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There’s a multitude of reasons to head out to the Hopmonk Tavern on New Year’s Eve—the Mystic Beat Lounge showcase, live paintings, fire dancers, attendees under the age of 30—but the main attraction is a hip-hop duo who’ll be keeping the party live well into 2010. DJ Zeph & Azeem are two veterans of the San Francisco underground who assimilate jazz textures and sociorevolutionary themes into their work to create a definitively Bay Area sound. Their latest album, Rise Up, stands as a beat-scattered salve to those still scarred by hyphy’s incessant posturing. With one foot in the classic ’90s hip-hop sound and performing will a full live band, they’re perfect for rocking in the New Year. They appear with opener Romanowski, whose keynote track “Strudel Strut� helped bring early-decade turntablism out of its technical rut and into a more rhythm-as-composition era, on Thursday, Dec. 31, at the Hopmonk Tavern. 230 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol. 8pm. $20–$30. 707.829.7300.

You know you wanna see those off-the-rack Ann Taylor dresses crinkling back and forth to that funky, bluesy sound on New Year’s Eve, and if you’re not relying on Tommy Castro’s show at the Mystic Theater in Petaluma for the task, then Curt Campbell is the guy to supply. Memorably billed as the “only Navy SEAL to come out of Marin,� Campbell plays a mean harmonica and sings a meaner growl. “Me and Jim Beam,� “Cowboy Boots & 501’s,� “SEAL House Rockin’�—these are the tunes to fill a dancef loor and further lubricate the Champagne-sodden crowd. With a backing band full of all-star sidemen, a cracker jack horn section and a madman’s stage presence, Campbell will rock the house. Make sure to wear your red dress for a special shout-out during the uptempo blues hammer of “Train� when Campbell plays with his band on Thursday, Dec. 31, at the Mill Valley Masonic. 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. 9:30pm. $35–$45. 415.388.2550.

If you’re under the age of 25, chances are your sole knowledge of Marvin Hamlisch comes from the movie Role Models, in which perpetual adolescent Christopher Mintz-Plasse exasperates over constant comparisons to the mythic unknown celebrity. But to those who grew up on The Sting, The Way We Were, A Chorus Line and Ordinary People, Hamlisch is. . . well, OK, he’s still kind of a behind-the-scenes guy. But the pianist and composer is a huge musical legend on Broadway and in Hollywood—he’s the only person in history to win an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, a Tony, a Golden Globe and a Pulitzer—and his New Year’s Eve show in Napa is bound to be a delight for theatergoers and film buffs. With Broadway singers Gary Mauer and Anne Runolfsson on the mic, Hamlisch on the keys, and Domaine Carneros in the glass, it’s a New Year’s Eve for the ages on Thursday, Dec. 31, at the Napa Valley Opera House. 8:30pm. Performance only, $95; performance and afterparty, $165. 707.226.7372.

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