Hot tickets: Gogol Bordello, Pat McGee Band

Spend New Year's Eve with Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello (Lauren Dukoff)

If you're already in the process of booking plans for New Year's Eve, we're about to throw you a curve ball. Gypsy punks Gogol Bordello, they of the epic live show, will be taking the stage at the 9:30 Club to send out 2010 and usher in 2011, midnight champagne toast and all. Better yet, go-go vets Trouble Funk will be sharing the bill in what should be a high-energy night of music. Already put down the deposit on a bar or restaurant? No worries. Gogol Bordello is playing on Dec. 30, too, with opener Man Man. Tickets for the Dec. 31 show are $55, and the Dec. 30 show is $35. Both dates go on sale Thursday at 10 a.m. through Ticketfly.

Tickets go on sale Thursday at 10 a.m. through Ticketfly for these shows at the 9:30 Club:
• Railroad Earth and the Hackensaw Boys, Dec. 10 ($25).

Tickets go on sale Friday at noon through Ticketmaster for these shows at the Birchmere:
• Raheem DeVaughn, Nov. 28 ($55).
• Herb Alpert & Lani Hall, Feb. 16 ($45).
• James Hunter, Feb. 24 ($25).
• Pat McGee Band, Feb. 25 ($26.50).
• Rachelle Ferrell, March 17 ($59.50).

Free tickets will be available beginning Monday at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster for these shows at the Freer Gallery:
• ModernWorks Ensemble, Nov. 10.
• The Raga Bop Trio,  Nov. 13.

--Amy Orndorff and Brandon Weigel