by Pam Baumgardner
VenturaRocks.com

Ventura’s music scene is a giant eclectic mix of music, everything from punk to jazz and all points in between, so we really are lucky to have so many genres of music available to us. One of my favorite events every year comes from higher brow end of the musical spectrum, The Ventura Music Festival. This year’s schedule ranges from the big band sound of “little orchestra” Pink Martini from Portland, Oregon, to lively Latin music with Jarabe Mexicano. Perla Batalla returns with Frida Kahlo’s “Blue House”, John Jorgenson Quintet will offer Gypsy Jazz, there will be traditional chamber music from Trio Celeste directed by Ventura Music Festival Artistic Director Nuvi Mehta and so much more including the traditional Tea & Trumpets brass quintet. Showtimes, tickets and locations are listed on the event’s official website www.VenturaMusicFestival.org. Yeah, I know the Ventura Music Festival isn’t until July, but most events will sell out so don’t wait to purchase tickets.

Local artist, Rachel Flowers will give a performance before a screening of the documentary featuring Flowers, “Hearing is Believing” at the Museum of Ventura County on Friday, June 8^th; there will be a post-screening discussion.

Before Shelby embarks on returning to school and focusing her energy on getting her Music Therapy degree, she’s holding what may be one of the last Songbird Serenades, at least for a while. The June 15th installment will feature Jamie Drake, Shelby Figueroa and Brendan Willing James at Ventura Vineyard Church.

Sorry to report that both Wicked’s Brew and Cork have closed their doors. If you’ve never heard of one or the other, that’s a shame. My biggest word of advice to venues that offer music is you have to promote, promote, promote! You have to budget for it, and you should use all free resources available to you including social media, and keeping The Breeze, other newspapers and VenturaRocks.com updated on your music.

Quick notes: Reggae has returned to the Tree House Lounge at Café Fiore on Sundays; Lovataraxx from France plays The Garage on Thursday, June 7; Former Scorpions guitarist, Uli Jon Roth returns to the Ventura Theater, Sunday, June 10; The Mighty Cash Cats celebrate their ten-year anniversary with a show at Bombay’s on Sunday, June 10; MJ Déjà vu, a tribute to Michael Jackson will be at Discovery on Saturday, June 16; D.on Darox & the Melody Joy Bakers play El Rey Cantina on Saturday, June 16.

Finally, Ticketfly suffered a cyber-attack and as a result, most of the websites they support were down including the Ventura Theater and for a time, Discovery. There currently hasn’t been any mention of credit card information being compromised, but stolen information included customers’ names, addresses, emails and phone numbers of nearly 26 million user accounts.

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

by Pam Baumgardner
VenturaRocks.com

One of the highlights we Venturans (Venturians? Venturanites?) look for every summer is the release of the Ventura County Fair music schedule. The fair has updated their website and once again it’s a well-rounded musical roster from Reggae to Country and most points in between. Of course, the biggest perk has always been that the grandstand entertainment is included in the price of admission.

Let’s get to it, the Ventura County Fair music schedule kicks off on the second night (Motor sports on the first night), with UB40 featuring Ali, Astro and Mickey on Thursday, August 2; the Plain White T’s return on Friday, August 3; it’s LeAnn Rimes on Saturday, August 4; there’s a full afternoon for your Sunday with what they’re calling Dia de la Familia concert, though the performers have not been named yet; on Monday, August 6, it’s Sublime with Rome (a musical collaboration between Eric Wilson formerly of the band Sublime and singer Rome Ramirez); there are two shows on Tuesday with The 5th Dimension at 1 pm and Frankie Vallie & the Four Seasons at 7:30; Boyz II Men perform on Wednesday, August 8, and we’ll most likely be hearing new music off their upcoming October release called Under the Streetlight; it’s country artist, Hunter Hayes performing on Thursday, August 9; and rounding up the music lineup will be Creedence Clearwater Revisited featuring two members from the original line up of CCR, with bassist, Stu Cook, and drummer, Doug Clifford, on Friday, August 10. There will be a professional rodeo over the final weekend in the grandstand arena.

Unfortunately, it happens every now and then that a band has to cancel due to illness, and so it went with Billy Vera and the Beaters Hi Hat Entertainment show on May 11, but they have rescheduled, so go ahead it mark it down for Friday, June 29, at the Hong Kong Inn.

Quick notes: Cubensis returns to Discovery for a show on Saturday, May 26; hip hop recording artist Antwon King has his album release party at Discovery Sunday, May 27; the Star Lounge continues with their Reggae Sunday afternoons with The Question, on May 27 and Bomba Fiya on June 3; Winchesters continues with live music over the weekend including Sunday afternoons now; and Jill Martini and the ShrinkenHeads perform island styled music at the Harbor Cove Café on the first and third Fridays of the month down towards the end of Spinnaker Drive in the Ventura Harbor.

And finally, don’t forget to tune in for my local radio show gone worldwide, I call it The Pam Baumgardner Music Hour and it features mostly local artists out of the 805. It airs Tuesdays and Fridays at 5 pm and Sundays at noon on KPPQ-LP, 104.1 FM here in Ventura and on the internet at www.CAPSMedia.org/Radio.

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

For more events go to VenturaRocks.com

Boatyard Pub
Ventura Harbor Village
Mondays: Milo
Tuesdays: Jason Ho
Wednesday: Mark David McKinnis
Thursdays: Bluegrass Jam
Fri 5/25: Teresa Russell
Sat 5/26: Karen Eden & Bill Macpherson
Sun 5/27: Blue Motel Room
Mon 5/28: Corsican Bros (4 pm); Milo (7 pm)
Fri 6/1: Whatcher Moon
Sat 6/2: Karen Eden
Sun 6/3: Beach City Sound Club

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

Café Fiore
66 S. California Street
(805) 653-1266
Wed 5/23: Donna Butler
Thurs 5/24: Fabulous Hangovers
Fri 5/25: Self Righteous Bros.
Sat 5/26: Young Dempsey
Mon 5/28: Jangala Roots
Tues 5/29: Jazz Express
Wed 5/30: Fabulous Hangovers
Thurs 5/31: Coso Live

Cask Alehouse
5952 Telegraph Road
Sat 5/26: Capt Quirk
Sun 5/27: GLAM
Sat 6/2: Sarah Lightman
Sun 6/3: Will Breman

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

Copa Cubana
Ventura Harbor Village
Week nights 6 pm; Weekends 7 pm; Sundays 3 pm
Tuesdays: The Jerry McWorter Trio
Wednesdays: Creative Open Mic Jazz Jam
Fri 5/25: Native Vibe
Sat 5/26: Havana 5
Sun 5/27: Karen Eden
Fri 6/1: No Duh
Sat 6/2: 40 Oz. to Freedom

Discovery
1888 Thompson Blvd
Thurs 5/24: Sammy J
Fri 5/25: Sgt. Pepper
Sat 5/26: Cubensis
Sun 5/27: Antwon King
Thurs 5/31: Jordan T, CRSB, Johnny Luv

