by Pam Baumgardner
VenturaRocks.com

It’s still three months away, but I cannot wait for the Ventura County Fair this year! I’m loving their music line up which is always included in the price of admission. The fair runs July 31 through August 11 with music most nights on the Grandstand stage starting with Styx on the July 31, then it’s Martina McBride on Thursday, August 1, with Melissa Etheridge on Friday, August 2. Saturday, August 3 has a triple bill with The Ohio Players, The Emotions and Evelyn “Champagne” King. Sunday is Dia de la Familia concert with X Ambassadors on Monday August 5. Tuesday has two shows, the earlier one features Tommy James and the Shondells and that evening it’s Brothers Osborne. Wednesday, August 7, it’s Daughtry, and then on his “Good to be Bad Tour” – 45 years of Rock, it’s none other than George Thorogood and the Destroyers. I’d say I’m saving my favorite for last, but it is actually the last concert of the fair, and they are one of my all-time favorite bands, it’s Collective Soul on Friday, August 9. The final two days the Grand Stand arena always hosts the P.R.C.A. pro rodeo.

There will be plenty of music at Surf ‘n’ Suds beer festival this year on Saturday, May 18, at Ventura State Beach (entrance at San Pedro Street off Pierpont Blvd). While tasting all the suds and ciders from over 65 breweries, you take in music from Soul Majestic, Flogging Seagulls and DJ Hecktik. For more information and tickets, go to www.SurfBeerFest.com/Ventura.

Quick Notes: Gindick has a new CD, you can get your own copy when he plays Grapes and Hops on Thursday, May 9; There will be a punk show at Concrete Jungle Brewing Friday, May 10; the Spring Swing Big Band Dance with Ventura Jazz Orchestra featuring Donna Greene will be held at Knights of Columbus downtown on Friday, May 10; Mother Sting Ray (formerly Strange Weather) play Oak and Main on Sunday, May 12; Ventura Music Festival presents NICO on Friday, May 10, at the Ventura College Performing Arts Center; Pizza Man Dan on Victoria hosts a Celtic Music Slow Session on the second Tuesday of the month; The Exploited play the Ventura Theater on Friday, May 17; Fluid State is celebrating their anniversary with Ventucky String Band on Saturday, May 18; Maid of Ace out of the UK play Red Cove on Saturday, May 18; The Knit Pickers play Made West on Saturday, May 18; Slim Jim Phantom’s at Discovery on Sunday, May 19; and there will be a fundraising event for Casa at Olivas Adobe on Sunday, May 9, featuring Elvis impersonator, Raymond Mitchell.

And finally, I’m sorry to report the passing of Patrick Buley last month. He was a well-respected musician and will be missed by our community.

Do you have any music-related news or upcoming shows you want help publicizing? Please send all information short or long to [email protected]. For updated music listings daily, go to www.VenturaRocks.com.

For more events go to VenturaRocks.com

Black Angus
4718 Telephone Road
Music 5:30 – 8:30 pm
Thursdays: Mark David Undercover

Blue Agave
185 E. Santa Clara
Fridays: Mariachi Band; DJ
Saturdays: DJ

The Blue Room
Ventura Harbor Village
(Next to Comedy Club)
Thursdays: Gypsy Blues Band

Boatyard Pub
Ventura Harbor Village
Monday-Thursday 6 pm, Friday & Saturday 7 pm
Mondays: Milo Sledge
Tuesdays: Jason Ho/Frank Barajas
Thursdays: Bluegrass Jam

Bombay Bar & Grill
143 S. California Street
Thursdays, Friday & Saturdays: DJs

Café Fiore
66 S. California Street
Wed 4/24: Big Adventure
Fri 4/26: Jason Bourne
Sat 4/27: Rick Whitfield
Fri 5/10: Instone
Sat 5/11: Jason Bourne
Tues 5/14: Donna Greene
Wed 5/15: Donna Butler
Fri 5/17: Front Loaders
Sat 5/18: Self-Righteous Brothers
Sun 5/19: Jangala Roots
Tues 5/21: The Sixth

The Cave
4435 McGrath Street
5:30 – 8:30 pm
Weds & Saturdays: Varon Thomas
Thurs & Fridays: Warren Takahashi

Concrete Jungle
4561 Market Street
Fri 5/10: Pizza Punx, Out of Trust, Idecline, The Dirty Limbs

Copa Cubana
Ventura Harbor Village
Music 7 pm; Sundays 4 pm
Mondays: Smokey & Friends
Tuesdays: The Jerry McWorter Trio
Wednesdays: Al Macias Open Mic
Fri 5/10: Native Vibe
Sat 5/11: Ruben Estrada & The Martinez Brothers
Sun 5/12: House Arrest
Fri 5/17: House Arrest
Sat 5/18: Ruben Estrada & The Martinez Brothers
Sun 5/19: Brandon Ragan Project

Dargan’s Irish Rub & Restaurant
593 E. Main Street
Music at 4 pm
Sun 5/19: The Sunday Drivers

Discovery
1888 Thompson Blvd
Thurs 5/9: Legalizer
Fri 10/10: Masters of Puppets
Sat 10/11: High Voltage
Thurs 5/16: Josh Heinrich, Dred Kennedy
Fri 5/17: Leilani Wolfgramm, Aloha Radio
Sat 5/18: Missus Jones
Sun 5/19: Slim Jim Phantom

Duke’s Griddle n Grill
1124 S. Seaward
Wednesdays: Karaoke

El Rey Cantina
294 E. Main Street
Fridays: DJ
Saturdays: DJ

Fluid State
692 E. Main Street
Sat 5/18: Ventucky String Band

Four Brix Winery
2290 Eastman Avenue
Music 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Fri 5/10: Fish Fry
Fri 5/17: Midlife Crisis

Garage
1091 Scandia Avenue
Mondays: Karaoke
Sat 5/11: Niner Niner, If it Kills You, Modern Wives
Sat 5/18: The Guitar & Whiskey Club, The Black

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
Wed & Thurs 6 pm; Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sun 4 pm
Thurs 5/9: Jon Gindick
Fri 5/10: The Salty Suites
Sat 5/11: Shawn Jones Trio
Fri 5/17: Bob Bishop
Sat 5/18: Dive Bar Messiahs
Sun 5/19: 50 Sticks of Dynamite

Keynote Lounge
10245 E. Telephone Road
Tues, Wed and Sun: Karaoke
Thursdays: Open mic night
Fri 5/10: Action Down
Sat 5/11: DJ AVG
Fri 5/17: Sin Chonies
Sat 5/18: Old School

Knights of Columbus
36 Figueroa Street
Fri 5/10: Ventura Jazz Orchestra w/ Donna Greene
Leashless Brewing
585 E. Thompson Blvd.
Thurs 5/9: DJ Rockingchair
Fri 5/10: The Shorebreak
Sat 5/11: Fallen Saints
Tues 5/14: Acoustic open mic
Thurs 5/16: DJ Rockinghcair
Fri 5/17: Boom Duo
Sat 5/18: Bad leaf

Limon y Sal
598 E. Main Street
Fridays: DJ
Saturdays: DJ
Sundays: Instone (1-4 pm)

