Trulio Disgracias & Monkey

It's hard to imagine a more fitting band to ring in the New Year than Trulio Disgracias: led by the incomparable Norwood Fisher of Fishbone and featuring a rotating cast of funk, rock, jazz and ska luminaries that includes members of P-Funk, it's certain to be a bacchanalian affair. The entire night is loaded with heavy hitters, including DJs spinning throughout the night in the Fireside Lounge, as well as opening act Monkey, San Jose-based traditional ska revivalists who are known to ska aficionados around the world but make it to Santa Cruz far too rarely. - Paul M. Davis sanjose.com