El Rey Cantina
294 E. Main Street
Fridays: Xoco Moraza & Friends (5-7 pm)
Sat 5/27: Sin Chonies

Four Brix Winery
2290 Eastman Avenue #109
Music 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Fri 5/25: Big Adventure
Fri 6/2: Karen Eden & Bill Macpherson

Garage
1091 Scandia Avenue
Mondays: Karaoke
Fri 5/25: Big Business, Chill Child, Brain Vat
Wed 5/30: Veers
Thurs 5/31: Subhumans UK, Final Conflict, Detoxi
Fri 6/1: Wired
Sat 6/2: Behold the Arctopus, Hessian Wolf Children

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 6 pm; Thurs 7 pm; Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sun 4 pm
Wed 5/23: Bluegrass
Thurs 5/24; The Groove Lounge
Fri 5/25: Ray Jaurique & the Uptown Brothers
Sat 5/26: The Salty Suites
Sun 5/27: Dive Bar Messiahs
Fri 6/1: Mojo Monkeys
Sun 6/3: Cranberry Sauce

Harbor Cove Café
1867 Spinnaker Drive
Music 4-8 pm
Fri 6/1: Jill Martini and the ShrinkenHeads

Hong Kong Inn
435 E. Thompson Blvd
Mondays: Karaoke
Wednesdays: Open Mic w/ the Beers Brothers
Thursdays: Gypsy Blues Band
Fri 5/25: Hi Hat Entertainment presents Big Jay McNeeley
Sun 5/27: Kelp (3 pm)
Fri 6/1: Hi Hat Entertainment presents Rob Rio

Keynote Lounge
10245 E. Telephone Road
Tues, Wed and Sun: Karaoke
Thursdays: Open mic night
Fri 5/25: What the Funk
Sat 5/26: Old School Band

Leashless Brewing
585 E. Thompson Blvd.
Tuesdays: Galactic Jazz
Wed 5/23: Robert Quindaro
Fri 5/25: Tom and Milo
Sat 5/26: Kirby Ai
Sun 5/27: The Swillys

Made West Brewing
1744 Donlon Street
Thurs 6 pm; Sat 4 pm; Sun 3 pm
Thurs 5/24: RJ Bloke
Sat 5/26: Sutton James Papanikolas
Sun 5/27: Super Music Band
Thurs 5/31: Hannah Jobus
Sat 6/2: Capt Quirk
Sun 6/3: RJ Mischo and his Red Hot Blues Band

Majestic Ventura Theater
26 S. Chestnut Street
Wed 5/23: Trevor Hall
Thurs 5/24: Turbonegro, Against Me!
Fri 5/25: The Green, Raging Fyah, Iya Terra
Mon 5/28: Oh Wonder, Astronomyy

Margarita Villa
Ventura Harbor
Fri and Sat 6 pm; Sun 4 pm
Tuesdays: Dave Rea
Wednesdays: Karen Eden
Thursdays: Keith & Friends Open Jam
Fri 5/25: Inertia
Sat 5/26: Crosscut 805
Sun 5/27: Doc Rogers
Mon 5/28: Misunderstood
Fri 6/1: The Tossers
Sat 6/2: Blown Over
Sun 6/3: Right Amount of Wrong
Mon 6/4: Bobby Caldwell

Museum of Ventura County
100 E. Main Street
Music 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Thurs 5/24: Munch w/ Shay Moulder
Thurs 5/31: Munch w/ Shay Moulder

O’Leary’s
6555 Telephone Road
Wed: Karaoke
Fri 5/25: Live Band Karaoke

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

Plan B Wine Cellars
3520 Arundell Circle #107
Sun 5/27: Teresa Russell Duo
Sun 6/3: Jen Staves

Prime
2209 E. Thompson Blvd
Tuesdays: Danny D
Fridays: Mike Moody
Saturdays: Jessica Ash

Red Cove
1809 E. Main Street
Thursdays: Music Club Open Jam Night
Fri 5/25: the Mentors, Agression, Modern Enemy, Idecline, Bootleg Brigade

Rookees Sports Bar & Grill
419 E. Main Street
Fri and Sat: Rotating DJs

Saloon BBQ Co.
456 E. Main Street
Music 10 – Midnight
Fri 6/1: Noble Grizwald
Sat 6/2: Bad Leaf

Sandbox Coffeehouse
204 E. Thompson Blvd
805-641-1025
Thurs 6 pm, Weekends noon
Thursdays Open Mic
Sat 5/26: Peasant Boy
Sun 5/27: Ruby Skye
Sat 6/2: Bridget the Swagg Master

Sans Souci
21 S. Chestnut
Sundays: DJ Darko
Mondays: Karaoke
Tuesdays: DJ Nick Dean
Wednesdays: Open mic
Thursdays: DJ Spinobi
Fri 5/25: DJ Pistolero
Sat 5/26: Porcelain Hill

Star Lounge
343 E. Main Street
Sunday music 3 -6 pm
Tues: Karaoke
Thurs: DJ Trovlbe
Fri 5/25: Action Down
Sat 5/26: Mini Driver
Sun 5/27: The Question

The Tavern
211 E. Santa Clara Street
(805) 643-3264
Sundays: DJ Steezy Steve
Tuesdays: Karaoke
Metal Wednesdays
Get it Right Thursday DJs
Fri 5/25: Tequila Steve
Sat 5/26: Solar Sons

Topa Mountain Winery
821 W. Ojai Avenue, Ojai
(805) 640-1190
Music 4-6 unless otherwise noted
Sat 5/25: Brandon Ragan Project
Sun 5/26: Bryan Titus Trio

Vintura at the Wine Rack
14 S. California Street
(805) 653-9463
Sundays music at 2 pm
Thurs 5/24: Tam & Dev duo
Fri 5/25: Frank Barajas & the Corsican Bros.
Sat 5/26: VJC Jam
Sun 5/27: Paul Mars Black
Thurs 5/31: Peasant Boy Gregg
Fri 6/1: Mark Masson & Friends
Sat 6/2: Epitome of Dreams

Wicked’s Brew
4561 Market Street
Wed 5/23: Robeka, the Harpist
Sun 5/27: Steve Ormond

Winchester’s
632 E. Main Street
(805) 653-7446
Music at 8:30 pm; Sundays at 2:30 pm
Fri 5/25: Tommy Quayle
Sat 5/26: The Corsican Bros.
Sun 5/27: Preston Smith

The 805 Bar
Ventura Harbor
Music at noon Sat & Sun with Kenny Devoe
Fridays 5-7: Sing-a-long with Kenny Devoe

For more events go to VenturaRocks.com

Boatyard Pub
Ventura Harbor Village
Mondays: Milo
Tuesdays: Jason Ho
Wednesday: Mark David McKinnis
Thursdays: Bluegrass Jam
Fri 5/11: Teresa Russell & Stephen
Sat 5/12: CRV Trio
Sun 5/13: 805 Allstars
Fri 5/18: Corsican Brothers
Sat 5/19: RJ Mischo & Paris Slim
Sun 5/20: Ken Devoe