Made West Brewing
1744 Donlon Street
Thurs 6 pm; Sat 4 pm; Sun 3 pm
Thurs 5/9: Amargoso
Sat 5/11: Jacob Cole
Sun 5/12: RJ Mischo and his Red Hot Blues Band
Thurs 5/16: RJ Bloke
Sat 5/18: The Knitpickers
Sun 5/19: Milo Sledge Trio

Majestic Ventura Theater
26 S. Chestnut Street
Fri 5/17: The Exploited

Margarita Villa
Ventura Harbor Village
Wed 5/8: Mark Masson
Fri 5/10: Operation 90s
Sat 5/11: Kyle Smith
Fri 5/17: Alas Latinas
Sat 5/18: Crosscut 805
Sun 5/19: Mark Masson

Museum of Ventura county
100 E. Main Street
Sun 5/12: Camarata Pacifica (3 pm)

Namba
47 S. Oak Street
Fri 5/10: Rachel Lynde Songwriter Showcase
Sat 5/11: Fabio Zinir
Sun 5/12: Bevan Manson Trio
Sat 5/18: Jodi Farrell Performance Workshop; Arthur Dente

Oak and Main
419 E. Main Street
Sundays: Sing Time Karoke
Tuesdays: Beers Brothers Open Mic
Wed 5/8: Alfred Morales
Thurs 5/9: Mark Mason; Hubcap Stealers
Fri 5/10: CRV
Sat 5/11: Brittney; Brandon Ragan Project
Sun 5/12: Nicole Violine; Heart & Soul; Mother Sting Ray
Thurs 5/16: Beers Brothers Showcase
Fri 5/17: Ridin’ the Storm Out
Sat 5/18: Alfred Morales; Elements
Sun 5/19: Medicine Hat

O’Leary’s
6555 Telephone Road
Wed: Karaoke

Olivas Adobe
4200 Olivas Park Drive
Sun 5/19: Raymond Mitchell

Paddy’s
2 W. Main Street
Wednesdays: Karaoke
Fri & Sat: DJs

Plan B Winery
3520 Arundell Circle
Sun 5/12: Sgt. Pepper

Red Cove
1809 E. Main Street
Sat 5/18: Maid of Ace, Dee Skusting, The Rodents, Broken Cuffs, 3 Day Holocaust, Malice Thoughts

Sandbox Coffeehouse
204 E. Thompson Blvd
805-641-1025
Thurs 6 pm, Weekends noon
Thursdays Open Mic
Sat 5/11: James T. Schulfer
Sun 5/12: Max

Sans Souci
21 S. Chestnut
Sundays: DJ Darko
Mondays: Karaoke
Tuesdays: DJ Nick Dean
Wednesdays: Open mic
Thursdays: DJ Spinobi
Fri 5/17: Infirmities

The Shores Restaurant
1031 Harbor Blvd, Oxnard
Sundays 12:30 – 3:30 pm
Fri 5/10: Frank Barajas
Sat 5/11: Six Guns Son
Sun 5/12: Skinny Skoony & Friends
Fri 5/17: Seth Hansen
Sat 5/18: Corsican Brothers
Sun 5/19: Two’s Company

Star Lounge
343 E. Main Street
Fri 5/10: Vanise Terry Band
Sat 5/11: Reign
Fri 5/17: Shawn Jones Trio
Sat 5/18: Brandon Ragan Project

Surf ‘n’ Suds
Ventura State Beach
11:30 am – 6 pm
Sat 5/18: Soul Majestic, Flogging Seagulls, DJ Hecktick, Hubcap Stealers

The Tavern
211 E. Santa Clara Street
(805) 643-3264
Sundays: DJ Steezy Steve
Tuesdays: Karaoke
Thursdays: Get Right DJ

Topa Mountain Winery
821 W. Ojai Avenue, Ojai
Music 3-5 pm
Sun 5/12: Patricia Avis
Sat 5/18: Danny McGaw
Sun 5/19: Shawn Jones

Topa Topa Brewing Co.
104 E. Thompson Blvd
Thurs 5/9: Matt Sayles

Ventura College Performing Arts Center
4700 Loma Vista Road
Fri 5/10: Ventura Music Festival’s NICO

Ventura Harbor Village
1583 Spinnaker Drive
Music 1-4 pm
Sat 5/11: Karen Eden
Sun 5/12: Castillo Trio

Winchester’s
632 E. Main Street
(805) 653-7446
Music at 7:00 pm; Sundays at 5 pm
Fri 5/10: Simple
Sat 5/11: Mark Masson
Sun 5/12: Acoustic Crossroads w/ Crooked Eye Tommy
Fri 5/17: Karyn 805
Sat 5/18: Two’s Company
Sun 5/19: Heckle & Jeckle Show

1901 Speakeasy
740 South B Street, Oxnard
Fri 5/10: Brandon Ragan
Sat 5/11: Blue Motel Room
Fri 5/18: Rat Pack Ricky
Sat 5/19: Shawn Jones

The 805 Bar
Ventura Harbor
Saturdays & Sundays 11 am – 1 pm
Saturdays 4-7 pm
Saturdays: Kenny Devoe
Sundays: Kenny Devoe

by Pam Baumgardner
VenturaRocks.com

It’s always a treat when Noel Paul Stookey from the iconic folk trio, Peter, Paul & Mary, performs at the Rubicon Theatre. Stookey brings his dry wit and love of humankind in a show called “In These Times” on Sunday, April 28. His appearances always sell out, and this one did as well, so I’m happy to report there will be a second concert on Monday, April 29. I wonder what he’ll talk about. Hmmm.

The local crew from Army of Freshmen have new music available this month, it’s an EP called “At the End of the Day” featuring acoustic tunes. That one drops April 26; the next day, they’ll perform “unplugged” up in Goleta at The Imperial sharing the stage with Nerf Herder.

Eco Fest not only provides over 80 exhibitors, green education ideas with helpful tips, and children’s activities, but they also offer great music throughout the day. This year they’ll have two stages of music with D.on Darox and the Melody Joy Bakers, Ventucky String Band, Anchor & Bear, Shay Moulder, the Midtones and more. The annual event will be held at Plaza Park (Santa Clara and Chestnut) on April 27 from 10 am to 4 pm. Eco Fest is free to the pubic with a bike valet available for those doing their part to reduce their carbon footprint.

Gigi’s will be hosting a couple of shows featuring bands from out of the area. First on Monday, April 29, it’s Radio Active (Tokyo, Japan), The Wankys (Leicester, UK), Eel (Pittsburgh, PA) and No Divide (Santa Barbara); and then on Friday, May 3, they’ll have MOB 47 (Sweden), along with Phobia, Wichaven and Zoloa. I’m glad to see promoters taking advantage of this space again for live music.

Quick Notes: Amber Olive of Amber & Smoke has a new side gig with the band Mini Driver; Margarita Villa has live music every weekend now, Friday through Sunday; Ray Jaurique and friends play The Blue Room on Wednesdays in the Harbor; Show Me the Body from New York play with Enemy on Thursday, April 25, at the Tavern; Norman Baker out of Seattle plays Namba on Friday, April 26; playing the Sewer for the first time, it’s The Guitar & Whiskey Club on Saturday, April 27; The Popravinas perform Saturday, May 4, at Dargans; Club 805 hosts The Darkside (Cosplay) on May 4; and Robin Trower plays the Ventura Theater on Sunday, May 5.

