, teezerz, and more…

Crucial 420 Reggae band New Years Eve Party at Woodchuck’s, downtown Toledo. $5 cover, under 21 $10. Free champagne toast at midnight.

Manhattan’s Big Apple Bash with the Swamp Kings, downtown Toledo (Adams). 419-243-6675 for reservations.

The Skybox New Years Bash with Running with Scissors (Laskey). Ring in the new year in style with DJ Likwid and the 80’s and and hard rock covers of Running with Scissors. $15 per person or $25 per couple.

New Years Eve party with Ohio’s “The Game” at Pipe Dreams in McComb, Ohio. Buffet Dinner from 10pm - 2am and champagne toast ad midnight. $8 per person, $15 per couple, $10 per person at the door.

Bethany & the Bottom Line have a New Years Eve party show at The River Cafe and Marina, 9pm start.

Liberty Beach will play their New Year’s Eve show with Hot Rod Parker at GESU Sullivan Center.

The Lawn Gnomes will play their New Year’s Eve show at Uncle Buck’s in Findlay, Ohio.

Froghead will play at Tipper’s in Put in Bay for their New Year’s Eve show

Whiskey Dunn will play their New Year’s Eve party at Thirsty’s Pub in Dundee, MI.

Kari Nichole will play her New Years Eve show at Bell Mells in Port Clinton, OH.

Chris Shutters Band will play their New Year’s Eve party at The Blarney, downtown Toledo.

Reese Daily Band will play New Years Eve at the Walleye Drop in Port Clinton

Rock N Roll Outlaws will play their New Year’s Show at Dave’s Hideaway in Findlay, OH.

Rizzo will play New Year’s Eve at the Bowling Green Eagles

Work Release Band will play New Years at D&L Town and Country Tavern in Alvordton, OH.

Loose Cannons will play the Kenton Moose for New Years in Kenton, OH.

421 Band will be at Nino’s for New Years in Findlay, OH.

East River Drive will ring in the New Year at Club Soda.

MASFiNA will play their New Year’s Eve show at Firehouse 47 in Ottawa Lake, MI.

Now that the Xmas holiday is over the year is winding down and it’s time to get out and let loose a little. Brave the cold and go out and see some local live entertainment tonight!

Here are local Toledo bands playing Toledo Bars on Fri, Dec 26:

Liberty Beach is playing at Sports Venue in Sylvania with Hot Rod Parker

Gin Bunny will play alternative and classic rock at The Bronze Boar downtown

Michael Glablicki from Rusted Root will be at The Village Idiot in Maumee

Freakender will play classic rock at Fat Fish Blue in Levis Commons

Empire Drift will be at Claddaugh Irish Pub in Westfield

Kari Nichole will play acoustic at Ottawa Tavern on Adams downtown

Goiterjelly will be at Howard’s Club H in Bowling Green

Noisy Neighbors will be at Mulvaney’s Bunker playing dance rock and pop

Loose Cannons will be playing classic rock at Amvets 13 in Napoleon

Hugh Rock is playing at Main Street Bar in Sylvania

Bandera is playing country rock at Dave’s Hideaway on N. Detroit Ave

421 Band will play blues and classic rock at Nino’s in Findlay

East River Drive will play dance, R&B, and motown at Club Soda

MASFiNA will play 80’s and classic rock at Firehouse 47

Last Friday we decided to go out on Friday instead of Saturday to see some bands. This time we wanted to see some people we hadn’t seen before, so we made a plan to go and see people at 4 different places. The great thing about Toledo is that there are so many diverse bands you can see. You can find blues, alternative, indie, death metal, karaoke, acoustic acts, classic rock, techno, dance music, both classic and modern country - and more! You could see bands all night long and still see only a small portion of who was playing in town. This is what we did last Friday night…

Don & Rachel Coats

Don Coats has been playing in and around the Toledo area for the last 25 years. For the last 3 years Don and his daughter Rachel Coats have been performing live 4-5 nights per week as a Father Daughter Duo! We stopped by Tres Amigos Cantina on Secor in Lambertville, MI to see them play and eat some dinner. A graduate of BGSU in Music Education, Rachel teaches during the week both at Village Electronics and in the Sylvania schools. You can tell music runs in the family. We heard them run through songs by the Beatles, Carly Simon, Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton, and more. To catch their show you can usually find them on Tres Amigos on Fridays and Dorr St Cafe on Saturdays. You can also catch them at Avenue Bistro and The Village Inn in Sylvania. Check their MySpace profile for where they will be playing next!

