Fleetwood Macramé rings in 2027 at Felton Music Hall

The Bay Area Fleetwood Mac tribute plays the San Lorenzo Valley's 400-capacity room on New Year's Day.

There are worse ways to spend the first night of a new year than in a small mountain music hall singing "Dreams" with a few hundred strangers. Fleetwood Macramé plays Felton Music Hall on Friday, Jan. 1, 2027, with the show starting at 8 p.m. Tickets run $24.30 to $50 through Prekindle. The date was announced Oct. 26.

Fleetwood Macramé is a Bay Area tribute band built around the songs of Fleetwood Mac, with frontwoman Linda Moody singing the Stevie Nicks parts, KQED reported in a feature headlined "Crystal Visions and a Sprinkle of Gold Dust." The band has become a fixture of North Bay and Peninsula rooms, with dates at places like JaM Cellars Ballroom in Napa, the Miners Foundry in Nevada City and San Francisco's Gray Area. A New Year's Day trip over the hill to Felton brings it to the Santa Cruz side of the Bay.

The appeal of a tribute like this is simple. Fleetwood Mac's catalog is one of the most beloved in rock, and the real band isn't touring it. Fleetwood Macramé gives people a room full of those songs, played live, with a crowd that knows every harmony.

A small mountain music hall singing "Dreams" with a few hundred strangers.

The venue is a big part of why this booking works. Felton Music Hall sits at 6275 Highway 9 in the Santa Cruz Mountains and holds 400. It opened in 2019 under new ownership by Ineffable Music in the space once known as Don Quixote's International Music Hall, the Press Banner reported. The Santa Cruz Mountain Bulletin has described what the room offers as "an ineffable concert experience," and the SLV Post greeted its opening as a new live-music experience for the valley. Since then it has become one of the region's go-to rooms for touring acts that want an intimate night, and a 400-person hall is close to ideal for a sing-along show like this one.

What to know before going: Prekindle is the seller, and the ticket link above is the venue's own. Prices range from $24.30 to $50, so if you want the better spots, don't wait until after Christmas. A Jan. 1 show means a lot of people will be coming off a late New Year's Eve, which tends to make for a loose, happy crowd. Highway 9 through the valley is a winding drive at night, so plan your ride home, especially on a holiday.

New Year's resolutions can wait until Saturday. On Friday night, go your own way up Highway 9 and start 2027 with a room full of Fleetwood Mac songs.

Sources: Fleetwood Macramé at Felton Music Hall (JamBase) (jambase.com); Tickets (Prekindle) (prekindle.com); Crystal Visions and a Sprinkle of Gold Dust: Fleetwood Macramé brings '70s rock to the Bay Area (KQED) (votersedge.kqed.org); Fleetwood Macramé fundraiser (JaM Cellars Ballroom) (jamcellarsballroom.com); Miners Foundry presents Fleetwood Macramé (The Union) (theunion.com); Fleetwood Macramé (Gray Area) (grayarea.org); Felton Music Hall continues pandemic rebound (Press Banner) (pressbanner.com); Felton Music Hall Presents an Ineffable Concert Experience (Santa Cruz Mountain Bulletin) (santacruzmountainbulletin.net); Felton Music Hall: A New Live Music Experience (SLV Post) (slvpost.com)