The Weekend Showdown: Polytoxic's The Last Waltz Revisited leads our top picks for this weekend
1. The Last Waltz revisited
The Boulder Theater
Friday, November 20 • Doors open at 8:30 p.m., $18
Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 • Doors: 8 p.m., $18-$20
Why you should go: While our town is blessed with an unbelievable amount of original music, the show we're most looking forward to this weekend features more than two dozen musicians playing somebody else's music. This annual show has become a Thanksgiving week tradition and without fail it usually turns out to be among the most memorable of the year. Each year since 2005, the chameleon-like Polytoxic, led by Tori Pater, gathers all of its friends and deftly recreates The Last Waltz, the Band's 1976 swan song, which took place on Thanksgiving day that same year at the Winterland Ballroom and was immortalized by Martin Scorsese, in its entirety. The three-hour show is magical whether your a fan of the Band or just want to see some local minstrels losing themselves and having the time of their lives.
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