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

Café Fiore
66 S. California Street
(805) 653-1266
Wed 5/8: Big Adventure
Thurs 5/10: Self Righteous Bros.
Fri 5/11: Action Down
Sat 5/12: InStone
Tues 5/15: Jazz Expressions
Wed 5/16: Donna Butler
Thurs 5/17: Coso Live
Fri 5/18: Soul Infusion
Sat 5/19: David Prince Band
Tues 5/22: Donna Butler

Cask Alehouse
5952 Telegraph Road
Sat 5/12: Doc Ventura
Sun 5/13: Milo Sledge
Sat 5/19: Mason Summit
Sun 5/20: Erick Knierim

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

Copa Cubana
Ventura Harbor Village
Week nights 6 pm; Weekends 7 pm; Sundays 3 pm
Tuesdays: The Jerry McWorter Trio
Wednesdays: Creative Open Mic Jazz Jam
Fri 5/11: Havana 5
Sun 5/13: Kenny’s House Troubadours
Fri 5/18: Brandon Ragan’s Project
Sat 5/19: Havana 5
Sun 5/20: Brandon Ragan

Dargan’s Irish Pub
593 E. Main Street
Sun 5/20: 4 pm Sunday Drivers

Discovery
1888 Thompson Blvd
Thurs 5/10: Fire Stick w/ Kavika G & the Cosmic Geckos
Fri 5/11: High Voltage
Wed 5/16: Mike Love with Cas Haley
Thurs 5/17: Kyle Smith band w/ Special Blend
Fri 5/18: Heavy Petty
Sun 5/20: The Outlaws, Crooked Eye Tommy

El Rey Cantina
294 E. Main Street
Fridays: Xoco Moraza & Friends (5-7 pm)

Garage
1091 Scandia Avenue
Mondays: Karaoke
Thurs 5/10: New Candys
Fri 5/11: Jason Steady & the Soft Ponies, Pety Sympathy, GRRLS…
Fri 5/18: Niantic, Actionesse, Gatto di Morte
Sat 5/19: Parker Edison & Evolve One, Soul Providers, more

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 6 pm; Thurs 7 pm; Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm
Wed 5/9: Bluegrass
Thurs 5/10: The Groove Lounge
Fri 5/11: Johnny Douglas
Sat 5/12: RJ Mischo Blues Band
Sun 5/13: Stephen Inglis (11 am); Dive Bar Steve and Friends (3 pm)
Fri 5/18: Vonettes
Sat 5/19: Otis Hayes
Sun 5/20: Bob Bishop

Hong Kong Inn
435 E. Thompson Blvd
Mondays: Karaoke
Wednesdays: Open Mic w/ the Beers Brothers
Thursdays: Gypsy Blues Band
Fri 5/11: Hi Hat Entertainment presents Billy Vera & the Beaters
Sat 5/12: MisUnderstood
Fri 5/18: Hi Hat Entertainment presents Dany Franchi

Keynote Lounge
10245 E. Telephone Road
Tues, Wed and Sun: Karaoke
Thursdays: Open mic night
Fri 5/11: Pull the Trigger
Sat 5/12: Wax Off
Fri 5/18: Sean Wiggins
Sat 5/19: DJ Aaron Van Gundy

Leashless Brewing
585 E. Thompson Blvd.
Tuesdays: Galactic Jazz
Thurs 5/10: Robert Quindaro
Sat 5/12: Boom Duo

Made West Brewing
1744 Donlon Street
Thurs 6 pm; Sat 4 pm; Sun 3 pm
Thurs 5/10: Big Tweed
Sat 5/12: Tom Buenger
Sun 5/13: Sam Kulchin
Thurs 5/17: Tom & Milo
Sat 5/19: Ventucky String Band
Sun 5/20: Will Breman

Majestic Ventura Theater
26 S. Chestnut Street
Sun 5/13: X Ambassadors

Margarita Villa
Ventura Harbor
Fri and Sat 6 pm; Sun 4 pm
Wed 5/9: Karen Eden
Fri 5/11: Operation 90s
Sat 5/12: Cross Cut 805
Sun 5/13: Karen Eden
Mon 5/14: Bobby Campbell
Tues 5/15: Dave Rea
Wed 5/16: Karen Eden
Fri 5/18: Blown Over
Sat 5/19: Dave Bar Messiahs
Sun 5/20: Colette Lovejoy Band

Museum of Ventura County
100 E. Main Street
Thurs 5/10: Munch w/ Pablo DeReyes (11:30 – 1:30)
Fri 5/11: Out of the Ashes
Sun 5/13: Camerata Pacifica
Thurs 5/17: Munch w/ Rachel Sedacca
Sat 5/19: Laurence Juber

O’Leary’s
6555 Telephone Road
Wed: Karaoke
Fri 5/11: Live Band Karaoke

Pacific View Mall
3301 E. Main Street
Fri 5/18: Food Truck Fridays w/ The Ramblers (6 pm)

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

Plan B Wine Cellars
3520 Arundell Circle #107
Sun 5/13: Caught Red Handed

Poinsettia Pavilion
3451 Foothill Road
Mon 5/14: Dick Parent Band

Prime
2209 E. Thompson Blvd
Tuesdays: Danny D
Fridays: Mike Moody
Saturdays: Jessica Ash

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

Sandbox Coffeehouse
204 E. Thompson Blvd
805-641-1025
Thurs 6 pm, Weekends noon
Thursdays Open Mic
Sat 5/12: Dan McNay
Sun 5/13: Dennis and Laura
Sat 5/19: Jacob Vossler
Sun 5/20: Bruce Mancuso

Sans Souci
21 S. Chestnut
Sundays: DJ Darko
Mondays: Karaoke
Tuesdays: DJ Nick Dean
Wednesdays: Open mic
Thursdays: DJ Spinobi
Fri 5/11: Sick Boy
Fri 5/18: Johnny Hellhole
Sat 5/19: Brutalist, Joe Normal & the Anytowners

Star Lounge
343 E. Main Street
Sunday music 3 -6 pm
Tues: Karaoke
Thurs: DJ Trovlbe
Fri 5/11: Shawn Jones
Sat 5/12: Jan Michael & the Vincents
Fri 5/18: Whiskey Stone
Sat 5/19: Automatics

Surf n’ Suds
San Buenaventura State Beach
Sat 5/19: Crosscut 805, DJ Hecktik, After the Smoke

The Tavern
211 E. Santa Clara Street
(805) 643-3264
Sundays: DJ Steezy Steve
Tuesdays: Karaoke
Metal Wednesdays
Get it Right Thursday DJs
Sat 5/12: The Shoreline
Fri 5/18: Steezy Steve
Sat 5/19: Tmii DJ

