{"id":8109,"date":"2024-09-18T14:21:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T21:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/?p=8109"},"modified":"2024-09-18T14:21:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T21:21:21","slug":"ventura-music-scene-9-18-24-10-1-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/ventura-music-scene-9-18-24-10-1-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Ventura Music Scene 9\/18\/24 – 10\/1\/24"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ventura Music Scene<\/strong>
\nby Pam Baumgardner
\nVenturaRocks.com
\n<\/span>Pam@VenturaRocks.com
\n<\/span>\"Music<\/a><\/p>\n

Looking back for just a moment, congratulations to Army of Freshmen who performed at the Ventura Music Hall on Saturday, September 14, to commemorate their 25th anniversary; their high energy show is always a crowd pleaser. I sat across from two women who traveled from Texas to catch the concert buying a pile of merch including the band\u2019s entire catalog; now that\u2019s dedication! During the opening act\u2019s set, Nerfherder helped to facilitate a wedding proposal asking for a couple of people in the audience to help start their next song and of course they just happened to choose \u201ca random couple.\u201d After howling like wolves, the band started a fake song while he got down on one knee with a ring taking her by surprise. After jumping up and down, she said yes! I\u2019ll admit it made me tear up as the audience cheered them on!<\/p>\n

On a downer note, the 7th annual Oxnard Jazz Festival which was scheduled for September 14 \u2013 15, was postponed just days before the event. According to their website it was due to \u201cunexpected challenges\u2026\u201d but of course that could translate to low ticket sales. Hope that wasn\u2019t the case and it will be back before long.<\/p>\n

Now looking forward, I don\u2019t know why, but I\u2019m sure there is a reason breweries celebrate Oktoberfest in September. Poseidon Brewing Company\u2019s will fall on Saturday, September 21, with Linda\u2019s Polka Party Band, and Enegren Brewing in Moorpark will celebrate Oktoberfest the following weekend, Saturday, September 28, with Festmeister Hans und Die Sauerkrauts, Der Matterhorns, Hazelnuss Das Music and Ladyhosen. My theory is that these specialty bands book up years in advance and you get \u2018em while you can. Just a theory.<\/p>\n

The 11th annual Banana Festival returns to the Port of Hueneme on Saturday, September 28, with several live bands including Caliente 805, Upstream, House Arrest and One People. This free event is family friendly and a fun way to see and appreciate the Port and learn about its economic contribution to Ventura County while indulging in some sort of banana concoction.<\/p>\n

Quick Notes: Ventura Theater added two Social Distortion shows with night one selling out almost immediately, but at press time, tickets were still available for December 4; tickets are on sale now for Letters to Cleo for November 15 at the Ventura Music Hall; Karl Hunter\u2019s Jazz Hates Johnny plays the Grape on Friday, September 20; it\u2019s a Grateful Dead tribute weekend at the Crowne Plaza\u2019s Aqua Bar with Reckoning on Saturday, September 21 and Peoples Dead on Sunday, September 22; Brasscals (Santa Barbara\u2019s one and only street brass band) and Ventura\u2019s own, Casual Business, play Leashless on Sunday, September 22; and the final Rock the Collection free concert falls on Thursday, September 26 with The King of Queens.<\/p>\n

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

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