Congratulations to Adam and Josh for getting the Planning Commissions unanimous approval during their public hearing April 10. It was a standing room only crowd with so many people speaking in support of opening The Grape Jazz Club. Now, a little construction upgrades and hopefully the next time I write about the Grape will be to give their opening date. Well done boys!

Do you have any music-related news or upcoming shows you want help publicizing? Please send all information short or long to [email protected]. For updated music listings daily, go to www.VenturaRocks.com.

For more events go to VenturaRocks.com

Black Angus
4718 Telephone Road
Music 5:30 – 8:30 pm
Thursdays: Mark David Undercover

Blue Agave
185 E. Santa Clara
Fridays: Mariachi Band; DJ
Saturdays: DJ

The Blue Room
Ventura Harbor Village
(Next to Comedy Club)
Wednesday: Ray Jaurique and Friends
Thursdays: Gypsy Blues Band

Boatyard Pub
Ventura Harbor Village
Monday-Thursday 6 pm, Friday & Saturday 7 pm
Mondays: Milo Sledge
Tuesdays: Jason Ho/Frank Barajas
Thursdays: Bluegrass Jam
Wed 4/24: Shore Break
Fri 4/26: Teresa Russell & Stephen Geyer
Sat 4/27: Karen Eden

Bombay Bar & Grill
143 S. California Street
Thursdays, Friday & Saturdays: DJs

Café Fiore
66 S. California Street
Wed 4/24: Big Adventure
Fri 4/26: Jason Bourne
Sat 4/27: Rick Whitfield

The Cave
4435 McGrath Street
5:30 – 8:30 pm
Weds & Saturdays: Varon Thomas
Thurs & Fridays: Warren Takahashi

Copa Cubana
Ventura Harbor Village
Music 7 pm; Sundays 4 pm
Mondays: Smokey & Friends
Tuesdays: The Jerry McWorter Trio
Wednesdays: Al Macias Open Mic
Saturdays: Ruben Estrada & the Martinez Brothers
Fri 4/26: Native Vibe
Sun 4/28: Karen Eden & the Bad Apples

Dargan’s Irish Rub & Restaurant
593 E. Main Street
Music at 4 pm
Sat 5/4: The Popravinas
Sun 5/5: The Sunday Drivers

Discovery
1888 Thompson Blvd
Fri 4/26: Dustland Fairytale
Sat 4/27: One More for the Road
Sun 4/28: Groove Session
Wed 5/1: Bumping Uglies, Kyle Smith
Thurs 5/2: Thunderstorm Artis, Jacob Marquez
Fri 5/3: Gungor, The Brilliance, Propaganda
Sat 5/4: Highway Starr
Sun 5/5: Herbal Rootz

Duke’s Griddle n Grill
1124 S. Seaward
Wednesdays: Karaoke

Ecofest 2019
Plaza Park
(Chestnut and Santa Clara)
Sat 4/27: D.on Darox & the Melody Joy Bakers, Ventucky String Band, Anchor & Bear, Shay Moulder and more…

El Rey Cantina
294 E. Main Street
Fridays: DJ
Saturdays: DJ

Four Brix Winery
2290 Eastman Avenue
Music 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Fri 4/26: Mark Masson & Phriends

Garage
1091 Scandia Avenue
Mondays: Karaoke
Sat 4/27: Go Betty Go, Infirmities, Fuse, Break the Tides
Fri 5/3: Agua Santa, Good Nothings, The Grownups
Sat 5/4: DJ Dance party

Gigi’s Cocktails
2493 Grand Avenue
(805) 642-2411
Thurs, Fri & Sat: Karaoke
Mon 4/29: Radio Active, The Wankys, Eel, No Divide
Fri 5/3: MOB 47, Phobia, Wichaven, Zoloa

Golden China
760 S. Seaward
(805) 652-0688
Karaoke seven nights a week 9 pm
Tuesdays 7 pm: Open Mic
Sat 5/4: Club805 the Darkside (DJs)

Grapes and Hops
454 E. Main Street
Wed & Thurs 6 pm; Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sun 4 pm
Fri 4/26: Robert Gray, Brandon Ragan Project
Sat 4/27: Gentleman’s Blues Club
Sun 4/28: Shawn Jones
Sun 5/5: The Tossers

Harbor Cove Café
Ventura Harbor
Music 5-8 pm
Fri 4/19: Jill Martini & the Shrunkheads
Sat 4/20: Gary Ballen

Hong Kong Inn
435 E. Thompson Blvd
Fri 5/3: Teresa Russell & Tom Buenger

Keynote Lounge
10245 E. Telephone Road
Tues, Wed and Sun: Karaoke
Thursdays: Open mic night
Fri 4/26: What the Funk
Sat 4/27: Action Down

Leashless Brewing
585 E. Thompson Blvd.
Sat 4/27: Boom Duo
Thurs 5/2: Vinyl Night
Fri 5/3: Shaky Feelin’ Jam Session
Sat 5/4: Shawn Jones

Limon y Sal
598 E. Main Street
Fridays: DJ
Saturdays: DJ
Sundays: Instone (1-4 pm)

Made West Brewing
1744 Donlon Street
Thurs 6 pm; Sat 4 pm; Sun 3 pm
Thurs 4/25: Mark Masson
Sat 4/27: Anchor & Bear
Sun 4/28: The Midtones
Thurs 5/2: Matt Sayles
Sat 5/4: Ted Lennon
Sun 5/5: Anna Vera

Majestic Ventura Theater
26 S. Chestnut Street
Tues 4/30: Knocked Loose, The Acacia Strain, Harms Way
Sun 5/5: Robin Trower

Margarita Villa
Ventura Harbor Village
Fri 4/26: Jon Francis & Vanise Terry
Sat 4/27: Crosscut 805
Sun 4/28: Doc Rogers Band
Wed 5/1: Karen Eden
Fri 5/3: Sin Chonies
Sat 5/4: CRV
Sun 5/5: Mark Masson & Friends

Museum of Ventura county
100 E. Main Street
Sun 4/14: Camarata Pacifica (3 pm)

Namba
47 S. Oak Street
Fri 4/26: Norman Baker & the Backroads
Sat 4/27: MARS Landing
Sun 4/28: Community Song Circle
Sat 5/4: Aki Kumar

Oak and Main
419 E. Main Street
Sundays: Sing Time Karoke
Tuesdays: Beers Brothers Open Mic
Thurs 4/25: Medicine Hat (Acoustic)
Fri 4/26: Crooked Eye Tommy
Sat 4/27: Black Star
Wed 5/1: Brandon Ragan (solo)
Thurs 5/2: The Swillys
Fri 5/3: Rick Hunter, Colette Lovejoy
Sat 5/4: Caliente 805
Sun 5/5: Johnny & the Love Handles

O’Leary’s
6555 Telephone Road
Wed: Karaoke

Paddy’s
2 W. Main Street
Wednesdays: Karaoke
Fri & Sat: DJs

Plan B Winery
3520 Arundell Circle
Sun 4/28: Anchor & Bear

Red Cove
1809 E. Main Street
Sat 4/27: Hysteria, Form Rank, Species Unknown

Rubicon Theater
1006 E. Main Street
Sun 4/28: Noel Paul Stookey

Sandbox Coffeehouse
204 E. Thompson Blvd
805-641-1025
Thurs 6 pm, Weekends noon
Thursdays Open Mic
Sat 4/27: Darren Marc
Sun 4/28: Fort Vine

