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A guide to the many, many mostly musical happenings around NYC during this New Year's Eve weekend.

The first wave of shows for Elsewhere have been announced, including Parquet Courts, ADULT, No Age, Sunflower Bean, Anamanaguchi, and more.

The Mermaid Parade, Sigur Ros, Laura Mvula, LCD night 2, Culture Abuse, Summer Thunder, Neil Diamond and more Saturday show options.

Just a few weeks ago, the upcoming NYC music festival Panorama had said "there is no timeline in place for Single Day passes to be on sale," but now they're finally here. Day 1 is headlined by Arcade Fire, day 2 by Kendrick Lamar, and day 3 by LCD Soundsystem.

Plus: Admission gets you into the Queens Museum (which soon opens a Ramones exhibit), and leave those multi-use e-cigs at home.

Plus A$AP Rocky, Kurt Vile, Broken Social Scene, Run the Jewels, and many more

Record Store Day 2015 is Saturday (4/18) and, as usual, some stores are doing special events as well. We already posted Rough Trade's events -- which include performances and Sondre Lerche, and signings by Buzzcocks and Kim Gordon (schedule below) -- and here's a rundown of what else …

Calling all party animals. The third of a series of debaucherous Sundays will take place this weekend, when Tiki Disco takes over the Knockdown Center in Queens on 6/23...

It's a little bit later this year, but the third annual The Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival will take place across two venues in Williamsburg on December 18th: Music Hall of Williamsburg and Public Assembly (if you didn't know, they are right next door to each other)...