Just before the year ends, Limassol’s bars and live music venues offer some groovy entertainment to keep the festive spirit going. More than just Christmas carols and tunes, however, the island’s musicians get out their instruments and step onto the stage to perform music of all kinds – gypsy, folk, jazz and more!

The old town Limassol bar Sto Dromo is hosting a musical evening this Thursday night with Atys and the Mystic. Gypsy melodies will sound at the bar as the five musicians present tunes from the Mediterranean, Eastern Europe and the Balkans blended with passionate songs of the world. The orchestration features tango, jazz improv and traditional music elements, infused with a bit of gypsy rhythm. From 9pm onwards, audiences will be taken on a journey of gypsy and world sounds.

Also happening on Thursday is a live dedicated to soundtracks from old movies and musicals. The Katherine and Alexis Duo will be at Vinylio Wine Etc for an acoustic set of a carefully selected list of well-known soundtracks from old movies and musicals such as Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Wizard of Oz and more. The duo aims to revisit that vintage repertoire and bring it back to life.

One more live music evening will take place at Vinylio bar this week, and the next one is in a more festive mood. A Christmas And New Year Jazz live will take place on Friday with a vocals-saxophone and piano trio. Singer Alice Ayvazian with saxophonist Marios Papares and pianist Loukas Louka will perform Jazzy Christmas classics, as well as other hits from the 20s, 30s, 40s and more.

For a taste of something a tad more local and folksier, a live performance on Friday at Bar Souvenir will feature the Three Noma. Constantinos Angelopoulos, Giorgos Ioannou and Michalis Onoufriou will perform the very best of the laiko repertoire with a guitar and a bouzouki in hand.

Atys and the Mystic

Live gipsy-themed music. December 29. Sto Dromo, Limassol. 9pm. €10. Tel: 25-357777

Soundtracks from Old Movies and Musicals

Katherine and Alexis Duo. December 29. Vinylio Wine Etc, Limassol. 8pm. Tel: 99-300430

Christmas And New Year Jazz

With Alice Ayvazian, Marios Papares and Loukas Louka. December 30. Vinylio Wine Etc, Limassol. 8.30pm. Tel: 99-300430

Three Noma

Laiko repertoire live. December 30. Bar Souvenir, Limassol. 8.30pm. Tel: 99-191270