{"id":5004,"date":"2015-12-08T13:25:44","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T21:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/?p=5004"},"modified":"2015-12-08T13:25:44","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T21:25:44","slug":"ventura-rocks-in-the-ventura-breeze-129-1222","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/ventura-rocks-in-the-ventura-breeze-129-1222\/","title":{"rendered":"Ventura Rocks in the Ventura Breeze 12\/9 – 12\/22"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ventura Mus\"Venturaic Scene<\/strong>
\n“Holiday Fun”
\nby Pam Baumgardner
\nVenturaRocks.com
\n<\/span>Pam@VenturaRocks.com
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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Medicine Hat recording Ventura Rocks music show at CAPS Media<\/p><\/div>\n

Though the evening isn\u2019t really about the music (hint: it\u2019s about the wine), the Ventura Winter Wine Walk was a huge success with live music at the corner of Main and California.\u00a0 There\u2019s nothing quite like families coming out on a gorgeous December evening with men on stilts, women hula hoop dancing, snow falling while dancing to popular R&B and funk tunes from the Bomb on a huge stage, with professional lighting while City Hall is lit up in the background.\u00a0 Along with the tree lighting ceremony, and the Ventura Harbor Parade of Lights, this has become my favorite holiday tradition.<\/p>\n

Speaking of which, the Ventura Harbor Parade of Lights runs December 18 and 19. I hear you can get a pair of 3D glasses to watch the fireworks display while supplies last at Coastal Cone Ice Cream parlor.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure how the glasses will enhance fireworks as they\u2019re already 3D, but I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll be in high demand. The two-day celebration includes music, a carnival with rides on the main lawn, fireworks, and decorated boats with this year\u2019s theme, \u201cSurf, Sand & Santa Celebrating 150 Years of Ventura.\u201d\u00a0 Be sure to be on the watch for Santa making an earlier flyby during the evening.<\/p>\n

RJ Mischo & the Down Home trio have begun a Tuesday night residency this month at the 805 Bar and Grill Cheese.\u00a0 I\u2019m hearing the Copa Cubana (next to the 805 Bar) is getting close to opening soon.<\/p>\n

The Watermark will host The Pullmen\u2019s \u201cGoing Dark\u201d vinyl release Xmas party on Friday, December 18. The event will be held on the ground floor as upstairs will be closed for a private party that evening.<\/p>\n

It promises to be yet another \u201cone of those evenings\u201d at Squashed Grapes on Saturday, December 19th when The Frank Potenza Trio will be in the house.\u00a0 The trio features Potenza (Joe Pass, Dizzy Gillespie, George Van Eps and more), who is a professor of jazz guitar at USC Thorton School of Music; Jim Hughart (Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass and Tom Waits, Sinatra and more); and Colin Bailey.\u00a0 I love that Bailey was the drummer on the Charlie Brown Christmas special, in fact, he\u2019s done over 100 jazz albums, T.V. shows and toured with Benny Goodman and Joe Pass.\u00a0 Earlier the same day, Bailey will be holding a drum clinic across the street at Pulse Drumming.\u00a0 Get tickets and\/or sign up for the clinic at Pulsedrumming.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re working on post production of the debut episode of Ventura Rocks music show on CAPS Media featuring Medicine Hat. CAPS, Community Access Partners of San Buenaventura is a private non-profit television channel available through Time Warner and Charter. Check in with VenturaRocks.com<\/a> for updates on when the program will air this month.<\/p>\n

Do you have any music related news or upcoming shows you want help publicizing?\u00a0 Send all information short or long to\u00a0 Pam@VenturaRocks.com, and for updated music listings daily, go to www.VenturaRocks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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