No cover charge
• Groove Collector plays funky party favorites at Eleanor’s Sports Bar (430 North Main St., Hendersonville, 692-3100). 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.
• Mo Daddy’s (77 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, 258-1550) kicks off the New Year with Woody Wood and Hollywood Red. (Impress your date with a $5 black bean burrito at Mamacita’s before the show for extra budget points.)
• Lots of ambiance, no cover charge: Fatty’s Jazz Quartet plays Zambra (85-A W. Walnut St., Asheville, 232-1060) starting at 8 p.m.
• Pizza + free music = New Year’s Eve at Barley’s (42 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, 255-0504) aptly-named “Freedom Bash” with Silver Machine. (The band suggests you “Wear your moonboots and tip your bartenders!”)
Five bucks
• Johnny’s Inhaler takes the stage at the Westville Pub (777 Haywood Rd., Asheville, 225-9782) New Year’s party.
• A Social Function struts its made-for-partying sound at Magnolia’s Raw Bar (26 Walnut St., Asheville, 251-5211).
— Alli Marshall, A&E reporter
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Though many of the options listed there aren’t low-budget, the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce has compiled a handy list of New Year’s Eve events here: http://exploreasheville.com/what-to-do/seasonal-fun/asheville-in-winter/new-years-eve/index.aspx