SATURDAY DEC. 4
PEDAL TO THE METAL 2 Craft/Music Fair feat. The Silt,Vitamins For You, The Pauls, Aidan Baker, The Guest Bedroom @ Rivoli, matinee, PWYC-$5
CUFF THE DUKE @ Drake Underground, $10
VIKING CLUB, The WPP, Cancer Bats, Ghost Stories @ Adrift Indoor Skate Park (299 Augusta Ave.), $6, AA
A GOOD TIMES HOLIDAY MIXER fundraiser for the Exclaim Good Times Hockey League of the Arts feat. bingo, karaoke, crokinole, DJs, eggnog @ The Rhino upstairs, $5
CRUSTY X: A Decade of Dirt, 10th Anniversary Edition Video Premiere Tour feat. Sector 7 @ 360
STAGGERED CROSSING'S 6th annual StagXmas Bash & Benefit for the Daily Bread Food Bank feat. Shaker, Shannon Weir, The Even Strangers @ Horseshoe. $8 & food donation
THE BASEMENT PROJECT @ El Mocambo
MOD CLUB NIGHT feat. Ashes of Soma @ Mod Club Theatre
ARRAYMUSIC The Composer/Improver @ Music Gallery, $7-$20
ROBIN BLACK AND THE INTERGALACTIC ROCK STARS , The Flairs @ Lee's Palace, $7
MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD @ Kool Haus, $30
CLUTCH, Fu Manchu, Electric Magma, Nice Cat @ Opera House $24.75, AA
BROKENBERLIN feat. The Society Suckers, Aaron Spectre, Sincere Trade, c64 @ Oasis, $8
A JOYFUL NOEL feat. Trent Armand Kendall, Jaymz Bee & The Royal Jelly Orchestra, Shawn Skier, Natalie Douglas @ George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts, $50-60

SUNDAY DEC. 5WAVELENGTH 242 feat. Nassau, The Burdocks, Let Lowns, DJ Positive Spin @ Sneaky Dee's, PWYC
TED LEO/PHARMACISTS, Meligrove Band, The Junction, Matt Pond PA @ Mod Club Theatre, $12-$14, AA
THE GOSSIP, Starlight Desperation @ Lee's Palace, $10
FRAMEWORK, Bluesky Borderline, Fiasco and The Comb @ 360, matinee, $7, AA
PATRICIA O'CALLAGHAN @ Hugh's Room, $17-$20
DOPE, Motograter, Twisted Method, Hellz Kitchen Show @ Opera House, $15.50, AA

MONDAY DEC. 6THE PICKUPS @ Sneaky Dee's
HARKNESS @ Horseshoe
ROBERTO OCCHIPINTI QUINTET feat. Hilario Duran @ The Ontario Science Centre

TUESDAY DEC. 7JANE SIBERRY @ Hugh's Room, $25-$27.50
MIRACLE ON SPADINA Benefit for the Daily Bread Food Bank feat. Jack DeKeyzer, Shakura S'Aida, Danny B, Steven Ambrose, Carlos del Junco, Robbie Rox, Jeannie Mackie, Gary Kendall, Jake Langley and the Tree Top Jazzers @ Silver Dollar, $15
HALL & OATES @ Massey Hall, $45-$55
THE LAST SURVIVOR CD release, Reign of Terror @ Fun Haus, $10

WEDNESDAY DEC. 8RUFUS WAINWRIGHT @ Mod Club, SOLD OUT!
JANE SIBERRY @ Hugh's Room, $25-$27.50
NOVEMBER ALLSTARS @ 360
THE CLIKS, Sonic Aria, Hunter Valentine @ Sneaky Dee's
SWITCHFOOT, Turn off The Stars @ Kool Haus, $22.50, AA
SUCCESS BY 6 United Way fundraiser feat. Sam Roberts, Sarah Harmer, Jim Cuddy, Kathleen Edwards, Tom Wilson, Danny Michel, Matt Mays @ Phoenix, $27.50

THURSDAY DEC. 9ROCK PLAZA CENTRAL, Final Fantasy, The Lollipop People @ Sneaky Dee's
SPACING ISSUE #3 LAUNCH feat. Reid Jamieson, Audible, Dylan Studebaker @ El Mocambo, $5-$10
THE VORCZA TRIO, Word People @ El Mocambo
U OF T PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE @ Music Gallery, FREE
MAN MADE LINE, Arietta, Instrument @ Poor Alex, $5
GARNET ROGERS CD release @ Hugh's Room, $20-$22
CATCH 22 @ Opera House, $17.50
DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979, Panthers, Vietnam @ Lee's Palace, $8.50

FRIDAY DEC. 10SANTA CRUZ feat. The Illuminati, Shawn Hewitt, Wolf Parade @ Lee's Palace
SUPERGARAGE @ Horseshoe, $6
CHAKRA WAGON,Brownman & The Electric Trio, Lal, Stop Die Resuscicate, Train Wreck, Dynamo & Badnutbeats @ 360
MAXIMUM RNR, Downbelows, Class Assassins, The G-Men @ Sneaky Dee's
THE LOST CAUSE @ Clinton's, $6
THE NEW DEAL, Madrid @ Opera House, $20