Topa Mountain Winery
821 W. Ojai Avenue, Ojai
(805) 640-1190
Music 4-6 unless otherwise noted
Sat 5/12: The Salty Suites (1-3); The Dales
Sun 5/13: Nathan McEuen
Sat 5/19: Jamie Drake
Sun 5/20; Patricia Avis Trio

Ventura County Fairgrounds
Sun 5/20; SMO – Rancho Humilde, Legado, Los Hijos de Garcia…

Ventura Comedy Club
Ventura Harbor Village
Fri 5/18: Dry Creek Strangers
Sun 5/19: Tom Scott and LA Express

Vintura at the Wine Rack
14 S. California Street
(805) 653-9463
Sundays music at 2 pm
Thurs 5/10: Stone Cold Soul
Fri 5/11: Jodi Farrell & Jim Rankin
Sat 5/12: Frank Barajas & the Corsican Bros.
Thurs 5/17: Karyn 805
Fri 5/18: James Bros.
Sat 5/19: Kevin Langdon & Friends
Sun 5/20; Toni Jannotta

Wicked’s Brew
4561 Market Street
Wed 5/9: Steve Ormond
Sat 5/12: Ashun
Wed 5/16: The Ragtime Brothers
Sat 5/19: The Swillys
Sun 5/20: The Ragtime Brothers

Winchester’s
632 E. Main Street
(805) 653-7446
Music at 8:30 pm
Fri 5/11: The James Bros.
Sat 5/12: Aaron Pax Taylor
Fri 5/18: Two’s Company
Sat 5/19: Jodi Farrell & Jim Rankin
Sun 5/20: Karen Eden (2:30-5:30)

The 805 Bar
Ventura Harbor
Music at noon Sat & Sun with Kenny Devoe
Fridays 5-7: Sing-a-long with Kenny Devoe

by Pam Baumgardner
VenturaRocks.com

I’m loving the effort to liven up downtown with businesses staying open later during May and holding special events like a Mom’s night out or a pub crawl. Kudos to the merchants! But of course, you know nothing livens up a place like live music, and you know who has been doing right? Just take a look at the venues in the Ventura Harbor! The Boatyard Pub is officially providing live music seven days a week so between the Boatyard, 805 Wine Bar, the Copa Cubana, Margarita Villa (also seven days a week), and even the Ventura Comedy Club where Tom Scott and LA Express plays time to time, the place is about as lively as you can get!

Nothing goes with warmer weather like a cold brewski, so you won’t want to miss Surf n’ Suds, the beer festival with a surf twist, on Saturday, May 19, at San Buenaventura State Beach. The daylong event not only has over 50 craft breweries, ciders and wine, but they’ll have entertainment from Crosscut 805, DJ Hecktik and After the Smoke.

It’s always a treat when Hi Hat Entertainment brings Billy Vera and the Beaters to town so you’ll want to get your tickets in advance at HiHatEntertainment.com for Friday, May 11, at the Hong Kong Inn. They’ll perform their #1 hit tune, “At this Moment” along with “Millie make some Chili” and other favorites.

It’s awesome that the Museum of Ventura County is offering more live music. On Friday, May 11, it’s “Out of the Ashes: Healing in Story and Song”; the chamber music ensemble, Camerata Pacifica, performs on Sunday, May 13; the weekly Munch series continues Thursdays afternoons where local artists perform at lunch time; and two-time Grammy winner Laurence Juber (lead guitarist for Paul McCartney’s Wings) headlines a fundraiser for the Ventura County Library Foundation on May 19. For more information and tickets, visit VenturaMuseum.org.

Quick Notes: cool shows at The Garage include the New Candys from Venice, Italy, on Thursday, May 10, and Jason Steady and the Soft Ponies from Omaha, NE, on Friday, May 11; Topa Mountain Winery in Ojai is hosting a Rose Soiree Event with music from The Salty Suites and The Dales on Saturday, May 12; Grapes and Hops hosts an earlier show on Mother’s day, Sunday, May 13 at 11 am with Stephen Inglis who will perform, “Cut the Dead some Slack” then it’s Dive Bar Steve and Friends at 3 pm; Caught Red Handed plays Plan B Wine Cellars on Sunday, May 13; Oxnard’s Strawberry Festival is over the weekend of May 19-20, and on the Main stage will be Hollywood U2, Highway Starr, Professional Americans, 40oz to Freedom and more; and finally, the Outlaws will be at Discovery on Sunday, May 20 with Crooked Eye Tommy opening.

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

by Pam Baumgardner
VenturaRocks.com

It’s out with the old and in with the new, but not just quite yet. Before their final week of jazz music in their current location, Squashed Grapes played host to none other than Michael McDonald, yes that Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers and a brilliant solo career which has spanned more than 45 years. The intimate, by-invite-only setting was held Sunday, April 22. What can I say? I love this town.

And speaking of their final week, Adam and Josh of Squashed Grapes have a stellar lineup of jazz before closing their doors while they work on the new location on Main street next to Yolanda’s. Wednesday, June 25 it’s Hans Ottsen Quartet with special guest Jacob Scesney; on Thursday it’s The Ray Mehlbaum Quartet and then finally on Friday, Doug Webb returns with drummer Danny Carey (TOOL) for a huge sendoff party.

The Ventura County Blues Festival will be held this year at the Studio Channel Islands on Saturday, April 28 with Earl Thomas, John Nemeth, Deb Ryder, Alan Wright Band, and Sandy Scott & Blues to the Bone. There will be an after party with Crooked Eye Tommy at El Rey Cantina in Camarillo.

Jeffrey Willerth, is the new director of Namba and he plans to utilize the facility at 47 South Oak Street for what is called the “Music Speaks” series. The first installment will be held on May 5 with Conjunto Tenocelomeh, a band rooted in the Son Jarocho Mexican folk music of Veracruz. Also this month, they’ll have CG Ryche, an amazing percussionist, brilliant showman and filmmaker who will perform and share his inspiring story focused on the importance of ‘perseverance’ as it relates to musicians; Duane Tudahl, author of “Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983-1984” who will explain how he got his hands on the daily recording reports from the Studios Prince visited; and Tim Wickham, a Ventura local with boundless appreciation for Hammond Organs will bring a few of his prized Hammonds and play in a trio in a historical salute to this renown musical instrument. For tickets and information go to NambaArts.com

And finally, if you haven’t already done so, don’t make any out-of-town vacation plans over the weekend of July 14th and 15th; in fact, plan for a “Staycation” for this year’s Surf Rodeo. JD Drury has started to announce the music lineup and I’m super jazzed to learn that not only will Shwayze and The Untouchables be on the bill, but the Long Beach Dub Allstars will be headlining (group features former members of Sublime). I understand a lot more bands will be added over the next month or so but we know that Highway Starr, Kyle Smith, Rising Son, Yachtley Crew, Zepp Heads and of course Raging Arb and the Redheads will be on the bill.