Sans Souci
21 S. Chestnut
Sundays: DJ Darko
Mondays: Karaoke
Tuesdays: DJ Nick Dean
Wednesdays: Open mic
Thursdays: DJ Spinobi
Fri 4/26: Medicine Hat, The Tulsa Two
Sat 4/27: The Guitar & Whiskey Club

The Shores Restaurant
1031 Harbor Blvd, Oxnard
Sundays 12:30 – 3:30 pm
Fri 4/26: Troy Edwards
Sat 4/27: Pull the Trigger
Sun 4/28: Unkle Monkey
Fri 5/3: Rey Rey and the Posse
Sat 5/4: Troy Edwards
Sun 5/5: Lauren Tannebaum

Star Lounge
343 E. Main Street
Fri 4/26: Shawn Jones
Sat 4/27: 805 Allstarz

The Tavern
211 E. Santa Clara Street
(805) 643-3264
Sundays: DJ Steezy Steve
Tuesdays: Karaoke
Thursdays: Get Right DJ
Thurs 4/25: Show me the Body, Enemy
Sat 4/27: The Black Stripes

Topa Mountain Winery
821 W. Ojai Avenue, Ojai
Music 3-5 pm
Sat 4/27: Mark Masson Duo
Sun 4/28: Bryan Titus Trio

Ventura Harbor Village
1583 Spinnaker Drive
Music 1-4 pm
Sun 4/28: Blown Over

Winchester’s
632 E. Main Street
(805) 653-7446
Music at 7:00 pm; Sundays at 5 pm
Fri 4/26: Two’s Company
Sat 4/27: Doc Ventura
Sun 4/28: Déjà vu Too
Fri 5/3: National Cat
Sat 5/4: The Tossers
Sun 5/5: The James Broz

1901 Speakeasy
740 South B Street, Oxnard
Fri 4/26: Danny McGaw
Sat 4/27: Brandan Ragan

The 805 Bar
Ventura Harbor
Saturdays & Sundays 11 am – 1 pm
Saturdays 4-7 pm
Saturdays: Kenny Devoe
Sundays: Kenny Devoe

by Pam Baumgardner
VenturaRocks.com

Before we get into what is currently happening, let’s ensure our future happenings include consistently great jazz by attending and supporting Squashed Grapes on their public hearing so they can reopen at their new location mid-town Ventura. It’s on Wednesday, April 10, at 6 pm in the Council Chambers at Ventura City Hall. I’d love nothing more than a full room showing their support; you don’t need to speak, but you know I will!

Discovery Ventura continues to mix it up not only placing and supporting local bands on the calendar, but they’re booking some really cool national acts like the Average White Band. In fact, I had to double check it wasn’t a tribute band, because well you know, this is extremely cool! They also have Bret Bollinger of Pepper on Thursday, April 11, and one of the best tribute bands around Queen Nation on Friday, April 12. Last year Gin Blossoms did a show there, and while they’re returning to the area, this time they’ll be at Libbey Bowl on June 23.

Namba located on Oak Street has a number of shows coming up including a singer/songwriter showcase on Friday, April 12, with Rachael Lynde, Jade Hendrix, Scott Borel and Ella Dritz. The following evening it’s Charlie Baker’s Neil Young tribute on Saturday, April 13. Sitarist, Will Marsh, performs there on Saturday, April 20.

Quick Notes: Peter Jong of Emerge performs an instrumental rock & fusion set at Red Cove on Thursday, April 11; Camarata Pacifica performs Beethoven, Mozart and more at the Museum of Ventura County on Sunday afternoon, April 14; Tommy Marsh’s Acoustic Crossroads at Winchesters will have as his special guest, his brother Paddy, on Sunday, April 14; there will be a benefit for Step Up Ventura on Saturday afternoon with The Ramblers at Grapes and Hops starting at 3 pm on April 20; Harbor Cove will start having music again (end of Spinnaker at the Harbor) with Jill Martini and the ShrunkeHeads on Friday, April 19, and Gary Ballen on Saturday, April 10; and a special “Emo” show lands at The Tavern on Thursday, April 18, with Skating Polly, Ugly Pop and Jo Passed.

By the way, if you have original music you would like to get played on the radio, just hit me up. The Pam Baumgardner Music Hour continues its bi-monthly shows on CAPS Media’s KPPQ-LP. You not only can catch it at 104.1 FM in and around Ventura, but you can download the MyTuner radio app and listen on your phone or online at www.CapsMedia.org/Radio. The program airs Tuesdays and Fridays at 5 pm and Sundays at noon. It’s an eclectic mix of music so all genres are welcome…just no profanity please.

Do you have any music-related news or upcoming shows you want help publicizing? Please send all information short or long to [email protected]. For updated music listings daily, go to www.VenturaRocks.com.

For more events go to VenturaRocks.com

Black Angus
4718 Telephone Road
Music 5:30 – 8:30 pm
Thursdays: Mark David Undercover

Blue Agave
185 E. Santa Clara
Fridays: Mariachi Band; DJ
Saturdays: DJ

The Blue Room
Ventura Harbor Village
(Next to Comedy Club)
Thursdays: Gypsy Blues Band

Boatyard Pub
Ventura Harbor Village
Monday-Thursday 6 pm, Friday & Saturday 7 pm
Mondays: Milo Sledge
Tuesdays: Jason Ho/Frank Barajas
Thursdays: Bluegrass Jam
Wed 4/10: Catterwailers
Fri 4/12: Teresa Russell & Stephen Geyer
Sat 4/13: Karen Eden
Sun 4/14: Two’s Company
Wed 4/17: Karen Eden
Fri 4/19: Corsican Brothers
Sat 4/20: Epitome of Dreams
Sun 4/21: Andy D

Bombay Bar & Grill
143 S. California Street
Thursdays, Friday & Saturdays: DJs
Sun 4/14: The Barn Burners (6 pm)

Café Fiore
66 S. California Street
Wed 4/10: Big Adventure
Fri 4/12: InStone
Sat 4/13: Alex Nestor
Tues 4/16: Donna Greene
Wed 4/17: Donna Butler
Fri 4/19: The Collectives
Sat 4/20: Action Down
Tues 4/23: Fabulous Hangovers

The Cave
4435 McGrath Street
5:30 – 8:30 pm
Weds & Saturdays: Varon Thomas
Thurs & Fridays: Warren Takahashi

Copa Cubana
Ventura Harbor Village
Music 7 pm; Sundays 4 pm
Mondays: Smokey & Friends
Tuesdays: The Jerry McWorter Trio
Wednesdays: Al Macias Open Mic
Fri 4/12: House Arrest
Sun 4/14: House Arrest
Fri 4/19: Laura Cozzi & Soul Machine
Sun 4/21: Brandon Ragan Project

Dargan’s Irish Rub & Restaurant
593 E. Main Street
Music at 4 pm
Sun 4/21: The Sunday Drivers

