{"id":8226,"date":"2025-07-06T10:22:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T17:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/?p=8226"},"modified":"2025-07-06T10:43:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T17:43:47","slug":"ventura-music-scene-7-9-25-7-22-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/ventura-music-scene-7-9-25-7-22-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Ventura Music Scene 7\/9\/25 &#8211; 7\/22\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ventura Music Scene<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">by Pam Baumgardner<br \/>\nVenturaRocks.com<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Pam@VenturaRocks.com<br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Music-Scene-Artwork-7-9-25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8227 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Music-Scene-Artwork-7-9-25.jpg\" alt=\"artwork\" width=\"1500\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Music-Scene-Artwork-7-9-25.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Music-Scene-Artwork-7-9-25-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Music-Scene-Artwork-7-9-25-1024x463.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Music-Scene-Artwork-7-9-25-768x347.jpg 768w, https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Music-Scene-Artwork-7-9-25-500x226.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a>Over the next couple of weeks there will be plenty of live music events, some free, some family friendly, but all promise to be tons of fun. Let\u2019s start with the Hueneme Beach Festival which falls over the weekend of July 12 and 13 at Hueneme Beach Park. No admission, but tickets can be purchased for the carnival rides and of course there will be plenty of food vendors and local artists\u2019 displays along with live music. On Saturday there will be several local high school marching bands, InStone, Red Hot Cholo Peppers and Corazon de Mana. On Sunday, they\u2019ll have a couple of tribute bands, Smooth Sounds of Santana and Kings of Queen, along with Banda La Veneosa and Halcones del Bajio.<\/p>\n<p>The following week, starting midweek and running through Sunday, July 20, it\u2019s Heritage Days in Old Towne Camarillo. Same deal: free admission, but you can purchase carnival ride tickets. The first few days offer up DJs, but on Friday you can catch John Surge and the Haymakers, and Just Dave Band. On Saturday it\u2019s Hindsite, SkaDaddyz, D.on Darox &amp; the Melody Joy Bakers, Heavy Rotation and the Brandon Ragan Project. Then finally on Sunday, you can catch Full Clip, Alejandro Medina, Mariachi Los Toreros, and Maclovia.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8230\" style=\"width: 911px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/D.on-Darox-and-TMJB-2503.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8230\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8230\" src=\"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/D.on-Darox-and-TMJB-2503.jpg\" alt=\"D.on Darox and the Melody Joy Bakers on Fat Tuesday 2025\" width=\"901\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/D.on-Darox-and-TMJB-2503.jpg 901w, https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/D.on-Darox-and-TMJB-2503-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/D.on-Darox-and-TMJB-2503-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/D.on-Darox-and-TMJB-2503-480x300.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 901px) 100vw, 901px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.on Darox and the Melody Joy Bakers on Fat Tuesday 2025<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Over at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, Surfers Point Live, the Tequila &amp; Taco Music Festival will be held over the weekend of July 19 and 20 with Lil\u2019 Kim, the Queen Bee, headlining on Saturday. Also performing, Adelaide Pilar and La Marcha. On Sunday, it\u2019s Vilma Diaz Y La Sonora and Smooth Sounds of Santana. Tickets available at TequilaAndTacoMusicFesival.com.<\/p>\n<p>Music Under the Stars at Olivas Adobe kicks off this Summer\u2019s series of Friday night concerts with 4 Lads from Liverpool on July 12, and Dark Desert Highway on July 19. Both nights are sold out. By the way, all shows are sold out except August 23 with Conjunto Oye, who promise to deliver high-energy danceable Latin music with Cuban rhythms and Puerto Rican flair.<\/p>\n<p>Quick Notes: Ventura Music Festival\u2019s Big Bad Voodoo Daddy concert with Barrelhouse Wailers on Friday, July 25 is sold out plus the venue has changed to the Ventura College Performing Arts Center; The Boatyard Pub at the Ventura Harbor has wrapped up their remodeling upgrades and live music is back; Lowered Expectations will play the Downtown Ventura Summer Concert Series on Thursday, July 10 (6-8 pm) at California and Main; this year\u2019s Bowlvolution Tiki Summer Bowl Out at Harley\u2019s Camarillo Bowling will be held on Saturday, July 12, with Stagger &amp; Fall, The Afraid, Toledo Panic and The Disappointments playing in the bar;<br \/>\nand Plan B Winery has D\u00e9j\u00e0 vu (acoustic) playing the music of Crosby,Stills, Nash &amp; Young on Sunday, July 20.<\/p>\n<p>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":"<p>Ventura Music Scene by Pam Baumgardner VenturaRocks.com Pam@VenturaRocks.com Over the next couple of weeks there will be plenty of live music events, some free, some family friendly, but all promise to be tons of fun. 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