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

For more events go to VenturaRocks.com

Boatyard Pub
Ventura Harbor Village
Tuesdays: Jason Ho
Wednesdays: Mark David McKinnis
Thursdays: Blue Grass Jam

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

Café Fiore
66 S. California Street
(805) 653-1266
Wed 4/25: Big Adventure
Thurs 4/26: Fabulous Hangovers
Fri 4/27: Instone
Sat 4/28: Soul Infusion
Tues 5/1: Bernie Meisinger
Wed 5/2: Bryan McCann
Thurs 5/3: Rick Whitfield
Fri 5/4: Red Muffs
Sat 5/5: Otis Hayes

Cask Alehouse
5952 Telegraph Road
Sat 4/28: Jesse Davis
Sun 4/29: Doc Ventura
Sat 5/5: Sarah Lightman

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

Copa Cubana
Ventura Harbor Village
Week nights 6 pm; Weekends 7 pm; Sundays 3 pm
Tuesdays: The Jerry McWorter Trio
Wednesdays: Creative Open Mic Jazz Jam
Saturdays: Havana 5
Fri 4/27: Lorenzo Brothers
Fri 5/4: Live Wire
Sun 5/6: Jazz Express

Dargan’s Irish Pub
593 E. Main Street
Sun 5/6: 4 pm Sunday Drivers

Discovery
1888 Thompson Blvd
Thurs 4/26: Wheeland Bros.
Fri 4/27: Righteous & the Wicked
Fri 5/4: Turn the Page
Sat 5/5: Herbal Rootz

El Rey Cantina
294 E. Main Street
Fridays: Xoco Moraza & Friends; DJ Rouge
Sat 4/28: The Caverns

Four Brix
2290 Eastman Avenue
Music 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Fri 4/27: Karen Eden & Bill Macpherson
Fri 5/4: Natalie Wattre

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
Fri 5/4: Star Wars Cosplay w/ DJs

Grapes and Hops
454 E. Main Street
Wed 6 pm; Thurs 7 pm; Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm
Sun 5/6: The Tossers

Hong Kong Inn
435 E. Thompson Blvd
Mondays: Karaoke
Wednesdays: Open Mic w/ the Beers Brothers
Thursdays: Gypsy Blues Band
Fri 4/27: Hi Hat Entertainment presents Kelly’s Lot

Keynote Lounge
10245 E. Telephone Road
Tues & Wed: Karaoke
Thursdays: Open mic night
Fri 4/27: Black Canyon Band
Sat 4/28: DJ Aaron Van Gundy
Fri 5/4: DJ Aaron Van Gundy
Sat 5/5: Action Down

Leashless Brewing
585 E. Thompson Blvd.
Tuesdays: Galactic Jazz
Thurs 4/26: Rob Van Jazz Trio
Fri 4/27: Sam Kulchin
Sat 4/28: Capt Quirk

Made West Brewing
1744 Donlon Street
Thurs 6 pm; Sat 4 pm; Sun 3 pm
Thurs 4/26: Anna Vera
Sat 4/28: Nobel Grizwald
Sun 4/29: Sea at Last
Thurs 5/3: Matt Sayles
Sat 5/5: Erisy Watt & Friends
Sun 5/6: RJ Mischo and his Red-hot Blues Band

Majestic Ventura Theater
26 S. Chestnut Street
Thurs 5/3: Descendents

Margarita Villa
Ventura Harbor
Fri and Sat 6 pm; Sun 4 pm
Fri 4/27: James Broz Trio
Sat 4/28: Cross Cut 80
Mon 4/30: Bobby Campbell
Tues 5/1: Dave Rea
Wed 5/2: Karen Eden
Fri 5/4: The Tossers
Sat 5/5: ADD
Sun 5/6: Right Amount of Wrong

Namba
47 S. Oak Street
Fri 5/4: Conjunto Tenocelomeh son Jarocho Mexican

O’Leary’s
6555 Telephone Road
Wed: Karaoke
Fri 4/13: Live Band Karaoke

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

Patio at Players Casino
Auto Center Drive
Thursdays: Hermano’s Herrera Trio

Plan B Wine Cellars
3520 Arundell Circle #107
Sun 5/6: Nee Sackey & Hans Ottsen

Poinsettia Pavilion
3451 Foothill Road
Mon 4/30: Wyatt Haupt

Prime
2209 E. Thompson Blvd
Tuesdays: Danny D
Fridays: Mike Moody
Saturdays: Jessica Ash

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
Music at 10 pm
Fri 4/27: DJ set Last Resort Club
Sat 4/28: Alonzo Delano

Sandbox Coffeehouse
204 E. Thompson Blvd
805-641-1025
Thurs 6 pm, Weekends noon
Thursdays Open Mic
Sat 4/28: Izela music
Sun 4/29: Ed Masuga
Sat 5/5: Izela Music
Sun 5/6: Ed Masuga

Sans Souci
21 S. Chestnut
Sundays: DJ Darko
Mondays: Karaoke
Tuesdays: DJ Nick Dean
Wednesdays: Open mic
Thursdays: DJ Spinobi
Fri 4/27: Divided Heaven
Fri 5/4: Hubcap Stealers
Sat 5/5: DJ Pistolera

Squashed Grapes
2351 E. Main Street
Wed 4/25: Hans Ottsen
Thurs 4/26: Ray Mehlbaum Quartet
Fri 4/27: Doug Webb feat. Danny Carey

Star Lounge
343 E. Main Street
Sunday music 3 -6 pm
Tues: Karaoke
Thurs: DJ Trovlbe
Fri 4/27: Action Down
Sat 4/28: Shawn Jones
Sun 4/29: The Question (3-6 pm)
Sun 5/6: Bomba Fiya (3-6 pm)

The Tavern
211 E. Santa Clara Street
(805) 643-3264
Sundays: DJ Steezy Steve
Tuesdays: Karaoke
Metal Wednesdays
Get it Right Thursday DJs
Fri 4/27: Cheri Domingo
Sat 4/28: Black Stripes

Topa Mountain Winery
821 W. Ojai Avenue, Ojai
(805) 640-1190
Sat 4/28: (4-6 pm) Shawn Jones
Sun 4/29: (3-5 pm) Sophie Holt
Sat 5/5: (4-6 pm) Sound Effect
Sun 5/6: (4-6 pm) National Cat

Vintura at the Wine Rack
14 S. California Street
(805) 653-9463
Sundays music at 2 pm
Thurs 4/26: Dogfish
Fri 4/27: Karyn 805
Sat 4/28: Rhythm 805
Sun 4/29: Paul McCallum
Thurs 5/3: Charlie Baker
Fri 5/4: Medicine Hat
Sat 5/5: Mark Masson

Wicked’s Brew
4561 Market Street
Wed 4/25: (6 pm) Viven Mason & Jimmy Calire
Fri 4/27: (5:30 pm) Ashun
Sun 4/29: (10:30 am) Karen Eden & Bill Macpherson
Wed 5/2: (5:30 pm) Robeka, the Harpist
Sat 5/5: (5:30 pm) Steve Ormond
Sun 5/6: (10:30 am) The Swillys