Discovery
1888 Thompson Blvd
Thurs 4/11: Bret Bollinger, The Bad Habits
Fri 4/12: Queen Nation
Sat 4/13: Righteous & the Wicked
Sun 4/14: The Late Ones
Thurs 4/18: The Supervillians, B Foundation
Fri 4/19: Average White Band
Sat 4/20: 420 ft. Herbal Rootz

Duke’s Griddle n Grill
1124 S. Seaward
Wednesdays: Karaoke

El Rey Cantina
294 E. Main Street
Fridays: DJ
Saturdays: DJ

Four Brix Winery
2290 Eastman Avenue
Music 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Fri 4/12: Karen Eden & Bill Macpherson

Garage
1091 Scandia Avenue
Mondays: Karaoke
Fri 4/19: Pink Droid, VOC, Like the Morning, The Ghetto Lions, Bonnie Boy

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
Wed & Thurs 6 pm; Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sun 4 pm
Sat 4/20: The Ramblers (3 pm)

Harbor Cove Café
Ventura Harbor
Music 5-8 pm
Fri 4/19: Jill Martini & the Shrunkheads
Sat 4/20: Gary Ballen

Hong Kong Inn
435 E. Thompson Blvd
Sat 4/20: Midlife Crisis (1 pm)

Keynote Lounge
10245 E. Telephone Road
Tues, Wed and Sun: Karaoke
Thursdays: Open mic night
Fri 4/12: Reign
Sat 4/13: Studebaker Hawk
Fri 4/19: DJ-AVG
Sat 4/20: Heathers on Fire

Leashless Brewing
585 E. Thompson Blvd.
Thurs 4/11: Old Soul
Tues 4/16: Acoustic open mic
Thurs 4/18: DJ Honey
Fri 4/19: Grit Harbor
Limon y Sal
598 E. Main Street
Fridays: DJ
Saturdays: DJ
Sundays: Instone (1-4 pm)

Made West Brewing
1744 Donlon Street
Thurs 6 pm; Sat 4 pm; Sun 3 pm
Thurs 4/11: Alec Ledbetter
Sat 4/13: The Ventucky String Band
Sun 4/14: RJ Mischo & His Red Hot Blues Band
Thurs 4/18: Conner Cherland
Sat 4/20: Art of Funk

Majestic Ventura Theater
26 S. Chestnut Street
Sat 4/13: Latin Lockdown

Margarita Villa
Ventura Harbor Village
Fri 4/12: Operation 90’s
Sat 4/13: Corsican Brothers
Sun 4/14: CRV
Fri 4/19: Liv Waters
Sat 4/20: The Kryptonites
Sun 4/21: Déjà vu Too

Museum of Ventura county
100 E. Main Street
Sun 4/14: Camarata Pacifica (3 pm)

Namba
47 S. Oak Street
Fri 4/12: Rachael Lynde, Jade Hendrix, Scott Borel, Ella Dritz
Sat 4/13: Charlie Baker
Sat 4/20: Will Marsh

Oak and Main
419 E. Main Street
Sundays: Sing Time Karoke
Tuesdays: Beers Brothers Open Mic
Thurs 4/11: Emily Piano
Fri 4/12: Marlon Hoffman Band
Sat 4/13: The Barrelhouse Wailers
Sun 4/14: Tom and Milo
Tues 4/16: Avenue Army, Kings Revenge
Thurs 4/18: Andy D.
Fri 4/19: Pet Rocks Band
Sat 4/20: Kings Revenge, The References, Sick Sick Sicks, Soup Hat, Shakey Feelin’

O’Leary’s
6555 Telephone Road
Wed: Karaoke

Paddy’s
2 W. Main Street
Wednesdays: Karaoke
Fri & Sat: DJs

Plan B Winery
3520 Arundell Circle
Sun 4/14: Vinyl Gypsies

Red Cove
1809 E. Main Street
Thurs 4/11: Peter Jong

Sandbox Coffeehouse
204 E. Thompson Blvd
805-641-1025
Thurs 6 pm, Weekends noon
Thursdays Open Mic
Sat 4/13: Kamini Natarajan
Sun 4/14: Ruby Skye
Sat 4/20: The Hellhounds
Sun 4/21: Harpecore Music

Sans Souci
21 S. Chestnut
Sundays: DJ Darko
Mondays: Karaoke
Tuesdays: DJ Nick Dean
Wednesdays: Open mic
Thursdays: DJ Spinobi
Fri 4/12: Inside Break
Sat 4/13: The Ripkatz
Fri 4/19: Johnny Hellhole
Sat 4/20: Black Star

The Shores Restaurant
1031 Harbor Blvd, Oxnard
Sundays 12:30 – 3:30 pm
Fri 4/12: Angelo Caprio
Sat 4/13: Six Gun Sons
Sun 4/14: Jose Valdez Jazz Band
Fri 4/19: Karen Eden
Sat 4/20: A Shore Thing
Sun 4/21: Angelo Caprio

Star Lounge
343 E. Main Street
Fri 4/12: Masters of the Past
Sat 4/13: Vanise Terry Band
Fri 4/19: CRV
Sat 4/20: The Brandon Ragan Project

The Tavern
211 E. Santa Clara Street
(805) 643-3264
Sundays: DJ Steezy Steve
Tuesdays: Karaoke
Thursdays: Get Right DJ
Fri 4/12: I Want My 80s
Thurs 4/18: Skating Polly, Ugly Pop, Jo Passed

Topa Mountain Winery
821 W. Ojai Avenue, Ojai
Music 3-5 pm
Sat 4/13: Johnny and the Love Handles
Sun 4/14: Karen Eden
Sat 4/20: Boogie Woogie Band
Sun 4/21: Sam Kulchin

Topa Topa Brewing Co.
104 E. Thompson Blvd
Thurs 4/11: Matt Sayles

Ventura College
4700 Loma Vista Road
Wed 4/10: 50 Sticks of Dynamite (1-2 pm)

Ventura County Fairgrounds
10 W. Harbor Blvd
Fri 4/12: Famon Ayala, Marco Flores & Banda Los Sebastianes

Winchester’s
632 E. Main Street
(805) 653-7446
Music at 7:00 pm; Sundays at 5 pm
Fri 4/12: Sean Wiggins
Sat 4/13: Dave Blanchard
Sun 4/14: Acoustic Crossroads w/ Crooked Eye Tommy & Paddy Marsh
Fri 4/19: The Heckle & Jeckle Show
Sat 4/20

1901 Speakeasy
740 South B Street, Oxnard
Fri 4/12: Frank Barajas
Sat 4/13: Gigi Worth
Fri 4/19: Rat Pack Ricky
Sat 4/20: Karen Eden

The 805 Bar
Ventura Harbor
Saturdays & Sundays 11 am – 1 pm
Saturdays 4-7 pm
Saturdays: Kenny Devoe
Sundays: Kenny Devoe

by Pam Baumgardner
VenturaRocks.com

I love and respect the passion that is the Deadhead and Ventura has more than our fair share of them as The Grateful Dead performed no less than 11 shows here between 1982 and 1987. Returning to the fairgrounds for the third year is the Skull & Roses festival celebrating The Grateful Dead with bands playing all day Friday through Sunday, April 5 – 7 at Seaside Park at the Ventura Fairgrounds. Just a handful of the bands will be Cubensis, Stu Allen & Mars Hotel, Oteil & Friends, Melvin Seals & JGB and a dozen or so more bands. And while Seaside Park does not allow overnight parking, SkullandRoses.com reports camping is allowed in original Lot C by the Beach, and they go on to say, and I quote, that this is, “One of the most potent deadhead power spots on planet earth.” Who knew!

