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The Other, Other Ones: Jazz funk trio Medeski, Martin and Wood open for the Other Ones at the Oakland Coliseum. Twirl Away Guatemalan Vests and Birkenstocks The Grateful Dead began a Bay Area New Year's Eve tradition, one that's passed to a new generation of jam rockers and bluegrass fiddlers. The String Cheese Incident With the Keller Williams Incident. 8pm. $60. Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, 99 Grove St, San Francisco, 415.974.4060 High Country Bluegrass bash. 8pm. $19.50. Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St, Berkeley. 510.548.1761 Mother Hips California Gold Rush sounds. 9pm. $30. New Georges, 842 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.457.1515 The Other Ones The legacy of the Dead lives on as Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Rob Barraco, Jeff Chimenti and Jimmy Herring perform together. Hot Tuna, Medeski, Martin & Wood join the fun. 6:30pm. $75. Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland. 408.998.TIXS Galactic New Orleans funky jam band. Vinyl, Triple Threat, Mixmaster Mike open. 8pm. $60-$100. The Warfield, 982 Market St, San Francisco. 408.998.TIXS. Planetary Intergalactic: Galactic headlines the Warfield. Ruff Stock 9pm. Call for price. Plough & Stars, 116 Clement St, San Francisco. 415.751.1122 George Pedersen and the Red Varmints Also: Magic City Chamber of Commerce. 8pm. $7. Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley. 510.841.2082 Balkan Bash With Edessa With members of Kitka, Joe Finn, Leslie Bonnett and more. 8pm. $17. Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley. 510.525.5054 Planting Seeds 9:30pm. $15. Blake's on Telegraph, 2367 Telegraph, Berkeley, 510.848.0886. [ New Year's Eve Choices: Index | Rock | Comedy | Dining | Swing | Soirees | 25 and Overs | Jams | Funky | Latin | DJs | Family | Gay | Sports ] Send a letter to the editor about this story to letters@metronews.com. [ Silicon Valley | Metroactive Home | Archives ]