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Amigos Cafe & Cantina
546 E. Main St.
805-874-2232
Mondays: Open mic
Wed 8/17: Live Band Karaoke
Fri 8/19: Vinyl Gypsies
Sat 8/20: 5 pm Taylor Rae; 9 pm Dive Bar Messiahs
Sun 8/21: 5 pm Corsican Brothers; 9 pm Karaoke
Tues 8/23: Brandon Ragan
Wed 8/24: Musicians Brew
Sat 8/27: Goodnight Kiss; 9 pm Sin Chonies
Sun 8/28: 5 pm Karen Eden; 9 pm Karaoke
Bombay Bar and Grill
143 S. California St.
(805) 643-4404
Sat 8/20: 5th & Birmingham, Spivey Spi
Sat 8/27: Cat OK, Shady Ladies, September Begins…more.
Café Fiore & Treehouse
66 S. California Street
Wed 8/17: Donna Butler
Thurs 8/18: Sound Effect
Fri 8/19: Little Alice
Sat 8/20: Soul Infusion
Sun 8/21: Jahmark & the Soul Makers
Tues 8/23: Colette
Wed 8/24: Big Adventure
Thurs 8/25: Jade Hendrix
Fri 8/26: Drunken Monkeys
Sat 8/27: Instone
Sun 8/28: Reggae Revolution
Tues 8/30: Donna Butler
The Cave
4435 McGrath Street
Weds & Saturdays: 5:30 – 8:30 pm Varon Thomas
Thurs & Fridays: 5:30 – 8:30 pm Warren Takahashi
Copa Cubana
Ventura Harbor Village
Tuesdays: RJ Mischo & the Down Home Trio
Thurs 8/18: John’s Saxophone Band
Fri 8/19: Avery Jazzman
Sun 8/21: Kenny Devoe
Thurs 8/25: Toni Jannotta
Fri 8/26: Brandon Ragan
Sat 8/27: Al Martinez
Sun 8/28: Laura Cozzi & Soul Machine
Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant
593 E. Main Street
(805) 648-3001
Sun 8/21: 4 pm The Sunday Drivers
Discovery
1888 Thompson Blvd
Wed 8/17: Starlight Swing Night w/ DJ Lance
Thurs 8/18: Project Out of Bounds, Layovr
Fri 8/19: Crooked Eye Tommy; Flashback Friday w/ DJ Xist
Sat 8/20: Blink 180True, Weezerton
Wed 8/24: Starlight Swing Night w/ Ventura Jazz Orchestra
Thurs 8/25: Pato Banton featuring Thrive!
Fri 8/26: Along Violet; Flashback Friday w/ DJ Spinobi
Sat 8/27: Disc-o-Town w/ Moonridge
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
(805) 647-9681
Fri 8/26: Glam Skanks, Loose Nerves
Gigi’s Cocktails
2493 Grand Avenue
(805) 642-2411
Thurs, Fri & Sat: Karaoke
Golden China
760 S. Seaward
(805) 652-0688
Karaoke seven nights a week 9 pm
Tuesdays 7 pm: Open Mic
Grapes and Hops
454 E. Main Street
Sat 8/20: TD Lind
Sun 8/21: 3 pm The American West
Fri 8/26: Shawn Jones Trio
Sat 8/27: Jaime Wyatt Duo
Sun 8/28: 3 pm Shane Alexander
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
Thursdays: Gypsy Blues Band swing night
Fri 8/19: Hi Hat Entertainment – James Intveld
Sat 8/20: Valencia & Friends
Sun 8/21: 6 pm Jon & Tom
Fri 8/26: Hi Hat Entertainment – Kyle Jester & the Jokers
Sun 8/28: 3 pm Hot Roux; 6 pm Jon & Tom
Keynote Lounge
10245 Telephone Road
Tuesday and Wednesday: Karaoke
Thursday: Open Mic
Sunday: Karaoke
Fri 8/19: Action Down
Sat 8/20: Vital Itch
Fri 8/26: Unusual Suspects
Sat 8/27: Sean Wiggins
Made West Brewing
1744 Donlon Street
Thurs music at 6:30; Sun at 2:30
Thurs 8/18: TheBrambles
Sun 8/21: Shaky Feelin’