Winchester’s
632 E. Main Street
(805) 653-7446
Music at 8:30 pm
Fri 4/27: Jade Hendrix
Sat 4/28: Déjà vu
Fri 5/4: Natalie Gelman
Sat 5/5: National Cat

The 805 Bar
Ventura Harbor
Music at noon Sat & Sun with Kenny Devoe
Fridays 5-7: Sing-a-long with Kenny Devoe

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Boatyard Pub
Ventura Harbor Village
Tuesdays: Jason Ho
Wednesdays: Mark David McKinnis
Thursdays: Blue Grass Jam

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

Café Fiore
66 S. California Street
(805) 653-1266
Wed 4/11: Big Adventure
Thurs 4/12: Coso Live
Fri 4/13: Action Down
Sat 4/14: Rick Whitfield
Tues 4/17: Jazz Expressions
Wed 4/18: Donna Butler
Thurs 4/19: Self Righteous Bros.
Fri 4/20: Young Dempsey
Sat 4/21: Otis Hayes

Cask Alehouse
5952 Telegraph Road
Sat 7 pm; Sun 3 pm
Sun 4/15: Eric Knierim

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

Copa Cubana
Ventura Harbor Village
Week nights 6 pm; Weekends 7 pm; Sundays 3 pm
Tuesdays: The Jerry McWorter Trio
Wednesdays: Creative Open Mic Jazz Jam
Saturdays: Havana 5
Fri 4/13: Lorenzo Brothers
Sun 4/15: Brandon Ragan Project
Sun 4/22: Karen Eden

Dargan’s Irish Pub
593 E. Main Street
Sun 4/15: 4 pm Sunday Drivers

Discovery
1888 Thompson Blvd
Wed 4/11: John 5 & the Creatures; Hero Jr. & Stomprocket
Thurs 4/12: Ital Vibes w/ Eureka Sound
Fri 4/13: The Velveteen Band, AHTCK, Soup Hat
Wed 4/18: Alborosie
Thurs 4/19: Sensamotion
Sat 4/21: The Band that Fell to Earth

El Rey Cantina
294 E. Main Street
Fridays: Xoco Moraza & Friends; DJ Rouge
Sat 4/14: DCMOFO
Sat 4/21: Rey Fresco

Four Brix
2290 Eastman Avenue
Music 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Fri 4/13: Mandii Gomez
Fri 4/20: Midlife Crisis

Garage
1091 Scandia
Thurs 4/12: Wimpy Rutherford & the Cryptics
Fri 4/13: The Lower Echelon, Guilty by Association, Jerk!
Sat 4/14: Astraeus, Molkahete, Malice Thoughts, No Biggee, Phoenixokk
Fri 4/20: The F’ing Wrath, Pink Mist, Brilliant Machine, False Claims
Sat 4/21: Publik Enema, Hymen Blasters, The Curse is Written, Rugburn

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 6 pm; Thurs 7 pm; Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm
Sat 4/14: Alastair Greene
Fri 4/20: Brandon Ragan Project
Sat 4/21: Hunter & the Dirty Jacks
Sun 4/22: Cranberry Sauce

Hong Kong Inn
435 E. Thompson Blvd
Mondays: Karaoke
Thursdays: Gypsy Blues Band
Fri 4/13: Hi Hat Entertainment presents Andy T Band featuring Alabama Mike
Sat 4/14: Brad Stewart & the Hellhounds
Sun /15: (2:30 pm) Medicine Hat CD release party; Honey Owl, Brothers Fortune, Matt Sayles
Fri 4/20: Hi Hat Entertainment presents Morry Sochat & the Memphis Kings
Sat 4/21: MisUnderstood

Keynote Lounge
10245 E. Telephone Road
Tues & Wed: Karaoke
Thursdays: Open mic night
Fri 4/13: Coz Bros.
Sat 4/14: Action Down
Fri 4/20: Rick Miller Band
Sat 4/21: Sean Wiggins

Leashless Brewing
585 E. Thompson Blvd.
Tuesdays: Galactic Jazz
Thurs 4/12: Robert Quindaro
Sat 4/14: Jason Ho
Sun 4/15: Kirby Ai
Fri 4/20: The Inside Break
Sat 4/21: Jacob (After the Smoke)

Made West Brewing
1744 Donlon Street
Thurs 6 pm; Sat 4 pm; Sun 3 pm
Thurs 4/12: Sam Kulchin
Sat 4/14: Corey Leiter
Sun 4/15: The Inside Break
Thurs 4/19: Big Tweed
Sat 4/21: Tom Buenger
Sun 4/22: Will Breman

Majestic Ventura Theater
26 S. Chestnut Street
Thurs 4/12: Nightwish
Thurs 4/19: The Expendables

Margarita Villa
Ventura Harbor
Fri and Sat 6 pm; Sun 4 pm
Fri 4/13: Broad Street Band
Sat 4/14: Operation 90s
Sun 4/15: Doc Rogers Band
Sat 4/21: Dive Bar Messiahs
Sun 4/22: CRV

Museum of Ventura County
100 E. Main Street
Sun 4/22: Camerata Pacifica presents: Auerbach & Schubert

O’Leary’s
6555 Telephone Road
Wed: Karaoke
Fri 4/13: Live Band Karaoke

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

Patio at Players Casino
Auto Center Drive
Thursdays: Hermano’s Herrera Trio
Sat 4/21: Mighty Cash Cats

Poinsettia Pavilion
3451 Foothill Road
Mon 4/16: Tropic Star
Mon 4/23: Dick Parent Trio

Prime
2209 E. Thompson Blvd
Tuesdays: Danny D
Fridays: Mike Moody
Saturdays: Jessica Ash

Red Cove
1809 E. Main Street
Thursdays: Music Club Open Jam Night
Fri 4/13: Hey Satan, Pink Droid, Underlings, Town Troubles
Sat 4/14: The Barn Burners, The Tenderloin
Sat 4/21: (6:15 pm) Malice Thoughts, Upper/Downer, 3 Day Holocaust, Fun Abuse, Hiding Inside Victims, The Antidonts, Escape from the Zoo

Rookies Sports Bar & Grill
419 E. Main Street
(805) 648-6862
Fri and Sat: Rotating DJs

Saloon BBQ Co.
456 E. Main Street
Music at 10 pm
Wed 4/11: DJ Steezy Steve
Fri 4/13: Wild Coast
Sat 4/14: Noble Grizwald
Fri 4/20: DJs Corey Perez and Eric Lee Anderson
Sat 4/21: The Shorelines

Sandbox Coffeehouse
204 E. Thompson Blvd
805-641-1025
Thurs 6 pm, Weekends noon
Thursdays Open Mic
Sat 4/14: The Furious Seasons
Sun 4/15: Ruby Skye
Sat 4/21: Total Recluse
Sun 4/22: Thadeus Gonzalez