The Ventura Theater has a number of concerts over the next two weeks including All that Remains and Attila on Thursday, March 28, The Offspring performs an acoustic show on Thursday April 4 with Johnny Two Bags opening, but in between, they’ll be helping to raise money for a good cause, with Rockin’ for Autisum featuring local bands on Saturday, March 30 with Fallen Saints, Hologram Empire, The Rays and Raised on Vinyl. It’s only a $10 cover, but I’m sure they’ll accept more.

It’s always a great outing for the entire family when the Ventura County Concert Band puts on shows at the Ventura High School Auditorium. Their next one falls on Sunday, March 31 with “March Madness” beginning at 3 pm and as always, it’s absolutely free to the community.

Quick Notes: Smokey & Friends Monday night residency continues at Copa Cubana, the Jerry McWorter Trio plays Tuesdays; Drug Apts out of Sacramento play The Tavern on Wednesday, March 27, with Sweet Reaper and Gunpowder Empires; it’s rockabilly fun with Bad Luck Gamblers, The Cursed Bastards and Three on a Match at Red Cove on Friday, March 29; both Aaron Orbit and Owen Bucey will perform individual sets of original music at Oak & Main on Saturday, March 30; ramping up for Skull & Roses will be Jerry’s Middle Finger at Discovery on Sunday, March 31 (they also perform at Skull & Roses); Jen Leigh is the featured guest for the Session with Tommy Marsh on Thursday, April 4 at Grapes and Hops; recording artist Gary Swan will be Gypsy Blues Band’s special guest on Thursday, April 4 at the Blue Room in the Ventura Harbor; Yachtley Crew returns to Ventura for a date at Discovery on Saturday, April 6; and if you love the Glam Rock, don’t miss Dolls, The Midnight Devils and others at Red Cove on Saturday, April 6.

Do you have any music-related news or upcoming shows you want help publicizing? Please send all information short or long to [email protected]. For updated music listings daily, go to www.VenturaRocks.com.

For more events go to VenturaRocks.com

Black Angus
4718 Telephone Road
Music 5:30 – 8:30 pm
Thursdays: Mark David Undercover

Blue Agave
185 E. Santa Clara
Fridays: Mariachi Band; DJ
Saturdays: DJ

The Blue Room
Ventura Harbor Village
(Next to Comedy Club)
Thursdays: Gypsy Blues Band

Boatyard Pub
Ventura Harbor Village
Monday-Thursday 6 pm, Friday & Saturday 7 pm
Mondays: Milo Sledge
Tuesdays: Jason Ho/Frank Barajas
Thursdays: Bluegrass Jam
Wed 3/27: Finnhead Dave & Friends
Fri 3/29: Teresa Russell & Stephen Geyer
Sat 3/30: Blue Motel Room
Sun 3/31: Catterwailers

Bombay Bar & Grill
143 S. California Street
Thursdays, Friday & Saturdays: DJs

Café Fiore
66 S. California Street
Wed 3/27: Donna Greene
Fri 3/29: Alex Nestor
Sat 3/30: Taboo
Tues 4/2: Bernie Meisinger
Wed 4/3: Bryan McCann
Fri 4/5: Otis Hayes
Sat 4/6: Front Loaders

The Cave
4435 McGrath Street
5:30 – 8:30 pm
Weds & Saturdays: Varon Thomas
Thurs & Fridays: Warren Takahashi

Copa Cubana
Ventura Harbor Village
Music 7 pm; Sundays 4 pm
Mondays: Smokey & Friends
Tuesdays: The Jerry McWorter Trio
Fri 3/29: Brandon Ragan Project
Fri 4/5: Brandon Ragan Project
Sun 4/7: Soul Expression

Dargan’s Irish Rub & Restaurant
593 E. Main Street
Music at 4 pm
Sun 4/7: The Sunday Drivers

Discovery
1888 Thompson Blvd
Thurs 3/28: Sgt. Pepper
Fri 3/29: Corazon de Mana
Sat 3/30: Who’s Bad
Sun 3/31: Jerry’s Middle Finger
Thurs 4/4: The Dubbest, The Oles
Fri 4/5: Karla
Sat 4/6: Yachtley Crew

Duke’s Griddle n Grill
1124 S. Seaward
Wednesdays: Karaoke

El Rey Cantina
294 E. Main Street
Fridays: DJ
Saturdays: DJ

Four Brix Winery
2290 Eastman Avenue
Music 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Fri 3/29: Inna Rude Mood
Fri 4/5: Teresa Russell & Stephen Geyer

Garage
1091 Scandia Avenue
Mondays: Karaoke
Fri 3/29: Know, Hymen Blasters, Until We Die
Sat 3/30: Hell Toupees, SRA, Agression
Sun 3/31: Dowrr, O Zorn, Easy Death (3pm)
Fri 4/5: Luicidal, IDecline, FSKD, Sick Sense

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
Wed & Thurs 6 pm; Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sun 4 pm
Fri 3/29: Diane Miller Band
Sat 3/30: Hunter and the Ducks
Thurs 4/4: The Session with Tommy Marsh & Jen Leigh
Fri 4/5: Johnny and the Love Handles
Sun 4/7: The Tossers

Hong Kong Inn
435 E. Thompson Blvd
Wed 3/27: Marina “Frenchie” Pacowski
Sat 3/30: The Andrea Hammon Band

Keynote Lounge
10245 E. Telephone Road
Tues, Wed and Sun: Karaoke
Thursdays: Open mic night
Fri 3/29: CRV
Sat 3/30: Crosscut 805
Fri 4/5: DJ-AVG
Sat 4/6: Wax Off

Leashless Brewing
585 E. Thompson Blvd.
Wed 3/27: Shore Break
Sat 3/30: Leashless House Band
Tues 4/2: Acoustic open mic
Thurs 4/4: The Alpine Camp
Fri 4/5: Boom Duo

Limon y Sal
598 E. Main Street
Fridays: DJ
Saturdays: DJ
Sundays: Instone (1-4 pm)

Made West Brewing
1744 Donlon Street
Thurs 6 pm; Sat 4 pm; Sun 3 pm
Thurs 3/28: Conner Cherland
Sat 3/30: The Mutineers
Sun 3/31: Corey Leiter & Raymond Joseph
Thurs 4/4: Matt Sayles

Majestic Ventura Theater
26 S. Chestnut Street
Thurs 3/28: All That Remains, Attila
Sat 3/30: Fallen Saints, Hologram Empire, The Rays, Raised on Vinyl
Thurs 4/4: The Offspring, Johnny Two Bags

Margarita Villa
Ventura Harbor Village
Sun 3/31: DRB
Sat 4/6: Sin Chonies

Oak and Main
419 E. Main Street
Sundays: Sing Time Karoke
Tuesdays: Beers Brothers Open Mic
Wednesdays: Brian Nicolet
Sat 3/30: Aaron Orbit, Owen Bucey
Fri 4/5: Wishbone
Sat 4/6: The Brandon Ragan Project