Andrew Ellis & the Setting Sons

You can’t get much more blues in Toledo than Andrew Ellis and the Setting Sons. Going to see the band is almost like being in a time capsule. Close your eyes and be transported back to the days of the juke joints of the South with tin pan roofs and dirt floors. The days on Robert Johnson and Jelly Roll Morton come to mind. I’m not an blues expert by any means, but I am a guitar player - and I can definitely say Andrew Ellis is one of the best slide players I’ve ever seen live. His growling gritty voice howls along singing along with the band as if it were an instrument of it’s own. If you like blues, if you like searing licks from a masterful guitar player, if you just want to see a good band - Andrew Ellis and the Setting Sons are a pretty good bet. Visit their MySpace profile here.

Here’s a video we took of them performing live at The Blue Devil on Laskey that night:

Andrew Ellis and the Setting Sons Live at The Blue Devil performing “Best Wishes”

Haywire

After the blues, it seemed time to listen to some country! We went down Monroe and headed up Main Street in Sylvania to Main Street Bar and Grill (formerly Sodbusters) to see “Haywire”. The parking lot was pretty full when we pulled in, and once inside there really wasn’t a seat anywhere at all to sit - not even at the bar, the back, or by the pool tables. I would have liked to stay longer, but was only able to hear a few songs and snap a few pics before we moved on. What I did hear was a really tight, jumpin’ band - I heard a little classic rock and and a little country - we will definitely be checking them out again soon for a longer visit. View their MySpace profile here.

Here’s some pics I took of the band when I was there:

Liberty Beach and Hot Rodney Parker

For the last stop of the night it was over to Joe’s Walnut in Petersburg to see Liberty Beach with Hot Rod Parker. Liberty Beach is a six piece country band that includes guitar, bass, acoustic guitar, drums, keyboard, and pedal steel. They play both modern and classic country covers and originals for Parker’s debut CD “Hot Rod”. We watched the band roar through an incredible set of country songs that included Copperhead Road and Beer in Mexico. The band puts on quite the slow, largely in part from the musical history of the members of Liberty Beach.

John McAfee is on lead guitar - you may know him from local area bands over the last few decades like “The Affair”, “Big Game”, and the original “MASFiNA” lineup. He has also played (and continues to play for) the local favorite band “Bonkers”. On bass is Randy Monk - who happens to be the founding member of Bonkers, which he still plays in today with John. He has also toured in the country rock band “Locoweed”. Bruce Burkhart is on drums, who spent many years playing with 80’s/90’s The Rize Band. Wes Waters is on keyboard and he’s played with Lynyrd Skynyrd tribue band “Second helping”. Randy Meeker is on Pedal Steel guitar, and has been playing it since his early 20’s. He also runs “String Music Productions”, which is also the local management team for Hot Rod Parker.

Which brings us to the man out in front of Liberty Beach “Hot Rod Parker” himself. His debut CD “Hot Rod” was recorded in Nashville with members of the Dire Straights Band under the guidance of producer / arranger Gary Earl. You can pick up his CD at any Liberty Beach show! If you like country music (and maybe even if you don’t), you sure can’t go wrong seeing a live Liberty Beach show with Hot Rod Parker at the front of the stage. Visit their MySpace profile listed below, or one of the band members or side projects listed below. Hot Rod Parker also performs with both The Delta Kings and Locoweed in and around the Toledo area.

