Hello 2026! 🎉💃🍾

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This is your weekly guide to events and happenings around Columbia, Missouri for the week of Dec 30-Jan 5

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Industry Night @ On The Rocks | TONIGHT 7PM–Close
Calling all bartenders, servers, hosts, kitchen staff, and managers—Tuesday nights are for you. Flash your industry cred and enjoy special drink discounts all night long. Cheers to the people who keep the service world running. 🍸🍻

Wed 48 ₂₅ 🌤️ | Thurs 41 ₃₁ 🌤️ | Fri 39 ₂₄ ☁️
Sat 40 ₂₈ 🌞 | Sun 52 ₃₄ 🌤️

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Wednesday Dec 31 🎉🥂 Happy New Year! 🎩🍾

NYE Comedy @ The Tokyo Club | 7PM
Ring in the new year with nonstop laughs, a stacked comedy lineup featuring Bret Barschak, Micah Jeffries, and Sandra Wally—hosted by Jacy Tate. 🎤🎉

Nerd Year’s Eve @ Hexagon Alley | 7:30PM–Midnight
A Roaring ’20s–themed, ticketed New Year’s Eve with social deduction games, new friends, and a champagne (or sparkling cider) toast before midnight. 🥂🎉

A Black & White New Year’s Eve @ The Blue Note | 8PM doors
Ring in the new year in black & white style as DJ Jonny Fuzion spins the year’s biggest hits. 🥂✨

The Spooklights & Barroom Billies @ Rose Music Hall | 8PM doors
Banjos meet synths in this wildly unexpected New Year’s Eve trip—Ozark stomp grass collides with electronic weirdness for a strange and infectious party. 🎆🎶

NYE @ Truman’s Bar & Grill | 9PM–Midnight
Ring in the new year with live music from the Stoneshiners, great food and drinks, half-price happy hour from 10PM–midnight. 🥂🎶

NYE with GrajMahal @ Dive Bar | 9PM
Live music from local favorites GrajMahal. Come early for Certified Angus Beef steak dinners and toast to midnight with complimentary champagne. 🎶🥂

Thursday Jan 1

First Day Hikes @ Rock Bridge Memorial State Park | New Year’s Day
Kick off the new year outdoors with guided First Day Hikes as part of the nationwide America’s State Parks tradition.
9:30-11AM Sinkhole and Devil's Icebox Trails
2:30-4:30PM

Friday Jan 2

January First Friday @ North Village Arts District | 6–9PM
Kick off the new year with a free gallery crawl celebrating local art, music, and community. Explore your favorite venues, enjoy live performances, and soak up creative vibes across the North Village Arts District. (Hours vary by venue.)

Bob Putnam Live @ Dive Bar | 8–11PM
Kick off 2026 with live music and prime rib at Dive Bar. Bob Putnam takes the stage at 8PM (after Phillip Twitchell at 5PM) for a no-cover night of great tunes, good food, and an easygoing start to the new year.

Saturday Jan 3

Pancake Breakfast @ VFW Post 280 | 8–11AM
Start your morning right with a hearty breakfast featuring pancakes, sausage, biscuits & gravy, scrambled eggs, plus juice, milk, and coffee. Come hungry and enjoy a classic community breakfast. 🥞☕

Drifters Mile @ Dive Bar | 8–11PM
Raw, roots-driven Americana with a road-worn edge—expect gritty vocals, honest songwriting, and a laid-back late-night set built for cold drinks and good company.

Sunday Jan 4

500 Piece Puzzle Showdown @ Hexagon Alley
Race the clock (and other teams) to finish a 500-piece puzzle first and win a prize—then take your puzzle home, win or lose. Teams of up to 4, $30 per team. Sign up now; walk-ins welcome!

Monday Jan 5

Crow Party: Trinket Trading @ DBRL | 6–7:30PM
Do you love shiny things and remembering grudges? You might be a crow. 🐦✨ Live out your corvid dreams with a playful trinket-trading party—make buttons, bracelets, and more, or bring small shiny treasures to swap (think charms, rocks, rings, tiny toys). Teens & adults welcome.

🎤🎶 COMING UP…

• Jan 9-10th | MO Blues & Rock Fest | The Blue Note

• Jan 9-10th | MO Heavy & Hip Hop Fest | Rose Music Hall

• Jan 16-17h | MO Psych & Country Fest | Rose Music Hall