Sound Circuit

December is a month of merry-making. From holidays to ringing in the New Year, Des Moines offers numerous music options.

Celebrate 1980s rock on Dec. 13 for A Very Motley KISSmas show. It features tribute bands, Red Hott (Motley Crue) and KISSinTime (KISS). Concert is at Sherwood Forest Events Center at 7400 Hickman Road. General admission tickets start at $20; table and chair seating extra. www.eventbrite.com 

Head to the Val Air Ballroom on Dec. 27 for a Not Quite New Year’s Eve concert featuring Not Quite Brothers and guests Tyler Richton & The High Bank Boys and Fountains of Dane. General admission tickets $23. www.axs.com.

Wooly’s is the New Year’s Eve spot to hear Tony Bohnekamp and Pianopalooza, along with opener The Finesse. GA tickets are $28. www.axs.com.

Noce is all about holiday music in December. More than two dozen concerts offer up a variety of holiday classics. Performances include A Charlie Brown Christmas with the Tanner Taylor Trio, Under the Mistletoe with Lauren Vilmain, Home for the Holidays with Max Wellman and many others. Dates, performances and tickets vary. For more info, visit www.nocedsm.com.