Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

It has been a tumultuous year for Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. The band parted ways with longtime bassist Bryan Dondero in March. Shortly thereafter they welcomed two new members (Benny Yurco and Catherine Popper) and hit the road, all the while working on a new album with noted producer T-Bone Burnett. Yikes. We’re guessing a homecoming is just what the band needs. And that’s just what they’ll get when the group closes out its annual New Year’s Eve run at the Higher Ground Ballroom with a no-holds-barred extravaganza on Thursday, December 31. Local all-star outfit The Book ’em Blues Band opens.