Happy Weird holidays!

Does Aaron Levin ever sleep?

When he’s not posting album reviews on Weird Canada, running Cantor Records or making his own music, he’s organizing gigs -- whether it be last month’s Wyrd Fest or a bunch of shows over the next few weeks, featuring the likes of Roland Pemberton III, Mark Templeton, and Peace.

(Levin MUST catch a few zzzz’s … the first time I met him, he had a gravity-defying case of bed head.)

Here’s a list of his upcoming events:

* Friday, Dec. 18: The Pop Echo poobahs celebrate the label’s five-year anniversary with sets by Outdoor Miners, Heat-Ray, DJ Roland Pemberton III (Cadence Weapon’s alter ego), and Levin’s own band, Jazz, which proudly boasts no web presence. Where: New City, 10081 Jasper Avenue. Tickets: $5. Time: 9 p.m. (Read my feature on Pop Echo in Friday's Edmonton Journal.)

* Sunday, Dec. 20: Levin teams up with another local D-I-Y promoter/musician, Cecil Frena (Push Pins) to reissue Doug Snyder & Bob Thompson’s ode to heaviness, Daily Dance, on Cantor. The duo won’t perform -- the disc is 36 years old -- but Frena’s band, Gobble Gobble, Mark Templeton, and Beneath These Idle Tides will. Where: Avonmore Hall, 7902 73rd Ave. Tickets: $10. Time: 7:30 p.m.

* Sunday, Dec. 27: Edmonton expat Sean Nicholas Savage will release the vinyl version of his latest effort, Spread Free Like A Butterfly. Also sets by Silly Kissers, Makeout Videotape, The Bummers, and a Cadence Weapon surprise. Where: The Pawn Shop, 10545 Whyte Ave. Tickets: $10. Time: 9 p.m.

* Tuesday, Dec. 29: Peace, featuring ex-Social Wire singer Dan Geddes and former All Purpose Voltage Heroes drummer Conor Mayer, headline this home-for-the-holidays show. (The two Edmonton natives now live in Vancouver.) Also on the bill: Puberty, Friendo, Sans AIDS and Mount Doom. Where: The ARTery, 9535 Jasper Avenue. Tickets: $10. Time: 8 p.m.