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Amigos Cafe & Cantina
546 E. Main St.
805-874-2232
Tuesdays: 8:30 pm The Beers Brothers open mic
Thursdays: 8 pm The Gypsy Blues Band
Wed 12/23: The Deal
Fri 12/25: 4 pm St Pierre Christmas show
Sat 12/26: The Frank and Doug show
Sun 12/27: 5 pm Jade Hendrix; 9 pm Karaoke
Mon 12/28 6 pm Karen Eden & Bill Macpherson; 8 pm Joey’s Acoustic Blues Jam
Wed 12/30: 6 pm Micheal Baggs; 8 pm Mark Masson
Thurs 12/31: NYE Party with Dive Bar Messiahs
Sat 1/2: Barrelhouse Wailers
Sun 1/3: 6 pm The Tossers; 9 pm Karaoke
Mon 1/4: 6 pm Danielle Stacy; 8 pm Joey’s Acoustic Blues Jam
Bombay Bar & Grill
143 S. California St.
805-643-4404
Wednesdays: Tommy Marsh hosts the Session
Wed 12/23 special guests Alastair Greene, Ed Berghoff & Phil Gates
Fri 1/1: The Velveteen Band, Sin Chonies
Thurs 12/31: NYE Party with Fido, DJ Philocybin
Café Fiore
66 S. California Street
Wed 12/23: Big Adventure
Sat 12/26: Little Alice
Tues 12/29: Kristen Lee
Wed 12/30: Donna Greene
Thurs 12/31: NYE Party with Big Adventure
Dargan’s
593 E. Main Street
Sun 1/3: 4 pm The Sunday Drivers
Discovery
1888 Thompson Blvd
Wed 12/23: DJ Nick Dean
Thurs 12/31: NYE Party – Spencer Fischer, DJ Lunatic
Sat 1/2/: Ozomatli
El Rey Cantina
294 E. Main Street
Fridays: 4 pm Xoco Moraza and Friends; 9:30 DJ/Karaoke by DJ Gold Dust
Saturdays: DJ Erock
The Garage
1091 Scandia Avenue
Fri 1/1: Luicidal, Public Nuisance, All-a-Blur
Golden China
760 S. Seaward
(805) 652-0688
Karaoke seven nights a week
Swing night Thursdays 6:30 pm
Friday and Saturday: 7 pm Polynesian Revue
Grapes and Hops
454 E. Main Street
Sat 12/26: 9 pm Otis Hayes
Thurs 12/31: NYE Party with Shawn Jones and Friends
The Greek Restaurant
Ventura Harbor
Sat & Sun 7:30 pm
Belly Dancing, Greek music and show; DJ dancing
Hong Kong Inn
435 E. Thompson Blvd
Tuesdays open mic
Thurs and Fridays: 5pm Kenny Devoe
Sun 1/3: Ashford Gordon & Friends
Keynote Lounge
10245 Telephone Road
Tuesday and Wednesday: Karaoke
Thursday: Open Mic
Sunday: Karaoke
Sat 12/26: Open mic
Thurs 12/31: NYE Party with Action Down
Majestic Ventura Theater
26 S. Chestnut Street
(805) 653-0721
Thurs 12/31: NYE Party with War, Tierra
Paddy’s
2 W. Main Street
Wednesdays: Karaoke
Fri & Sat: DJs
Paradise Pantry
222 E. Main Street
7 pm Elkke
Pierpont Inn
550 San Jon Road
Fridays and Saturdays: 6 pm Mark Anthony on piano
Poinsettia Pavillion
3451 Foothill Road
(805) 648-1143
Mon 12/28: Monday Night Dance Club with Wyatt Haupt Band
Mon 1/4: Monday Night Dance Club with Dick Parent Band
Prime
2209 E. Thompson Blvd
Tuesdays: Danny D
Fridays: Encore
Saturdays: Beach City Sound Club
Red Cove
1809 E. Main Street
Thurs 12/31: NYE Party with 3 in the Morning, The Free, Natural Human Beings
Rookees Sports Bar & Grill
419 E. Main Street
(805) 648-6862
Friday and Saturdays
10 pm Rotating DJs
Thurs 12/31: NYE Party with DJ Logic
Saloon BBQ
456 E. Main Street
Sat 12/26: 9 pm Big Adventure
Sun 12/27: 4 pm Ted Waterhouse
Sandbox Coffeehouse
204 E. Thompson Blvd
805-641-1025
Thursdays Open Mic
Sat 12/26: noon Alex Forester
Sun 12/27: noon Peter O’Keefe
Sat 1/2: noon Rhythm 805, Xavier Canchola
Sans Souci
21 S. Chestsnut
Sundays: DJ Darko
Mondays: Karoake
Tuesdays: Twisted Tuesday
Wednesdays: Open mic with Sin Chonies
Sat 12/26: Narthex, Structure, We are the Underclass, All-a-Blur
Thurs 12/31: NYE Party with DJ Spinobi
Fri 1/1: 2-6 pm The Lower Echelon, The Rouse
Squashed Grapes
2351 E. Main St.
805-643-7300
Live jazz music 7-10 pm
Wed 12/23: Tilford Jackson’s “Carols and Wine”
Sat 12/26: Danny Janklow band featuring tap dancer, Sarah Reich of Postmodern Jukebox
Star Lounge
343 E. Main Street
(805) 6438-4709
Sat: 12/26: Whiskey Stone
Thurs 12/31: NYE Party with Cross Cut
Fri 1/1: Karaoke
Surf Brewery
4561 Market Street
Sat 12/26: Braids & Dreads (Dan Grimm and Friends)
The Tavern
211 E. Santa Clara Street
Sunday open mics
Karaoke Tuesdays
Metal Music Wednesdays
DJs every Thursday college night
Thurs 12/31: NYE Masquerade Ball with DJs
Ventura Beach Club
281 W. Main Street
Thurs 12/31: NYE Party with Shaky Feelin’, The Christopher Hawley Rolers, Koyote, 9 Lives, more…
W20 at the Watermark
598 E. Main Street
Fri & Sat 9 – Mid; Sun 3 – 6 pm
Sat 12/26: The Bomb
Sun 12/27: The Legalizers
Thurs 12/31: NYE Party with DJ EROK and DJ Ciera
Sat 1/2: Ben Bostick
The Wine Rack
14 S. California Street
Music runs 7-11 pm, Sundays at 3 pm
Mondays: Mike Cregan
Tuesdays: Frank Barajas and Doug Johnson
Wed 12/23: Carson Boyd
Thurs 12/24: Jon Gindick and Friends
Sat 12/26: Road Brothers
Thurs 12/31: NYE Party with Ventura Jazz Collective
Fri 1/1: Hans Ottsen
Sat 1/2: Ventura Jazz Collective
The 805 Bar
Ventura Harbor
Tuesdays: 7 pm RJ Mischo & the Down Home Trio
