Annual holiday concert from the local opera junkies. Shows at 3pm and 8pm.

Dinnertime pianist

This local singer has been performing classic rock and country all around town for over thirty years.

If you’ve never been to Rapunzel’s, this is the one to go to, and if you have, you know why: the lineup of local talent is tremendous, including blues guitarist Eli Cook, songwriter Andy Waldeck, vocal group Front Street, ex-Hackensaw Bobby St. Ours, country gospel singer Byron Massie, gypsy guitarist Rick Olivarez, folk singers Gene and Gayla Mills, folk rockers Molimo, Americana singer Dallas Wesley, musical teacher Mary Gordon Hall, bluegrass ensemble Worm Patterson, singer-songwriter Joia Wood, and guitarist Thomas Gunn.

Among others, if you can believe that.

Andy Waldeck - Those Days Are Gone
Andy Waldeck - Ordinary Men
Andy Waldeck - Diggin Me
Andy Waldeck - Healing
Olivarez Trio - Choti
Olivarez Trio - Adieu, Bienville
Olivarez Trio - Chez Drennon
Molimo - Walking On Water
Joia Wood - To Do [featuring Trees On Fire]

Local mandolin wizard

Narrative-heavy newgrass and folk from the energetic Richmond quartet with originals inspired by Johnny Cash and covers swiped from Gnarls Barkley.

Jazz from UVA’s trombone maestro.

Local rock outfit featuring Jason Pollock, former guitarist for late-breaking 90’s grunge band Seven Mary Three.

The Pollocks - Behind The Songs I Can’t Write
The Pollocks - Negative Blood
The Pollocks - Breathless
The Pollocks - Black Behind Blue
The Pollocks - Country
The Pollocks - Don’t Ask Me If I’m Happy
The Pollocks - Poetry
The Pollocks - Sad Farewells And Long Goodbyes

The Hackensaw Boys are one of Charlottesville’s biggest musical success stories, and certainly its biggest within the realm of bluegrass. They’ve weathered numerous lineup changes — they gave Modest Mouse their bassist after a big world tour a few years back — but always deliver a raucous good time that you don’t have to be a purist to enjoy.

Their most recent reshuffle was only temporary — guitarist Ward Harrison got all messed up by a wayward F-150 while riding his bike and ended up on crutches, so the band was briefly forced to perform as a five-piece until he rejoined just before Thanksgiving. “I was reading a lot of books and doing a lot of Facebooking,” he laughs. “Now I’m able to hobble out and have a guitar put in my hand. I predict that by the Gravity Lounge show I’ll be 100% self-sufficient, carrying my own cases and everything.” Now that he’s back in action, he says that all eyes are looking forward to the next album, which he hopes will be ready by February.

The Hackensaw Boys - Too Much Time
The Hackensaw Boys - Oh Girl

Potty-mouthed guitar/cello duo

Barling and Collins - (That’s Right) I’m Looking At Your Girlfriend