Bay Area bands and longtime friends New Monsoon and Hot Buttered Rum will end 2011 together. The two bands will co-headline San Rafael, CA’s The Palm Ballroom on New Year’s Eve. Kate Gaffney will open the show and sit in with both bands. New Monsoon’s only other gig before December 31 is free show at Keystone, CO’s River Run Village on December 3 while Hot Buttered Rum will perform at Eugene, OR’s
McDonald Theatre with Greensky Bluegrass tonight.