Thurs 8/25: Fox Trax
Sun 8/28: Lee Koch
Majestic Ventura Theater
26 S. Chestnut Street
Fri 8/19: King Lil G
Margarita Villa
Ventura Harbor Village
Fri & Sat at 6; Sundays at 3
Tuesdays: Dave Rae
Fri 8/19: Catfish Fry
Sat 8/20: Mike Martinez
Sun 8/21: Alas Latinas
Fri 8/26: Herbal Rootz
Sat 8/27: Corsican Brothers
Sun 8/28: Tommy Quale
Montalvo Square Shopping Center
1746 S. Victoria Avenue
Music 6-8 pm
Sat 8/20: The Coveralls
NOW Ventura
185 E. Santa Clara Ave.
(805) 667-2200
Sat 8/20: 9:30 pm Pride After party with Caliente
O’Leary’s
6555 Telephone Road
Tuesdays: Free Jukebox
Wednesdays: Karaoke
Fri 8/19: Brittany Burchett
Sat 8/20: O’Leary’s East End Blues Band
Fri 8/26: Live Band Karaoke
Olivas Adobe
4200 Olivas Park Drive
Music Under the Stars
Sat 8/20: Shari Puorto Band
Sat 8/27: Savor the Band (sold out)
Pacific View Mall
In front of Trader Joe’s
Fri 8/19: Food Truck Friday with The Right Amount of Wrong
Paddy’s
2 W. Main Street
Wednesdays: Karaoke
Fri & Sat: DJs
Fri 8/19: Pre Pride Party hosted by Dame Edna
Poinsettia Pavilion
3451 Foothill Road
(805) 648-1143
Mon 8/22: Monday Night Dance Club with Wyatt Haupt
Mon 8/29: Monday Night Dance Club with Dick Parent Band
Pride Festival
Promenade Park at Beach
Music 11 – 6 pm
Sat 8/20: Echo, The Caverns, Pasadangerous, GayC.DC, The Lonesome Gay Cowboy & the Country Bear Jamboree, KNS Rockstar, Danielle Livingston, HIRBOIS
Prime
2209 E. Thompson Blvd
Tuesdays: Danny D
Fridays: Encore
Saturdays: Beach City Sound Club
Red Cove
1809 E. Main Street
Thursdays: Music Club Open Jam Night
Rookees Sports Bar & Grill
419 E. Main Street
(805) 648-6862
Fri and Sat: Rotating DJs
Saloon BBQ Co.
456 E. Main Street
Thurs 8/18: 8 pm Dead Country Gentlemen, 50 Sticks of Dynamite
Sat 8/20: 10 pm Rich Sheldon
Sun 8/21: 4 pm Jeff Uzzel
Fri 8/26: 10 pm Battlefield
Sat 8/27: 10 pm Skin & Bones
Sandbox Coffeehouse
204 E. Thompson Blvd
805-641-1025
Thurs 6 pm, Weekends noon
Thursdays Open Mic
Sat 8/20: Daniel Stamatelaky
Sun 8/21: Luminesse Lee
Sat 8/27: Walt Dunlap
Sun 8/28: Salvador Magellon Calderon
Sans Souci
21 S. Chestnut
Sundays: DJ Darko
Mondays: Karaoke
Tuesdays: Twisted Tuesday w/ DJ
Wednesdays: Open mic
Thursdays: DJ Spinobi
Fri 8/19: Brothers Collective
Sat 8/20: Bloody Reunion
Fri 8/26: DJ Pistolero
Sat 8/27: Grapevine, Aunt Janes Pancakes
Spencer Makenzie’s End of Summer Party
806 E. Thompson Blvd
Music starts at 6
Sat 8/27: Mandex, Brothers Fortune, Andre
Squashed Grapes
2351 E. Main St.
805-643-7300
Live jazz music 7-10 pm
Wed 8/17: Meridian Trio
Thurs 8/18: Eric Harrington & Friends
Fri 8/19: L.J. & the Boyz
Sat 8/20: Hans Ottsen Trio featuring Tyler Blanton
Wed 8/24: Brad Rabuchin & Friends
Thurs 8/25: Colin Bailey Trio
Fri 8/26: D.on Darox & the Melody Joy Bakers
Sat 8/27: Doug West Group featuring Danny Carey of TOOL
Star Lounge
343 E. Main Street
Fri 8/19: Brandon Ragan Project
Sat 8/20: 7th Decade
Fri 8/26: Masters of the Past
Sat 8/27: Big Adventure
Surf Brewery
4561 Market Street
(805) 644-2739
Sat 8/20: Mike Fishell & Friends
Sat 8/27: Soul Purpose
The Tavern
211 E. Santa Clara Street
Sunday open mics
Karaoke Tuesdays
Metal Music Wednesdays
DJs every Thursday college night
Fri 8/19: Rubberneck Lions
Sat 8/20: Blues Bullet
Sun 8/21: 11 am Pride Brunch w/ DJ Joseph
Fri 8/26: The Caverns
Sat 8/27: The Black Hips
Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura
5654 Ralston St.
Sat 8/27: 7:30 pm Steve Werner, Donna Lynn Caskey, Merlin Snider
Ventura Harbor Carousel Stage
Wednesdays Noon – 1 pm: Steel Drum
Saturdays 1 -4 pm: Steel Drum
Sun 8/21: Unkle Monkey
Sun 8/28: Ray Jay & the Uptown Brothers
VFW Hall
3801 Market Street
Saturdays: 4-8 pm Captain Ron
W20 at the Watermark
598 E. Main Street
Thurs 6 pm, Fri & Sat 9 pm, Sun 3 pm
Thurs 8/18: Karen Eden
Fri 8/19: Mini Driver
Sat 8/20: The Bomb
Sun 8/21: Rick Whitfield
Thurs 8/25: Déjà vu Too
Fri 8/26: Right Amount of Wrong
Sat 8/27: The Bomb
The Wine Rack
14 S. California Street
Music runs 7-11 pm, Sundays at 2:30 pm
Sundays: B&V Acoustics
Mondays: Open Mic
Tuesdays: Keith Cain
Wednesday: Danielle Stacy
Thurs 7/21: Jon Gindick
Fri 8/19: Justin Spring
Sat 8/20: Barrelhouse Wailers
Fri 8/26: Keith Cain
Sat 8/27: Matt Clark
The 805 Bar
Ventura Harbor
Sat & Sun: Noon Kenny DeVoe
Fri 8/19: Frank Barajas
Fri 8/26: Kenny Devoe
Sat 8/27: Live Band Karaoke
