Champagne pops, hip-hop, a boot-scootin' ball drop: New Year's Eve concerts in Austin

Whether you're looking for a retro singalong with friends, a soulful evening with loved ones or copious amounts of reverb to thrash 2022 into oblivion, here are a dozen options for New Year's Eve concerts in the Austin.

Grupo Fantasma and Superfónicos at Far Out Lounge

Switch your hips and shake your moneymaker under the stars to the funkiest Latin grooves in Texas. In their illustrious two-decade run, cumbia kingpins Grupo Fantasma have backed everyone from Daniel Johnston to GZA, played a weekly Vegas residency with Prince and won a Grammy Award. They lead a bill that also features Colombian-fusion power squad Superfónicos. $25. thefaroutaustin.com.

Tomar and the FCs at the Continental Club

Tomar Williams is no simmering soul singer. Backed by a rollicking retro R&B combo, his voice overflows the honey pot. His golden tones drip with gooey, feel-good vibes that run rivers of kindness into even the hardest of hearts. Allisen & the Wy's Guys open. $33 in advance. continentalclub.com.

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Bob Schneider's Great Big Spectacular New Year's Eve Party at the Paramount

With a solo catalog that's 20 albums deep, Austin’s signature singer-songwriter is ridiculously prolific. Even in the analog era, his savvy approach to audience cultivation included special limited releases. These days, his loyal fans get new music monthly through his subscription Song Club. In recent years, Schneider has penned a graphic novel and launched multiple podcasts. His New Year blowout includes electro-pop up-and-comer Primo the Alien and Big Skinny. $35 and up. austintheatre.org.

Blackillac at Antone’s

At Austin City Limits Music Festival 2019, Blackillac rappers Phranchyze and Zeale stormed the stage during a super-jam hosted by their high school homie, Gary Clark Jr. Phranchyze charmed the crowd by name-checking “The Golden Girls.” Then Zeale unleashed a ballistic blitz that included a shout out to Vince Young, a challenge to the entire Austin Police Department and a proposal for a Black Mount Rushmore featuring himself, Phran and Clark, which actually felt plausible in the moment. The crowd went wild. It was one of ATX hip-hop’s proudest moments. Riding on the strength of two career-best 2022 albums, they take the stage at Clark’s club to kick 2022 to the curb. Mama Duke and the Bros Fresh open. $28 antonesnightclub.com.

David Ramirez and Friends play LCD Soundsystem at 3Ten

Ramirez’s solo catalog is stocked with beautifully wounded explorations that ache with ill-concealed unrest. For this show, Ramirez invites you to “Dance Yrself Clean” as he plays songs from LCD Soundsystem. Icing, a Cake cover band, opens. $45. 3tenaustin.com.

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Hotel Vegas Glitter’s Eve

Break out the blue eyeliner and spike your hair. Austin’s favorite eastside rock dive takes the year out with a trash-disco, glam-rock dance party. The theme is a departure from the club’s traditional end-of-year bash centered around the top artists of a particular year, but it will still present a selection of singalong hits from yesteryear. Favorite Austin acts like A Giant Dog, Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band and Moving Panoramas will take on the music of The Damned, David Bowie, Olivia Newton-John, Steely Dan and more. $24.54. texashotelvegas.com.

ERA NYE ‘22/23 at Concourse Project

Dutch DJ and future-house heavyweight Oliver Heldens leads the bill for this bash in the Southeast Austin dance music compound’s indoor stage. House DJs Moon Boots from N.Y.C. and Kryptogram from Chicago are also on the bill. $40 and up. concourseproject.com.

Mike Flanigin Trio with Jimmie Vaughan at C-Boy's

Get that Old Austin vibe as Hammond organ master Flanigin and Austin six-string king Jimmie Vaughan team up for a blues-rock New Year at the funky little hideaway in South Austin. Soulman Sam & The SMS Band open. $44 in advance. cboys.com.

SunSquabi at Empire

The Denver trio blends guitar rock, ambient electronics and the occasional sexy saxophone in sprawling jams. Austin electronic musician Cloudchord opens. $30. empireatx.com.

Pat Green at ACL Live

The Fort Worth-based singer-songwriter released “Miles and Miles of You,” his first studio album since 2015 in August. As he was writing, the songs flowed naturally. “There is a lot of formulaic country music out there,” he told the Dallas Morning News. “I just don’t know how to do that. I just kind of sit down (with) my instrument and start playing on something I like and then I keep going until it’s over.” Corey Kent and Kody West open. $39 and up. acllive.com.

Daikaiju New Year’s Party at the Hole in the Wall

Why ring in the New Year with mere mortals? Inspired by the kaiju genre of Japanese monster movies, the Alabama reverb warriors will Godzilla-stomp 2022 and wash in 2023 with a tsunami of thrashy surf rock.holeinthewallaustin.com.

The Mavericks at Gruene Hall

Raul Malo, whom former Statesman writer Peter Blackstock called “one of the great American vocalists of his time,” leaned into his Latino roots on the band’s most recent album, “En Espanol.” He brought songs from the album and the band’s back catalog of classic country and cowpunk to life in a 2020 “Austin City Limits” taping. If you want to ring in 2023 boot-scootin’ with the Mavs in a historic dance hall, start scouring the internet now. All three nights of the group’s run of Gruene shows are sold out, but we suspect this one is extra sold out. gruenehall.com.

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