– Kevin Curtin Money Chicha, Superfónicos Far Out Lounge, $30-$45
The Decline of Hotel Vegas fetes varied Eighties acts like Pixies, Madonna, Motörhead, Hall & Oates, and Violent Femmes, performed by bands including the Riverboat Gamblers, Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band, and Fastball. Tribute nights where hordes of bands play covers of one artist or genre are now a widespread institution, but no one does it better than Hotel Vegas on NYE, typically employing a year as its theme.
The Decline of Hotel Vegas Hotel Vegas & Volstead, $46.82Īccording to a 1997 Chronicle feature, the "hoot night" is an Austin invention, conceived by Michael Hall in the Eighties and taking off at the Continental Club, Big Mamou, and the Cannibal Club.