ASTORIA — Come celebrate 2014 and ring in a new year with some great old-time music at the Fort George Brewery.

The party kicks off at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31 with Astoria’s own Brownsmead Flats and runs until 2015. All ages are welcome until 10 p.m., and there is no cover for the party. Portland’s Flat Rock String Band will also bring its blend of old-time and bluegrass music.

Fort George Brewery will release a special edition Bourbon Barrel Cavatica aged in Willet Bourbon Barrels as well as offer a midnight toast. Celebrating the new year will be easy at the brewery, overlooking the Columbia River where you can hear ships blow their midnight horns next to the Fort George whistle and fun bluegrass music.

Flat Rock Stringband plays old-time American stringband music with an emphasis on lively fiddle-driven dance tunes. The members of the band come from disparate parts of the country (Texas, Ohio, Washington and California), but it’s the years they’ve spent around Portland’s vibrant old-time music and dance scene that has given band members their music foundation.

Since 2009 Flat Rock Stringband been performing at festivals including the Olympia Old-Time Festival, Los Angeles Old Time Social, Portland Old-Time Music Gathering, Santa Cruz Seabright Stringband Festival, as well as for square dances, parties and drinking establishments around the region.

The Brownsmead Flats play acoustic music that may best be described as “crabgrass.” This folk/bluegrass style has a strong emphasis on vocal harmonies. A variety of instruments are played by the quintet. Dan Sutherland is featured on the hammered dulcimer, mandolin and fiddle. Ray Raihala picks banjo, guitar and mandolin. Robert Stevens plays the guitar and banjo. John Fenton is on bass and mandolin, and Ned Heavenrich plays harmonica.

The group has four recordings to its credit. “Potluck” was produced in 1996, followed by “Rain” in 1999. In March 2006, the Brownsmead Flats released two recordings. The first, “Astoria,” is a CD that was a year in the making and features numerous compositions that explore Astoria, its history and topics related to the Columbia-Pacific region. The second CD, “Live at the Liberty,” was recorded at the Liberty Theater in Astoria as part of the bicentennial celebration of Lewis and Clark’s journey to the Pacific.