SATURDAY DEC. 11NAS, Royce Da 5'9 @ Kool Haus, $39.95, AA
SOCIAL ARTS FUN RAISER feat. Lenin I Shumov, The Silent Film Soundtrack, Fall of the Viking Girls (a multi-media puppet show), The Stables Club Band @ Sneaky Dee's
BACK TO THE UNDERGROUND 6th Anniversary: Battle To The Finish- Sickest Six Series Finals feat. Mathematix, Rubex Cube,KuRock, Trx, Matisse & The Playground, Jason Palma & Nav, DJ Mondo, DJ Smoothie, Heist @ 360 $10-$15
MOD CLUB NIGHT feat. Smear Campaign @ Mod Club
MORRIS PALTER ex-Treble Charger drummer @ Music Gallery, $5-$15
THE SOUR KEYS, Beep, The Department of Foreign Affairs @ Poor Alex, $5
ULTIMATE HOLIDAY SEASON BOOGIE feat. Brown Hornets @ Drake Underground, $5 (food or toy donation gets your date in for $2)
ALANNAH MYLES, Robert Priest @ Hugh's Room, $25-$27.50

SUNDAY DEC. 12WAVELENGTH 243 feat. Frank FB_A, The Nein, Yara, DJ Ryan McLaren Will Meet You at the Pig Races @ Sneaky Dee's, PWYC
KELLY & THE KELLY GIRLS @ Mod club
BRADYWORKS @ Music Gallery, $5-$15
CRADLE OF FILTH, Arch Enemy, Bleeding Through, Himsa @ Kool Haus, $31.25, AA
POMEGRANATE @ Tranzac, $14

MONDAY DEC. 13KUSH @ Mod Club

TUESDAY DEC. 14BRIAN BYRNE @ Drake Underground, $5
THE MUSIC, Projet Orange @ Kool Haus, $20, AA
SATYRICON, Infernal Majesty, Three Inches of Blood @ Opera House, $18.50

WEDNESDAY DEC. 15PILATE, Boy, Memory Bank @ Mod Club
KEVIN HAINEY'S THOUGHT PRESERVE LAUNCH PARTY 3000 feat. Femme Generation, The Bayonettes, Gastric Female Reflex, DJ David Dacks (plus films) @ The Cameron House, $7 or $20 w/novel.
THE POSTAGE STAMPS, Debaser, The Graduation Day, Divine Brown @ Holy Joe's, $5

THURSDAY DEC. 16PILATE, Boy, Memory Bank @ Mod Club
FOX THE BOOMBOX, Aids Wolf, Death Parade, Henri Faberge & the Adorables @ Sneaky Dee's
DEAD LETTER DEPT, Left Behind, Fully Down, Drawing A Day @ 360, AA
EL'S ROCKPILE @ El Mocambo, $5-PWYC
THE MARK INSIDE, The Key Concepts @ Poor Alex, $5

FRIDAY DEC. 17LOWEST OF THE LOW, Cheap Suits @ Mod Club, $17.50
FIVE BLANK PAGES @ Edge 102 Studios, FREE, AA
THE HIGH DIALS, The Frontier Index, Showroom @ 360, $7
SUCK MY DISC XMAS PARTY @ Sneaky Dee's
HAWKSLEY WORKMAN @ Eastminster United Church
THE SKYDIGGERS @ Horseshoe, $15
MATT DUSK, Coral Egan Band @ Winter Garden Theatre, $39.50
EMILY HAINES @ Church of the Redeemer, $17.50
ALEXISONFIRE, The Planet Smashers, Sleeper Set Sail @ Kool Haus, $19, AA

SATURDAY DEC. 18STARS @ Mod Club, $15
THE DEMONS CLAWS, The Leather Uppers, Brutal Knights, Boyfriend Material, Skip Jensen @ Cinecycle
THE MIDWAYS, The Glads @ 360
THE SKYDIGGERS @ Horseshoe, $15
SINKIN SHIPS, Class Assassins, Crimson Mire @ Sneaky Dee's
MS BENEFIT @ Drake Underground, $10
WHITE COWBELL OKLAHOMA @ Lee's Palace, $13
NIGHTWISH @ Opera House, $27.50, AA

SUNDAY DEC. 19WAVELENGTH 244 feat. Deep Dark United, Winter Equinox, DJ Sh'Buggy @ Sneaky Dee's, PWYC

MONDAY DEC. 20ALEXISONFIRE, The Planet Smashers, Sleeper Set Sail @ Kool Haus, $19, AA
BARENAKED LADIES @ Massey Hall, $39.50-$69.50

TUESDAY DEC. 21BRIAN BYRNE @ Drake Underground, $5
HOLLY COLE @ Roy Thomson Hall, $49.50-$69.50
BARENAKED LADIES @ Massey Hall

THURSDAY DEC. 23THE FIVE MILE ROAD, Wintary @ Poor Alex, $5
1000 CURES @ Sneaky Dee's
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA and MAVIS STAPLES @ Roy Thomson Hall, $49.50-$69.50

MONDAY DEC. 27GARDENS FAITHFUL, Running With Scissors, Canary Mine @ Drake Underground, $5

TUESDAY DEC. 28BRIAN BYRNE @ Drake Underground, $5

WEDNESDAY DEC. 29THE WOODCHOPPERS' ASSOCIATION @ Drake Underground, $10

THURSDAY DEC. 30DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 @ Kathedral, AA
SMOKEY CAMPBELL'S "Life's Too Short" Indie Showcase @ Drake Underground, PWYC-$10
THE 9AM SOCIAL, Math, Lobster Rock Tokyo @ Poor Alex, $5

FRIDAY DEC. 31THE SADIES @ Horseshoe, $17.50
CONTROLLER.CONTROLLER @ El Mocambo
HEAVY NEW YEAR PARTY feat. Murder Squad TO, The G-Men, Hands Of Death, Random Killing @ Sneaky Dee's
BARRIOLAB @ Drake Underground, $30
NEW YEARS VAZALEEN @ Lee's Palace