When the clock strikes midnight tonight, Portlanders will say goodbye not only to 2016, but also Jimmy Mak’s, the Pearl District nightclub and longtime pillar of the local jazz scene. Through all the changes in Portland and the Pearl over the past 20 years, Jimmy Mak’s has been a reliable cultural institution—not to mention a nice place to bop the night away. Soul Vaccination, too, has been watching Portland dance for two decades. The boisterous 12-piece band plays some of the tightest funk, soul, and R&B in town, with a killer horn section and more grooves than an XXL pair of corduroys. On this kind-of-sad and definitely special New Year’s Eve, the two come together, as Soul Vax plays Jimmy Mak’s final party. Your presence tonight is the best way to thank club owner Jimmy Makarounis for all he’s done for Portland over the years. BEN SALMON

Tickets to the early show can be purchased here.