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Here's some information to help you plan your evening on New Years Eve. Several nightspots will feature live entertainment.

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Here's the local rundown.

• Kelsey's Place will host the band Crazy Horses, who have played there four times in the last 12 months. They are a rap, metal and rock cover band out of McCook. The music starts at 9 p.m.with a cover charge.

• Prime Rib dinner at 6 p.m. and dance to Gary Phipps at 9 p.m. at the Eagles Club, 620 N. Chestnut. Open to the public. For more information, call 532-2522.

• Shooters will offer country/southern rock from the band 'Taylors Bayou' from Houston, Westcliffe, Chicago and Colorado. With a cover charge.

• A local North Platte country/ western duo, Marvin and Willard, will performcountry / western music beginning at 8 p.m. at the Pocket on North Jeffers. No cover charge.

• The local music group Cruzin will play rock and roll cover songs from the 1950s and1960s at the Snappers Lounge at the Royal Colonial Inn starting at 8 p.m. No cover charge .

• At the Anchor In near Lake Maloney, “Shermie at the Piano” will perform. Shermie is a North Platte area pianist and singer with more than 30 years of professional entertaining expirience. His guest is The Mad Hatter, a guitar-playing showman from Kansas. They will provide the entertainment for a 1920's mobster-flapper girl costume party, so dress up or pay a $3 cover.

• Local rockers 'Innocent Mischief'' formerly known as 'Witness Tree' will be playing Rock & Roll cover songs as well as original material at 'The Bar' in Hershey starting at 9 p.m. with no cover charge.

• At the Touch Down Club on So. Jeffers, two comedians will perform -- Marcus Robinson, a Midwest comic, and Armon Williams an ex-football player, now a comedian from Arizona, will perform from 7:30 p.m. until around 9 p.m. The evening wraps up with music by deejay Ja Ja.

• Job, Peter and Chuck will begin playing 1960s and 1970s cover tunes at 8 p.m. at Da Buzz coffee shop at 1208 West A. A non-alcohol event.

Officials encourage adults to be smart and designate a sober driver.

"Drunk driving is a big problem in our country and we will have extra officers on duty this New Year’s Eve to better protect our citizens," North Platte Chief of Police Martin Gutschenritter said.

"Anyone arrested while driving under the influence will be locked up," he said.

If you don't designate a sober driver, E&M Yellow cab provides taxi service and the phone number is 308-532-2345. New Year’s Eve falls on a Friday so take into consideration if you go to jail it could be a long weekend.