O’Leary’s
6555 Telephone Road
Wed: Karaoke

Paddy’s
2 W. Main Street
Wednesdays: Karaoke
Fri & Sat: DJs

Plan B Winery
3520 Arundell Circle
Sun 3/31: Teresa Russell & Tom Buenger

Red Cove
1809 E. Main Street
Thursdays: Open Jam night
Fri 3/29: Bad Luck Gamblers, The Cursed Bastards, Three on a Match
Sat 4/6: Dolls, The Midnight Devils, GlamAsF*ck, LAMF

Sandbox Coffeehouse
204 E. Thompson Blvd
805-641-1025
Thurs 6 pm, Weekends noon
Thursdays Open Mic
Sun 3/31: Greg Korzen
Sat 4/6: The Hellhounds
Sun 4/7: Layers of Pink

Sans Souci
21 S. Chestnut
Sundays: DJ Darko
Mondays: Karaoke
Tuesdays: DJ Nick Dean
Wednesdays: Open mic
Thursdays: DJ Spinobi
Fri 3/29: Shevie Char
Sat 3/30; Astreyas, KC Mobley
Sat 4/6: The Focke Wolves, Big Dictator, Brainspoon

The Shores Restaurant
1031 Harbor Blvd, Oxnard
Sundays 12:30 – 3:30 pm
Fri 3/29: Shay Moulder
Sun 3/31: Karen Eden
Fri 4/5: James Broz Duo
Sat 4/6: Tommy Marsh Band
Sun 4/7: Jeff

Star Lounge
343 E. Main Street
Fri 3/29: Johnny and the Love Handles

The Tavern
211 E. Santa Clara Street
(805) 643-3264
Sundays: DJ Steezy Steve
Tuesdays: Karaoke
Thursdays: Get Right DJ
Wed 3/27: Drug Apts, Sweet Reaper, Gunpowder Empires

Topa Mountain Winery
821 W. Ojai Avenue, Ojai
Music 3-5 pm
Sat 3/30: Lasalle & Salinas
Sun 3/31: Dan Grimm

Traveler’s Café
1070 E. Front Street
Music 11 – 1 pm
Sun 4/7: The Swillys

Ventura County Fairgrounds
10 W. Harbor Blvd
Fri 4/5: Skull & Roses
Sat 4/6: Skull & Roses
Sun 4/7: Skull & Roses

Ventura High School Auditorium
2 N. Catalina Street
3 pm – Free – all ages
Sun 3/31: Ventura County Concert Band

Winchester’s
632 E. Main Street
(805) 653-7446
Music at 7:00 pm; Sundays at 5 pm
Fri 3/29: James Broz
Sat 3/30: Déjà vu Too
Sun 3/31: CRV Acoustic Trio
Fri 4/5: Paige Peel
Sat 4/6: The Tossers
Sun 4/7: Jodi Farrell & Jim Rankin

1901 Speakeasy
740 South B Street, Oxnard
Fri 3/29: Danny McGaw
Sat 3/30: Rat Pack Ricky
Fri 4/5: Rich Sheldon
Sat 4/6: The Swillys

The 805 Bar
Ventura Harbor
Music at Noon
Saturdays: Kenny Devoe
Sundays: Kenny Devoe

by Pam Baumgardner
VenturaRocks.com

This month marks the 10-year anniversary of VenturaRocks.com. I launched the website on March 17 because…well because it was ready to roll out, no other reason. But it’s great to celebrate on a day where most everyone is happy to be out enjoying live music. So, let’s get to what’s going on music-wise for St. Patrick’s Day this year.

Dargan’s will have live music throughout the day with Irish bagpipers and such; the Brian Faith Band plays the Blue Agave; Kenny Devoe at the Boatyard Pub; Brandon Ragan Project at Copa Cubana; Shawn Jones at Grapes and Hops; along with Lauren Tannenbaum, bag pipers will make an appearance at The Shores (Oxnard); Bleeding Harp plays a special show at the VFW Hall; and as always, it’s a special treat when the Ventura Fire Department Band makes their scheduled appearances on St. Patrick’s Day starting at Social Tap at noon, then the Boat Yard Pub at 1:15, Made West at 2, Garman’s Pub (Santa Paula) at 3:30, Rincon Brewery at 4:45 and wrapping up the day with a downtown crawl at 6 pm.

The Grape has another special event I want to make you aware of, they’ll be presenting an artist out of New York City, Nir Felder, on Thursday, March 14 at the Hong Kong Inn. Felder is currently one of the hottest guitarists of the New York City jazz scene, not only are we lucky to have him play for us in Ventura, but the day before you can catch him on Ellen DeGeneres show.

Quick Notes: Margarita Villa in the Harbor is ramping up their live music again as the weather warms up; Naughty Pine out of Washington bring their brand of reggae to The Garage on Wednesday, March 13; the annual “Let’s Go Out!” ARC event with The Vonettes, and Seth Pettersen & Friends will be at Bombay’s Saturday March 16 from 5-8 pm; MisUnderstood rocks Food Truck Friday at the mall on Friday, March 15; a new duo, Heckel & Jeckel featuring Jerry Breiner and Divebar Steve (Kramer), play Winchesters on Friday, March 15; Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions) plays the Ventura Theater on Sunday, March 24; and finally the next artist to be featured on VenturaRockSpot will be Karen 805, you can find the video interview on VenturaRocks.com mid-March.

By the way, I’d like to invite you to tune in for the Pam Baumgardner Music Hour airing on KPPQ-LP at 104.1 FM, or online at www.CapsMedia.org/Radio, or using the MyTuner app (for your phone). I play local and independent artists in and around the 805 as well as artists who come here to play. The show airs Tuesdays at 5 with rebroadcasts Friday at 5 and Sundays at noon. Oh! And don’t forget to tell a friend!

Do you have any music-related news or upcoming shows you want help publicizing? Please send all information short or long to [email protected]. For updated music listings daily, go to www.VenturaRocks.com.

3/13 – 3/26

Black Angus
4718 Telephone Road
Music 5:30 – 8:30 pm
Thursdays: Mark David Undercover

Blue Agave
185 E. Santa Clara
Fridays: Mariachi Band; DJ
Saturdays: DJ

The Blue Room
Ventura Harbor Village
(Next to Comedy Club)
Thursdays: Gypsy Blues Band

Boatyard Pub
Ventura Harbor Village
Monday-Thursday 6 pm, Friday & Saturday 7 pm
Mondays: Milo Sledge
Tuesdays: Jason Ho/Frank Barajas
Thursdays: Bluegrass Jam
Wed 3/13: Shore Break
Fri 3/15 Corsican Brothers
Sat 3/16: Beach City Sound Club
Sun 3/17: Kenny Devoe
Wed 3/20: Catterwailers
Fri 3/22: Two’s Company
Sat 3/23: Big Adventure
Sun 3/24: Goleta Sound

Bombay Bar & Grill
143 S. California Street
Thursdays, Friday & Saturdays: DJs
Sat 3/16: The Vonettes, Seth Pettersen (Let’s Go Out! 5-8 pm)