Sans Souci
21 S. Chestnut
Sundays: DJ Darko
Mondays: Karaoke
Tuesdays: DJ Nick Dean
Wednesdays: Open mic
Thursdays: DJ Spinobi
Fri 4/13: Kings Revenge
Sat 4/14: DJ Pistolero
Fri 4/20: Stevie Char
Sat 4/21: We Govern We

Squashed Grapes
2351 E. Main Street
Thurs 4/12: Sabine Trio
Fri 4/13: Mike & Al Velasquez
Sat 4/14: The Barrelhouse Wailers
Thurs 4/19: L.J. and the Boyz
Fri 4/20: The White Blinds

Star Lounge
343 E. Main Street
Sunday music 3 -6 pm
Tues: Karaoke
Thurs: DJ Trovlbe
Fri 4/13: Los Dudes
Sat 4/14: Jan Michael & the Vincents
Sun 4/15: After the Smoke
Fri 4/20: Mini Driver Band
Sat 4/21: Automatics

The Tavern
211 E. Santa Clara Street
(805) 643-3264
Sundays: DJ Steezy Steve
Tuesdays: Karaoke
Metal Wednesdays
Get it Right Thursday DJs
Fri 4/13: Rich Sheldon
Sat 4/14: I Want my 80s
Fri 4/20: Soul Infusion
Sat 4/21: Operation 90s

Topa Mountain Winery
821 W. Ojai Avenue, Ojai
(805) 640-1190
Sat 4/14: (4-6 pm) Love Musket
Sun 4/15: (3-5 pm) Karen Eden
Sat 4/21: (4-6 pm) The Harlequins
Sun 4/22: (1-3 pm) Natalie Gelman

Ventura College Performing Arts Center
4700 Loma Vista Road
Fri and Sat 7:30 pm; Sun 2:30 pm
Fri 4/13: The Mikado
Sat 4/14: The Mikado
Sun 4/15: The Mikado

Vintura at the Wine Rack
14 S. California Street
(805) 653-9463
Sundays music at 2 pm
Thurs 4/12: Dogfish
Fri 4/13: Mark Masson
Sat 4/14: Kevin Langdon & Friends
Sun 4/15: Epitome of Dreams
Thurs 4/19: Andy D
Fri 4/20: Tommy Quayle
Sat 4/21: Rich Sheldon
Sun 4/22: Toni Jannotta

Wicked’s Brew
4561 Market Street
Wed 4/11: (6 pm) Vivien Mason & Jimmy Calire
Sat 4/14: (5:30 pm) Steve Ormond
Fri 4/20: (5:30 pm) The Ragtime Brothers
Sat 4/21: (10:30 am) Ashun; (5:30 pm) Jodi Farrell & Jim Rankin
Sun 4/22: (10:30 am) Karen Parkhouse & Hot Cuppa Three

Winchester’s
632 E. Main Street
(805) 653-7446
Music at 8:30 pm
Fri 4/13: Jodi Farrell & Jim Rankin
Sat 4/14: Vanise Terry
Fri 4/20: Braids & Dreads feat. Dan Grimm
Sat 4/21: The Swillys

The 805 Bar
Ventura Harbor
Music at noon Sat & Sun with Kenny Devoe
Fridays 5-7: Sing-a-long with Kenny Devoe

by Pam Baumgardner
VenturaRocks.com

This time of year, we all wait with bated breath for the musical line up for the summer concert season. While the Ventura County Fair has not yet released their roster, tickets for Music Under the Stars at the Historic Olivas Adobe, are now on sale. The series kicks off on July 14 with British Beat, a British invasion tribute band, and winds down on September 1 with Janeen Puente and her Latin Orchestra. Go to VenturaRocks.com for bands and dates.

Ventura’s Earth Day Eco Fest will be held at a new location this year at Plaza Park on Saturday, April 21, from 10 am – 4pm. This free community Earth Day Celebration features all day live music and entertainment, over 100 green vendors, a kid’s zone with recycled crafts & face paint, food trucks, all day free YOGA, green cars and more!!! Music provided by Jade Hendrix, Sea at Last, Anchor and Bear, Grace Fellows, Shelby Figueroa and Pacific Sound. Oh! And of course, there will be a full-time bike valet on site.

If you dig the sounds of true blue authentic Country women, then don’t miss Nashville Gal and her tribute to the women of Nashville at the Rubicon featuring Melissa Hammans on Saturday, April 14, with a Sunday matinee on April 15. Hammans will cover tunes from Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn.

Hi Hat Entertainment continues to bring the talent to town on Friday nights at the Hong Kong Inn. On April 13, they have the multi-award winning Andy T Band featuring Alabama Mike with Anson Funderburgh; on April 20th, it’s Chicago’s finest blues harmonica with Morry Sochat and the Memphis Kings; on April 27th it local favorite roadhouse rock & blues with Kelly’s Lot; and you won’t want to miss the return of Billy Vera & the Beaters performing their #1 hit song, “At this Moment” on May 11. Get your advance tickets at HiHatEntertainment.com.

Quick Notes: Ventura College Performing Arts will perform Gilbert & Sullivan’s musical, The Mikado April 13-April 15; Medicine Hat’s CD release party is Sunday April 15 (2:30 pm) at the Hong Kong Inn; The Hymen Blasters play The Garage on Saturday April 21 with Publik Enema, The Curse is Written (out of Portland) and Rugburn; Rey Fresco’s 10-year anniversary bash will be at El Rey Cantina on Saturday, April 21; and Cranberry Sauce featuring nothing but The Beatles, will return to Grapes and Hops Sunday, April 22.

And as a final note, don’t forget we have a vital free service for our musically inclined youth. Notes for Notes, in partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs, produces tomorrow’s musicians by providing a fully stocked recording studio where blossoming artists can explore, create and record music absolutely free. Find out more online at NotesForNotes.org/Ventura.

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

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Boatyard Pub
Ventura Harbor Village
Mondays: Milo Sledge
Tuesdays: Jason Ho
Wednesdays: Mark David McKinnis
Thursdays: Blue Grass Jam
Fri 3/30: Teresa Russell
Sat 3/31: Beach City Sound Club

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

Café Fiore
66 S. California Street
(805) 653-1266
Wed 3/28: Big Adventure
Thurs 3/29: Self Righteous Bros.
Fri 3/30: Alex Nester
Sat 3/31: Little Alice

Cask Alehouse
5952 Telegraph Road
Music at 7 pm
Sat 3/31: Sarah Lightman
Sat 4/7: Cap Quick

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

Copa Cubana
Ventura Harbor Village
Week nights 6 pm; Weekends 7 pm; Sundays 3 pm
Tuesdays: The Jerry McWorter Trio
Wednesdays: Creative Open Mic Jazz Jam
Sat 3/31: Havana Cinco

