Music: Best Bets

The Manship Theatre and its sister venue, Hartley/Vey Theatres, have a series of concerts to celebrate the holiday season this month. At the Manship, Aaron Neville presents a holiday show Dec. 4, Cool Winter Nights and Hot Jazz with Brian Shaw, Bill Grimes, Willis Delony and Fr. Greg Daigle is an answer to Hot Summer Nights and Cool Jazz on Dec. 11, and Lil Band O’ Gold offers up a Christmas Pageant Dec. 20 with special guests. Hartley/Vey presents the third annual Louisiana Singer-Songwriter Holiday Event featuring Baton Rouge natives CJ Solar, David Borné, Rhett Anthony and a mystery guest Dec 27. manshiptheatre.org and hartleyveytheatres.org

ALSO THIS MONTH:

DEC. 28: Once you’ve had your fill of holiday cheer, and you’re feeling too hip to be square, Huey Lewis and the News will be rocking L’Auberge Casino. lbatonrouge.com

IN NEW ORLEANS: Aerosmith hits the New Orleans Arena with Cheap Trick Dec. 6. Trey Songz and Miguel perform at the Lakefront Arena Dec. 27.