Café Fiore
66 S. California Street
Wed 3/13: Big Adventure
Fri 3/15: Jason Bourne
Sat 3/16: The Collectives
Wed 3/20: Donna Butler
Fri 3/22: Instone
Sat 3/23: Self Righteous Brothers
Sun 3/24: Jangala Roots
Tues 3/26: Donna Greene

The Cave
4435 McGrath Street
5:30 – 8:30 pm
Weds & Saturdays: Varon Thomas
Thurs & Fridays: Warren Takahashi

Copa Cubana
Ventura Harbor Village
Music 7 pm; Sundays 4 pm
Mondays: Smokey & Friends
Tuesdays: The Jerry McWorter Trio
Sun 3/17: The Brandon Ragan Project

Dargan’s Irish Rub & Restaurant
593 E. Main Street
Sun 3/17: Irish Music throughout the day

Discovery
1888 Thompson Blvd
Thurs 3/14: Synrgy, True Zion, Why Worry
Fri 3/15: 40 Oz to Freedom
Sun 3/17: Dr. Madd Vibe & the Missin’ Link
Thurs 3/21: Sin Chonies
Fri 3/22: Ayla Nereo w/ Elijah Ray & Amber Lily
Sat 3/23: No Duh
Sun 3/24: Groove Session

Duke’s Griddle n Grill
1124 S. Seaward
Wednesdays: Karaoke

El Rey Cantina
294 E. Main Street
Fridays: DJ
Saturdays: DJ

Four Brix Winery
2290 Eastman Avenue
Music 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Fri 3/15: Johnny and the Love Handles
Fri 3/22: Karen Eden & Bill Macpherson

Garage
1091 Scandia Avenue
Mondays: Karaoke
Wed 3/13: Naughty Pine
Sat 3/16: Whiskey Business
Sun 3/17: The Freakees, The Nightmare Continues
Sat 3/23: Acid Teeth, 3 Day Holocaust, Upper Downer, Life/Fail

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
Wed & Thurs 6 pm; Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sun 4 pm
Fri 3/15: Tex Pistols
Sat 3/16: The Divebar Messiahs
Sun 3/17: Shawn Jones
Fri 3/22: Brandon Ragan Project
Sat 3/23: Rose Valley Thorns
Sun 3/24: Gentlemen’s Blue Club

Hong Kong Inn
435 E. Thompson Blvd
Wed 3/13: Teresa Russell & Tom Buenger
Thurs 3/14: Nir Felder
Fri 3/15: David Gorospe and Friends
Sat 3/16: The CocoKnuts (1-4 pm) Paid Time Off (7 pm)
Sat 3/23: Velmonts

Keynote Lounge
10245 E. Telephone Road
Tues, Wed and Sun: Karaoke
Thursdays: Open mic night
Fri 3/15: Pull the Trigger
Sat 3/16: What the Funk
Fri 3/22: Sean Wiggins
Sat 3/23: DJ-AVG

Leashless Brewing
585 E. Thompson Blvd.
Fri 3/15: Boom Duo
Sat 3/16: FIDO Band
Fri 3/22: The Salty Suites
Sat 3/23: Jacob Marques

Limon y Sal
598 E. Main Street
Fridays: DJ
Saturdays: DJ
Sundays: Instone (1-4 pm)

Made West Brewing
1744 Donlon Street
Thurs 6 pm; Sat 4 pm; Sun 3 pm
Thurs 3/14: RJ Bloke
Sat 3/16: Alec Ledbetter
Sun 3/17: Ben Schneid
Thurs 3/21: Will Breman
Sat 3/23: Kyle Swan
Sun 3/24: Detroit Sportsmen’s Congress

Majestic Ventura Theater
26 S. Chestnut Street
Sun 3/24: Uli Jon Roth

Margarita Villa
Ventura Harbor Village
Sat 3/16: Crosscut 805

Namba
47 S. Oak Street
Sat 3/16: Dave Meder Trio
Sat 3/23: Donna Lynn Caskey

Oak and Main
419 E. Main Street
Sundays: Sing Time Karoke
Tuesdays: Beers Brothers Open Mic
Wednesdays: Brian Nicolet
Fri 3/15: Angel Arce
Sat 3/16: Cinnamon Whiskey
Fri 3/22: Medicine Hat
Sat 3/23: Mark Masson & Friends

O’Leary’s
6555 Telephone Road
Wed: Karaoke

Pacific View Mall
(outside Trader Joe’s)
Food Truck Friday 7-9 0m
Fri 3/15: Misunderstood

Paddy’s
2 W. Main Street
Wednesdays: Karaoke
Fri & Sat: DJs

Red Cove
1809 E. Main Street
Thursdays: Open Jam night
Sat 3/23: Joecephus & the George Jonestown Massacre

Rock and Roll Pizza
305 Arneill Road
Sat 3/23: The Guitar and Whiskey Club

Saloon
456 E. Main Street
Music at 10 pm
Sat 3/16: The Colour Coast, Aloud

Sandbox Coffeehouse
204 E. Thompson Blvd
805-641-1025
Thurs 6 pm, Weekends noon
Thursdays Open Mic
Sun 3/17: Sarah Burton
Sat 3/23: Steve Bedau
Sun 3/24: The Hellhounds

Sans Souci
21 S. Chestnut
Sundays: DJ Darko
Mondays: Karaoke
Tuesdays: DJ Nick Dean
Wednesdays: Open mic
Thursdays: DJ Spinobi
Fri 3/15: Sin Chonies
Sat 3/16: Black Star
Sat 3/23: Goat Rhythm, Pink Mist, Auxilio
Sun 3/24: Narthex Structure, All-a-Blur, F.S.KI.D., Tom Foolery

The Shores Restaurant
1031 Harbor Blvd, Oxnard
Fri 3/15: Gary Ballen
Sat 3/16: Unkle Monkey
Sun 3/17: Lauren Tannenbaum
Fri 3/22: Troy Edwards
Sat 3/23: The Brandon Ragan Project
Sun 3/24: Karen Eden

The Tavern
211 E. Santa Clara Street
(805) 643-3264
Sundays: DJ Steezy Steve
Tuesdays: Karaoke
Thursdays: Get Right DJ
Sat 3/16: Noble Grizwald, Young Million

Topa Mountain Winery
821 W. Ojai Avenue, Ojai
Music 3-5 pm
Sat 3/16: Rich Sheldon Trio
Sun 3/17: Will Breman
Sat 3/23: Natalie Gelman
Sun 3/24: Patricia Avis Trio

Topa Topa Brewing Co.
104 E. Thompson Blvd
Thurs 3/14: Matt Sayles

VFW Hall
3801 Market Street
Sun 3/17: Bleeding Harp (1-4 pm)

Winchester’s
632 E. Main Street
(805) 653-7446
Music at 7:00 pm; Sundays at 5 pm
Fri 3/15: Heckel & Jeckel
Sat 3/16: Braids & Dreads
Sun 3/17: Aaron Pax Taylor
Fri 3/22: Andy D.
Sat 3/23: The Swillys
Sun 3/24: Meg & Alex

1901 Speakeasy
649 South B Street, Oxnard
Fri 3/15: Bobby Campbell
Sat 3/16: Tex Pistols
Fri 3/22: The Inside Break
Sat 3/23: Karen Eden

The 805 Bar
Ventura Harbor
Music at Noon
Saturdays: Kenny Devoe
Sundays: Kenny Devoe