{"id":7501,"date":"2022-08-21T11:40:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T18:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/?p=7501"},"modified":"2022-08-21T11:40:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T18:40:46","slug":"ventura-rocks-music-scene-column-8-24-22-9-6-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/ventura-rocks-music-scene-column-8-24-22-9-6-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Ventura Rocks Music Scene Column 8\/24\/22 – 9\/6\/22"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The Ojai Pops Concert Series co-sponsored by the City of Ojai kicked off Sunday, August 21, and if you missed it, no worries, there will be four more chances to catch another one of their community concerts at Libbey Bowl. All concerts are free and start at 3:30 pm:
\nAugust 28: Tuxedo Junction Jazz Band
\nSeptember 25: 805 Brass and Los Padres Sound Horn Quartet
\nOctober 23: Ojai Pops Orchestra w\/ vocalists Miriam Dance & Sophie Holt
\nNovember 6: Larktown & Friends, featuring Lark Cobb (vocals) and Todd Temanson (banjo)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Hueneme Beach Festival falls over the weekend of August 27 and 28 (1 \u2013 6 pm) and is absolutely free to attend with live music both days:
\nSaturday, August 27: New Orleans Suspects, Twisted Gypsy, Taylor Sackson, CRV, Morie & the Heavy Hitters, Olivia Willhite.
\nSunday, August 28: Nth Power, Phantom Blues Band, Beebs & her Money Makers, the Cousins, Sade, Juano & Friends, Hand Me Down Band.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Spencer Mackenzie\u2019s is once again uniting two events into one with the world\u2019s largest cornhole tournament called The Throwdown during the day and then once the sun (starts) to go down, it\u2019s live music with A.D.D. on Friday; Sunny Ledfurd, and Mandex on Saturday; then starting at 2 pm on Sunday, it\u2019s Morie & the Heavy Hitters followed up with a set by Rey Fresco. Click here for tickets.<\/a><\/p>\n

The 34th Anniversary show for Chick Singer Night will be held on Saturday, September 10 with Martha V, Diana Bacon, Olivia Mucha, Kerri Climer and Vanise Terry. Chick Singer Night is held at Studio B in Oxnard. Tickets are $25 through EventBrite.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

There are several shows coming up at the Namba Performing Arts Space on Oak, downtown Ventura:
\nEsteban Ramirez on September 3
\nDirty Cello on September 10
\nIona Fyfe on September 11
\nTommy McManus on September 18<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Along with Hawaiian hula dancers, frisbee dog demonstrations, food trucks and more, the Aloha Beach Festival will offer up some live musical entertainment from Warren Takahashi and Friends, Free Love Project 805, Jacob Marquez and the Good Vibes, Morie & the Heavy Hitters, Jill Martini and the Shrunken Heads, Keyth & the Universouls, Heavy Rotation, the Question and Rising Son. This free family friendly event will be held at promenade park along Surfer\u2019s Point here in Ventura on Saturday and Sunday, September 3 and 4. This year\u2019s beneficiary will be the Merito Foundation.<\/p>\n

New shows added at the Ventura Theater:
\nMax & Iggor Cavalera \u2013 September 29
\nAlkaline Trio \u2013 October 21<\/p>\n

New shows added at Ventura Music Hall
\nProtoje, Jesse Royal, Lila Ike \u2013 Oct 1
\nBad Suns \u2013 Oct 5
\nDirty Honey, Dorothy, Mac Saturn \u2013 Oct 6
\nKnuckle Puck \u2013 Oct 22
\nDave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore with the guilty Ones \u2013 November 15
\nThe Rare Occasions, Hot Freaks \u2013 December 4<\/p>\n

High Street Arts Center (HighStreetArtsCenter.com<\/a>) in Moorpark has a number of tribute shows lined up called the 2022 Legends Series:
\nChicago Tribute Experience (Chicago) \u2013 August 26
\nRaymond Michael tribute to King of Rock and Roll (Elvis) \u2013 August 27
\nThe Heart of Rock & Roll (Huey Lewis & the News) \u2013 September 2
\nFortunate Son (Credence Clearwater Revival \u2013 September 3<\/p>\n

\"poster<\/a>The Grape in Ventura has a couple of dates I want to ensure you know. First off, you can read my Q&A with Derek Sherinian<\/a>, and then catch one or both shows when Sherinian and Simon Philips with band perform on Monday, August 29. Additional monster players for the night are Ric Fierabracci on bass and Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal on guitar. Tickets are available on EventBrite<\/a>.
\nThen it’s always one of the hottest tickets in town to catch Tool’s Danny Carey when he drums for the Doug Webb Group which also features Jamie Klime on guitar, Jimmy Earl on bass and Mitch Forman on keys. Tickets are also available on EventBrite<\/a> for this Saturday, September 3 show.<\/p>\n

Quick Notes: just added to the music stage for Taste of Local on Sunday, September 11 is Spencer the Gardener; Billy Idol plays the Ventura Theater Thursday, August 25; the next Singer\/songwriter showcase dinner event at Pierano\u2019s is set for Thursday, August 25 with Dylan Brehm, Lainey Brown, Olivia Mucha, Jodi Farrell and Aaron Burch; Colbie Caillat is at the Thousand Oaks Civic Auditorium, Friday, August 26; Fantastic Diamond plays Cantara on Saturday, August 27; the final Music Under the Stars is Saturday, August 27 with Lisa Haley & the Zydekats (sold out); Elvis Costello plays the Thousand Oaks Civic Auditorium on Sunday, August 28; Switchfoot is at the Ventura Music Hall on Sunday, August 28; Nathan McEuen plays the Ojai Underground on Friday, September 2; and Starship, featuring Mickey Thomas, is at the Libbey Bowl on Sunday, September 4.<\/p>\n

The latest episode of VenturaRockSpot<\/a> is live featuring Looking West. The young trio out of Ventura have been making their mark on the music scene playing such venues as, Topa Topa Brewing in Ventura, Rock & Roll Pizza in Camarillo, even Surf Rodeo last month. You can catch them live when they play MadeWest Brewing on Saturday, August 27.<\/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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