Hod Rod Parker and Liberty Beach MySpace Profile
Hot Rod Parker web site
Hot Rod Parker MySpace Profile
The Delta Kings MySpace profile
John McAfee’s MySpace profile
Bonkers MySpace profile
Randy Meeker’s MySpace profile
Randy Monk’s MySpace profile

Here’s some pics we took of the band in action live on stage when we saw them at Joe’s Walnut Bar & Grill in Petersburg, MI:

Saturday is the greatest day of the week to see a live band! If you were tired from working all week - now you’ve got some rest, and you don’t have to go to work tomorrow (hopefully)! There is always more going on around town for a Saturday night than any other - and today is no exception! Make your plans early with family and friends, there’s simply a ton of live, local entertainment to choose from in the glass city.

Here’s the bands and live acts playing Toledo bars for Saturday, December 6th, 2008:

Bethany & the Bottom Line will be playing acoustic at The Dog House on Laskey

Liberty Beach will melt down what’s left of Joe’s Walnut in Petersburg, MI with some LIVE country!

Tinfoil will bring some indie rock to Woodchuck’s - downtown across from Erie Street Market

Whiskey Dunn will bring some classic rock to RPM’s in Ida, MI

Ten Inch Willy will blow out Haven Lounge with classic rock in Swanton on Airport

The Rayz will bring their 80’s and 90’s rock to Michigan Tavern in Temperance

Studebaker John & the Hawks will rock blues styles at BLUEStage in Napoleon (7pm)

Frostbite will bring some blues to Fat Fish Blue in Levis Commons, Perrysburg

Freakender will play classic rock at Legends, downtown Toledo

Empire Drift will bring both covers and original rock to Andy’s Bar & Grill in Perrysburg

Chris Shutters will show you who’s master of the Stratocaster at Mulvaney’s Bunker on Dorr St

Stonehouse will bring indie rock to Kirwin Art Company in Elmore, OH

MASFiNA will melt the beach at The Big Digger (Clamdigger’s), Monroe, MI

Don and Rachel Coats will bring their brand of acoustic to Dorr St Cafe

Extra Stout will bring some traditional Irish cheer to DeSimones

Exit Reality will play a second night of classic rock at Longbranch Saloon in Carleton, MI

Boogie Stu will play classic rock at Jeff’s Bar and Grill in Tontogany, OH

Rock N Roll Outlaws will be at N. Baltimore Eagles with classic rock

Rizzo will bring some classic rock to Sit N Bull Saloon, Tontogany, OH

Noisy Neighbors will blow out Ottawa Tavern with high energy dance rock

Work Release Band will riot at The Bar in Montpelier, OH with classic rock

Loose Cannons will perform classic rock at Gridiron in Forest, OH

Haywire will play country rock at Main Street Bar (formerly Sodbusters) in Sylvania, OH

Bandera will be at Dave’s Hideaway Lounge II playing all the country you can handle

Hugh Rock will get down and dirty at Firehouse 47 all night long

The Bridges will rock Club Soda with 80’s and classic rock

Kyle White will play at South End Grill acoustic rock, 6pm show

Go out and support local music tonight!

Man, it’s been colder than a witches tit in the middle of the North Pole this past week hasn’t it? Now that it’s the end of the week, that could only mean one thing - it’s time to rock out!! Hell yea, get out there and see some live local entertainment, brave the cold and have a few brews with your friend and family and beat the early onset of cabin fever!

Here’s local Toledo bands playing Friday, Dec 5, 2008:

Liberty Beach will light up Peterburg, MI at Joe’s Walnut with their brand of country

Dave Carpenter and the Jaeglers will rock the Bronze Boar, downtown Toledo

Turophile will “melt faces off” at Mickey Finns tonight

The MacPods will bring some indie rock to The Village Idiot

Ten Inch Willy will play classic rock at The Haven in Swanton, OH on Airport Hwy

Suburban Legend will be at Fat Fish Blue in Levis Commons, Perrysburg

Chris Shutters Band will play Mulvaney’s Bunker and shake the rafters with his Stratocaster

MASFiNA rocks Legends for the first time with their brand of dance rock - will the stage survive?

