This weekend, New Year's edition, 12/30-1/1:

General Events (New Year's parties are listed in the band section, below):
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Friday 12/30:

• Free Lunchtime Live show at the Queen.  Noon. More details.  
• Showings at Theatre N. http://www.theatern.org/Films

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Saturday 12/31:

• NYE party at Theatre N: showing of an Adele concert, and a STOMP performance, before live feed of Times Square ball drop.  Price of $25 includes popcorn, snacks, beer, wine, and champagne toast.  Starts at 8:30 pm. http://www.theatern.org/Films/2011/December/New-Year-s-Eve-Party
• Earlier showings of London Blvd and My Reincarnation at Theatre N. http://www.theatern.org/Films

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Sunday 1/1:

• Happy 2012!
• Sunday Bird Walk at Bucktoe Creek Preserve  (LAST walk until spring). 8-10am, free, nearby PA.
• 5K: 3rd annual New Year's Resolution 5k in Wilmington. More details.
• Showings of London Blvd and My Reincarnation at Theatre N. http://www.theatern.org/Films

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Band / Party / DJ shows:

Friday 12/30:

• Diego Paulo reunion show at Mojo Main. Also playing are Stallions, Mean Lady, Smoke Signals, and Weight.  It's like Darlings of Spark Weekly Past.   21+, 9pm, $10. Link.
• Big Fat Marker (billed as "harmony-rich indie folk-rock" from Jersey) play a free acoustic set at Extreme Pizza. All ages, 8:30, FREE.
• Bullbuckers at the Queen. Ticket link.
• mewithoutYou (phenomenal live show), Thursday (technically the headliners), Screaming Females, and Make Do And Mend at the TLA. Ticket link.

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Saturday 12/31 (this is not all-inclusive.  Some things I left out because they're so well-known that there's no need for me to mention them.  And there are many bars that I don't keep up with that might be having great parties):

• NYE party at the Queen Theatre with IKE, Felix Hunger, Joe Trainor Trio, and several more bands and DJs. $30-$80. Ticket link.
• NYE party at Mojo Main with Bizzy Bone of Bone Thugs n' Harmony. 21+, 9pm, $25. Ticket link.
• NYE party at Home Grown with Mad Sweet Pangs and Spokey Speaky. 10pm, cover undetermined.
• NYE party at Deep Blue with Bullbuckers. 9pm, $50-$60.
• Smoking Popes play their 1995 release Born To Quit in its entirety, at the North Star Bar. 21+, 9pm, $20. Champagne toast at midnight.
• Good Old War, River City Extension & more at the TLA. Ticket link.

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Upcoming: Boy Sets Fire at Mojo Main on Thurs., Girls at Union Transfer on 1/12, Freedy Johnston at the Kennett Flash on 1/13, Cults at Union Transfer on 1/13, Big Head Todd & the Monsters at the TLA on 1/19, Man Man at Union Transfer on 1/21, Cass McCombs at KFN on 1/22.