Wed, Dec 2
Squirrel Nut Zippers — Christmas Caravan 2026
December has a sound, and for a certain kind of person it is not Bing Crosby or Mariah Carey — it is a trombone sliding into a minor key while a standup bass walks a line that makes you want to order a whiskey neat in a room full of strangers. The Squirrel Nut Zippers have been making that version of the holidays real since the mid-nineties, when their hot jazz revival turned a generation of alt-rock kids into swing dancers overnight. The Christmas Caravan is their annual lap through the country, and it lands at the Belly Up on a Wednesday night — the kind of midweek show where the audience skews toward people who planned this, not people who stumbled in. Expect brass, expect stomp, expect the kind of warmth that only happens when the music is older than everyone playing it and the room is small enough that the bell of the trombone is pointed directly at your table. $45 advance. Belly Up Tavern, 143 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach. Wednesday, December 2, 2026, 7:30 PM.
December has a sound, and for a certain kind of person it is not Bing Crosby or Mariah Carey — it is a trombone sliding into a minor key while a standup bass walks a line that makes you want to order a whiskey neat in a room full of strangers. The Squirrel Nut Zippers have been making that version of the holidays real since the mid-nineties, when their hot jazz revival turned a generation of alt-rock kids into swing dancers overnight. The Christmas Caravan is their annual lap through the country, and it lands at the Belly Up on a Wednesday night — the kind of midweek show where the audience skews toward people who planned this, not people who stumbled in. Expect brass, expect stomp, expect the kind of warmth that only happens when the music is older than everyone playing it and the room is small enough that the bell of the trombone is pointed directly at your table. $45 advance. Belly Up Tavern, 143 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach. Wednesday, December 2, 2026, 7:30 PM.
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December has a sound, and for a certain kind of person it is not Bing Crosby or Mariah Carey — it is a trombone sliding into a minor key while a standup bass walks a line that makes you want to order a whiskey neat in a room full of strangers. The Squirrel Nut Zippers have been making that version of the holidays real since the mid-nineties, when their hot jazz revival turned a generation of alt-rock kids into swing dancers overnight. The Christmas Caravan is their annual lap through the country, and it lands at the Belly Up on a Wednesday night — the kind of midweek show where the audience skews toward people who planned this, not people who stumbled in. Expect brass, expect stomp, expect the kind of warmth that only happens when the music is older than everyone playing it and the room is small enough that the bell of the trombone is pointed directly at your table. $45 advance. Belly Up Tavern, 143 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach. Wednesday, December 2, 2026, 7:30 PM.
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