Don and Rachel Coats will be at Tres Amigos Cantina in Lambertville with acoutic rock

Frostbite will be at Manhattan’s bluesing it up in downtown Toledo on Adams St.

Neon Black will bring hair metal back to The Distillery tonight

Exit Reality will be at The Longbranch Saloon in Carleton, MI with classic rock

Haywire will bring some country rock to Main Street Bar (formerly Sodbusters) in Sylvania

Bandera will rock all of N. Detroit Ave with country at Dave’s Hideaway Lounge II

Gregg Aranda will play acoustic at Ottawa Tavern

Hugh Rock will give you 80’s and classic rock both hard and fast at Firehouse 47, Ottawa Lake, MI

Venyx will bring dance rock to Nino’s in Findlay, OH

The Bridges will rock Club Soda all night long, Monroe and Secor

Catch 33 will bring some classic and modern rock to The Sky Box on Laskey

Kyle White will play acoustic at Highland Meadows Golf Course, 8pm

There’s something for everyone tonight no matter what kind of music you like - get out there are see a band!

Title: Liberty Beach
Location: Joe’s Walnut
Description: country show with Hot Rodney Parker in Petersburg, MI 9pm
Start Date: 2008-12-05
End Date: 2008-12-06

I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday week!! If you’re still stuffed with turkey from yesterday and full of food - you need to get out and dance some of it off! There’s a lot of great local music you can go out and hear, and this week if you have friends or relatives in town - take them out to see some local music too!

Here’s local Toledo Bands playing the Day after Thanksgiving - 2008!

Liberty Beach will play country at Yee Haw’s in Oregon (formerly The Rodeo)

421 Band will be at The Buckeye Club in Miller City, OH

Hugh Rock will play 80’s and classic rock at Main Street Bar in Sylvania

Bandera will play country at Dave’s Hideaway II on N. Detroit Ave

Kari Nichole will play acoustic at McCarthy’s in Port Clinton, OH (7:30pm show)

Stonehouse will be at The Bronze Boar playing indie rock, downtown Toledo

MASFiNA will be at The Sky Box playing 80’s and classic rock on Laskey

Reese Daily Band will be playing hard drivin’ blues at Ottawa Tavern

All4It will play classic rock at Basin Street Grill, 8pm show

Neon Black will playing 80’s and 90’s rock at The Distillery

Whiskey Dunn will be playing classic rock at Michigan Tavern

Loose Cannons will play classic rock at Boyd’s Pub in N. Baltimore, OH

Alter Ego will play classic rock at Breakroom Lounge in Maumee, OH

Kyle White will play acoustic folk rock at South End Grill

East River Drive will play dance, R&B, and Motown at Club Soda

The Bridges will play 80’s and classic rock at The Distillery

Get out and see some local live entertainment tonight!

There may be a little snow on the ground, but there’s not enough to make a snowman or go snowmobiling just yet. It’s time to find something to do indoors this winter, and one great thing you can do is go out and see a live band tonight! There’s all kinds of different music to see all around town tonight - pick a location near you and get out there and support your local musicians!

Froghead plays classic rock at the Bronze Boar downtown Toledo

Liberty Beach plays country at Sports Venue in Sylvania

Hugh Rock plays 80’s and classic rock at Thirsty’s in Dundee, MI

Measure of Time plays classic rock at Haven Lounge in Swanton

Bandera plays country rock at Dave’s Hideaway Lounge II on N. Detroit Ave

Kari Nichole plays acoustic at Bellsmells in Port Clinton

Running with Scissors plays 80’s and 90’s rock at The Blue Devil

MASFiNA plays 80’s and classic dance rock at The Breakroom Lounge Maumee

Reese Daily Band plays hard drivin’ blues at Put in Bay Bar in Lakewood, OH

The Ogres play classic and avant-garde rock at Ottawa Taver, downtown Toledo

Neon Black plays 80’s and hard rock at The Omni (formerly Gatorz) over by TU

Under the Covers plays 80’s and classic rock at The Buckeye Club in Miller City, OH