Dargan’s Irish Pub
593 E. Main Street
Sun 4/1: 4 pm Sunday Drivers

Discovery
1888 Thompson Blvd
Thurs 3/29: Kavika G & the Cosmic Geckos w/ Keith Cain
Fri 3/30: Shaky Feelin’
Sat 3/31: 2 pm OzoKidz; 8 pm Ozomatli
Thurs 4/5: Reggae Fusion
Fri 4/6: Twisted Gypsy
Sat 4/7: Backyard Bash w/ Matisyahu, Hirie, Leilani Wolfgramm, Dirty Rice, Arise Roots, The Main Squeeze, Diego’s Umbrella
Sun 4/8: Triboo Festival w/ Queen Nation, Which One’s Pink, Led Zepplica, Pettybreakers, Hollywood Stones, High Voltage, Sgt. Pepper, Santeria

El Rey Cantina
294 E. Main Street
Thursdays: Acoustic Sets
Fridays: Xoco Moraza & Friends; DJ Rouge
Saturdays: Sin Chonies

Four Brix
2290 Eastman Avenue
Music 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Fri 4/6: Fish Fry

Garage
1091 Scandia
Fri 3/30: B and the Hive; His Eyes have Fangs

Gigi’s Cocktails
2493 Grand Avenue
(805) 642-2411
Thurs, Fri & Sat: Karaoke
Sat 3/17: Deaf Pilots

Golden China
760 S. Seaward
(805) 652-0688
Karaoke seven nights a week 9 pm
Tuesdays 7 pm: Open Mic
Fri 3/30: Word of Mouth Familyu, Sessions LA, Build the Momentum, Fallout

Grapes and Hops
454 E. Main Street
Wed 6 pm; Thurs 7 pm; Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm
Fri 3/30: Shawn Jones Trio
Sat 3/30: Barrelhouse Wailers
Sun 4/1: The Tossers

Hong Kong Inn
435 E. Thompson Blvd
Mondays: Karaoke
Wednesdays: Open mic night w/ Beer Brothers
Thursdays: Gypsy Blues Band
Fri 3/30: Hi Hat Entertainment presents Big Sandy and the R&B Boogaloo
Fri 4/6: Hi Hat Entertainment presents Jimmy Z and the Ztribe
Sat 4/7: Blackstar

Keynote Lounge
10245 E. Telephone Road
Tues & Wed: Karaoke
Thursdays: Open mic night
Fri 3/30: Sean Wiggins
Sat 3/31: Wax Off

Knights of Columbus
36 Figueroa Street
Sun 4/8: 2:30 pm Old-Time Country Bluegrass

Iron and Resin
324 E. Main Street
Sat 3/31: Ironstock at noon – The Shorelines, Channel, Nobel Grizwald, Brother Earl, Danielle Stacy, the Inside Break, Moonily, Western Waters

Leashless Brewing
585 E. Thompson Blvd.
Tuesdays: Galactic Jazz
Fri 3/30: Natalie Wattre
Sat 3/31: Mark Masson & Phriends

Limon y Sal
598 E. Main Street
(805) 628-3868
Thursdays: DJ Scratch

Made West Brewing
1744 Donlon Street
Thurs 6 pm; Sat 4 pm; Sun 3 pm
Thurs 3/29: Conner Cherland
Sat 3/31: Western Waters
Sun 4/1: Alice Austin

Majestic Ventura Theater
26 S. Chestnut Street
Thurs 3/29: Todrick Hall
Fri 4/6: Bone Thugs N Harmony
Sat 4/7: Circa Survive, Hail the Sun

Margarita Villa
Ventura Harbor
Fri and Sat 6 pm; Sun 4 pm
Sat 3/31: Kyle Smith Band
Sun 4/1: Right Amount of Wrong
Fri 4/6: Blown Over
Sat 4/7: Reign
Sun 4/8: Trippin’ Wild

O’Leary’s
6555 Telephone Road
Wed: Karaoke

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

Patio at Players Casino
Auto Center Drive
Thursdays: Hermano’s Herrera Trio
Fri 3/30: Vanise Terry Band
Sat 3/31: Brandon Ragan Project

Prime
2209 E. Thompson Blvd
Tuesdays: Danny D
Fridays: Mike Moody
Saturdays: Jessica Ash

Red Cove
1809 E. Main Street
Thursdays: Music Club Open Jam Night
Fri 3/30: Blackstar

Rookees Sports Bar & Grill
419 E. Main Street
(805) 648-6862
Fri and Sat: Rotating DJs

Saloon BBQ Co.
456 E. Main Street
Music at 10 pm
Fri 3/30: DJ Lady Freaq
Sat 3/31: Dante Elephante
Fri 4/6: Anchor & Bear

Sandbox Coffeehouse
204 E. Thompson Blvd
805-641-1025
Thurs 6 pm, Weekends noon
Thursdays Open Mic
Sat 3/31: Izela Music
Sat 4/7: Peasant Boy
Sun 4/8: Ryan Zimmerman

Sans Souci
21 S. Chestnut
Sundays: DJ Darko
Mondays: Karaoke
Tuesdays: DJ Nick Dean
Wednesdays: Open mic
Thursdays: DJ Spinobi
Fri 3/30: Sin Chonies
Sat 3/31: Glam Skanks, the Cretins, Kill Em with Kerosene

Squashed Grapes
2351 E. Main Street
Fri 3/30: Emilio Barkett
Sat 3/31: Larry Cossid & his Studio C Band

Star Lounge
343 E. Main Street
Tues: Karaoke
Thurs: DJ Trovlbe
Fri 3/30: Mini Driver Band
Sat 3/31: Big River

The Tavern
211 E. Santa Clara Street
(805) 643-3264
Sundays: DJ Steezy Steve
Tuesdays: Karaoke
Metal Wednesdays
Get it Right Thursday DJs
Fri 3/30: Wild Coast w/ Young Million
Sat 3/31: Soul Infusion
Wed 4/4: Idecline, Plot, The Kane Gang

Topa Mountain Winery
821 W. Ojai Avenue, Ojai
(805) 640-1190
Music 3-5 pm
Sat 3/31: Crooked Eye Tommy

Ventura Fairgrounds
10 W. Harbor Blvd
Fri 4/6: Skull & Roses Festival
Sat 4/7: Skull & Roses Festival
Sun 4/8: Skull & Roses Festival

Vintura at the Wine Rack
14 S. California Street
(805) 653-9463
Sundays music at 2 pm
Thurs 3/29: Andy D
Fri 3/30: Epitome of Dreams
Sat 3/31: Frank Barajas & Corsican Bros.
Fri 4/6: Frank Barajas & Corsican Bros.
Sat 4/7: Rebel Rose
Sun 4/8: Toni Jannotta

Winchester’s
632 E. Main Street
(805) 653-7446
Music at 8:30 pm
Fri 3/30: Déjà vu Too
Sat 3/31: Jade Hendrix
Fri 4/6: Two’s Company
Sat 4/7; National Cat

The 805 Bar
Ventura Harbor
Music at noon Sat & Sun with Kenny Devoe
Fridays 5-7: Sing-a-long with Kenny Devoe
Fri 3/30: Carlo
Sat 3/31: Carlo