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Amigos Cafe & Cantina
546 E. Main St.
805-874-2232
Mondays: 6 pm Danielle Stacy; 8:30 Joey’s B’s Acoustic Blues Jam
Tuesdays: 8:30 pm The Beers Brothers open mic
Thursdays: 5:30 pm Karen Eden; 8 pm The Gypsy Blues Band
Wed 1/6: Amigo’s House Band with Mark Masson
Fri 1/8: 8 pm Crosscut 805
Sat 1/9: 8 pm Dive Bar Messiahs
Sun 1/10: 5 pm Medicine Hat; 9 pm Karaoke
Wed 1/13: Amigo’s House Band with Ashford Gordon
Fri 1/15: 8 pm Wishbone
Sat 1/16: 8 pm Hot Roux
Sun 1/17: 5 pm Karen Eden; 9 pm Karaoke
Boatyard Café
Ventura Harbor
1583 Spinnaker Drive
Thursdays: 6-9 Blue Grass Jam
Fri 1/8: 6 pm Bobby & Steve
Sat 1/9: 6 pm Gypsy Stew
Fri 1/15: 6 pm Unkle Monkey
Sat 1/16: 6 pm Medicine Hat
Bombay Bar & Grill
143 S. California St.
805-643-4404
Wednesdays: Tommy Marsh hosts the Session
Thursdays: DJ Pisterlero
Sun 1/10: 5 pm Midlife Crisis
Sat 1/16: 8 pm Three Bad Jacks, Hard Six, Sandbox Bullies
Café Fiore|66 S. California Street
Wed 1/6: Bryan McCann & the Jazzheads
Thurs 1/7: Jade Hendrix
Fri 1/8: Instone
Sat 1/9: Drunken Monkeys
Tues 1/12: Donna Greene
Wed 1/13: Big Adventure
Thurs 1/14: Rick Whitfield
Fri 1/15: Soul Infusion
Sat 1/16: Big Adventure
Tues 1/19: Donna Butler
Discovery
1888 Thompson Blvd
Sat 1/9: N3RD DR3AMZ; Yung Yizzo, Mo Stylez, Austen Sexton, DJ Kryptonite
Fri 1/15: Jimmy Weeks Project, Siaosi, Kiwini Vaitai
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 1/8: Battalion of Saints, Blasting Concept, Fist Fight on Ecstasy, SixPackOfDoom
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 1/16: 8:30 pm Whiskey Stone
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
Mondays karaoke
Tuesdays open mic
Sun 1/10: 6 pm Brandon Ragan Jazz Trio
Sat 1/16: 6 pm John Hendrickson
Sun 1/17: 6 pm Teresa and Pat Russell
Keynote Lounge
10245 Telephone Road
Tuesday and Wednesday: Karaoke
Thursday: Open Mic
Sunday: Karaoke
Fri 1/8: Custom Made
Sat 1/9: Rick Miller Band
Fri 1/15: Red Rhythm
Sat 1/16: Crosscut
Majestic Ventura Theater
26 S. Chestnut Street
(805) 653-0721
Thurs 1/7: Tribal Seeds, The Steppas, The Skints
Paddy’s
2 W. Main Street
Wednesdays: Karaoke
Fri & Sat: DJs
The Patio at Player’s Casino
6580 Auto Center Drive
Fri 1/8: Sean Wiggins
Fri 1/15: Rock Cats Rock
Sat 1/16: Soul Machine
Pierpont Inn
550 San Jon Road
Fridays and Saturdays: 6 pm Mark Anthony on piano
Plan B Wine Cellars
3520 Arundell Circle
Sun 1/10: 4:30 pm Donna Greene & the Roadhouse Daddies
Poinsettia Pavillion
3451 Foothill Road
(805) 648-1143
Mon 1/11: Monday Night Dance Club with Wyatt Haupt Band
Mon 1/18: Monday Night Dance Club with Dick Parent Band
Prime
2209 E. Thompson Blvd
Tuesdays: Danny D
Fridays: Encore
Saturdays: Beach City Sound Club
Rookees Sports Bar & Grill
419 E. Main Street
(805) 648-6862
Friday and Saturdays
10 pm Rotating DJs
Sandbox Coffeehouse
204 E. Thompson Blvd
805-641-1025
Thursdays Open Mic
Sat 1/9: Noon Licity Collins
Sun 1/10: Noon Jeanine Shultz
Sat 1/16: Noon Walt Dunlap
Sun 1/17: Doug Conlon
Sans Souci
21 S. Chestsnut
Sundays: DJ Darko
Mondays: Karoake
Tuesdays: Twisted Tuesday
Wednesdays: Open mic with Sin Chonies
Fri 1/15: Tattered Angels, SRA, The Underclass
Squashed Grapes
2351 E. Main St.
805-643-7300
Live jazz music 7-10 pm
Wed 1/6: Adam Clark & Friends
Thurs 1/7: Coda
Fri 1/8: Geezer Funk
Sat 1/9: Barrelhouse Wailers
Wed 1/13: Brad Rabuchin Quartet
Thurs 1/14: Pablo Sune Trio
Fri 1/15: L.J. & The Boyz
Sat 1/16: Rachel Flowers Trio
Tues 1/19: Jazz Jam
Star Lounge
343 E. Main Street
(805) 6438-4709
Fri 1/8: Gypsy Stew
Sat 1/9: Whiskey Stone
Fri 1/15: Drunken Monkeys
Sat 1/16: Pull the Trigger
Surf Brewery
4561 Market Street
Music 6-8 pm
Sat 1/9: Soul Purpose
Sat 1/16: The Swillys
The Tavern
211 E. Santa Clara Street
Sunday open mics
Karaoke Tuesdays
Metal Music Wednesdays
DJs every Thursday college night
Fri 1/8: The Black Hips
Fri 1/15: The Caverns
Sat 1/16: Clean Spill
Ventura Beach Club
281 W. Main Street
Fri 1/15: Rick Holmstrom Band
Ventura High School Auditorium
2 N. Catalina Street
Thurs 1/14: 7 pm VUSD Jazz Band
W20 at the Watermark
598 E. Main Street
Fri & Sat 9 – Mid; Sun 3 – 6 pm
Fri 1/8: Drunken Monkeys
Sat 1/9: The Bomb
Fri 1/15: 6 pm Karen Eden; 9 pm Mini Driver
Sun 1/17: Shawn Jones
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
The 805 Bar
Ventura Harbor
Tuesdays: 7 pm RJ Mischo & the Down Home Trio