Noisy Neighbors plays pop dance rock at Yee Haw’s (formerly The Rodeo) in Oregon, OH

Exit 17 band plays classic rock at Rivlarys in Monroe, MI

Lifeline plays original rock at Firehouse 47 in Ottawa Lake, MI

Buster Strange plays classic rock at Joe’s Walnut in Petersburg, MI

Venyx plays high energy pop dance rock at Club Soda at Monroe and Secor

Kyle White plays acoustic at Highland Meadows Golf Club

The Bridges play 80’s and classic rock at The Distillery on Heatherdowns

It’s Saturday night, do you know where your Toledo bands are? On such a drizzly cold and dreary day - you need to get in the car, and visit your local drinking establishment to watch some live entertainment. Here’s who’s playing Toledo area bars for Saturday, November 8th, 2008.

Smoke Theory will be playing original rock at Centre Stage on Alexis at 8pm

Bandera will be playing country rock at Dave’s Hideaway Lounge II on N. Detroit

Measure of Time will be playing at Jo Jo’s in Woodville 8:30pm

Stonehouse will play indie rock at Doc Watson’s

Running with Scissors will be playing at The Sky Box on Laskey

MasFina will be playing 80’s and classic rock at Michigan Tavern in Lambertville

Under the Covers will be at Club Bijou playing 80’s and classic rock

Whiskey Dunn will play classic rock at Dino’s Dugout in Milan

Exit Reality will be at Longbranch Saloon in Carleton, MI

Bethany & the Bottom Line will be at The Blue Devil

Rizzo will play classic rock at Redneck Willy’s in Weston, OH

Loose Cannons will be at the Upper Sandusky Moose

Freakender will be playing classic rock at Legends, downtown Toledo

56 Daze will be playing at Firehouse 47 in Ottawa Lake MI

Kyle White will play acoustic folk rock at Basin Street Grill

East River Drive will be playing dance, soul, R&B, and Motown at Club Soda

The Bridges will play 80’s and classic rock at The Distillery

Mad Hatter will be playing classic rock at Montpelier Eagles

Froghead will be playing classic rock at The Anchor Inn in Point Place

Liberty Beach will be at Joe’s Walnut playing country in Petersburg, MI

Gin Bunny will be playing alternative, modern, and classic rock at the Bronze Boar

It may look a little gloomy outside, but that just makes it a better day to go out and see local, live entertainment in Toledo! This is the busiest time of year for both bands and bars, because when it gets cold people love to go out (because you can’t do much outside). There’s a lot going on tonight, go check out someone you haven’t seen before!

Toledo Bands playing in Toledo Bars for Friday, November 7th, 2008:

Kari Nichole will be playing acoustic folk rock at McCarthy’s in Port Clinton

421 Band will play blues and classic rock at Nino’s in Findlay

Bandera will be playing country rock at Dave’s Hideaway Lounge II on N. Detroit Ave

Running with Scissors will be playing 80’s and classic rock at The Skybox on Laskey

MasFina will be playing 80’s and classic rock at the Michigan Tavern

All4It will be playing classic rock at Basin Street Grill

Under the Covers will be playing 80’s and classic rock at Club Bijou

Exit Reality will be playing at Longbranch Saloon in Carleton, MI

Stohl-N will be playing original at at The Omni (formerly Gatorz)

56 Daze will be playing 80’s and classic rock at Firehouse 47 in Ottawa Lake, MI

Kyle White will play acoustic folk rock at Highland Meadows Golf Club

East River Drive will play R&B, soul, dance, and pop at Club Soda

The Bridges will be playing 80’s and classic rock at The Distillery

Dave Carpenter & the Jaeglers will be playing acoustic rock at The Bronze Boar

Froghead will be playing classic rock at Anchor Inn over in Point Place

Liberty Beach will be playing country rock at Joe’s Walnut with Hot Rod Parker in Petersburg, MI

Get out there and support local music tonight!