{"id":8233,"date":"2025-07-20T12:16:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T19:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/?p=8233"},"modified":"2025-07-20T12:23:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T19:23:25","slug":"ventura-music-scene-7-23-25-8-5-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/ventura-music-scene-7-23-25-8-5-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Ventura Music Scene 7\/23\/25 – 8\/5\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ventura Music Scene<\/strong>
\nby Pam Baumgardner
\nVenturaRocks.com
\n<\/span>Pam@VenturaRocks.com
\n<\/span>\"Music<\/a>We\u2019re quickly heading towards midsummer and with it the highlight of the season, the Ventura County Fair and specifically all the Grandstand Stage performances. On opening night, Wednesday, July 30, there will be a collective, hip hop\/rap \u201cBeach Block Party\u201d featuring Tone Loc, Ying Yang Twins, Fat Joe and Pepa (of Salt-n-Pepa). I\u2019m putting my money on \u201cWild Thing,\u201d well maybe \u201cPush It\u201d as the collective post-concert earworm. Then on Thursday, July 31, it\u2019s Diplo for a night of electronica; Friday, August 1, it\u2019s Dirty Heads with reggae\/rock; Saturday, August 2, Lee Brice, country; Sunday, August 3, La Maquinaria Norte\u00f1a & La S\u00e9ptima Banda ft. Mi Banda El Mexicano; Monday, August 4, Flo Rida Featuring Bubba Sparxxx, more rap; Tuesday, August 5 it\u2019s Dylan Scott featuring Cheat Codes with modern country and the last night has more country with Scotty McCreery featuring Kruse Brothers. Don\u2019t forget if you want to be up close to the stage, you\u2019ll need to purchase VIP tickets. But for the rest of us, the shows are included in the price of admission to the fair. Another noteworthy tidbit, while most nights feature tribute bands on the Station Stage, The Outlaw Mariachi play August 4, Kruse Brothers August 5, and The White Buffalo will perform on Thursday, August 7\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

The week before the fair opens, Summer Dead Fest lands at the Crowne Plaza Hotel for four days and nights of jams. The poolside deck stage outside the Aqua Bar has free access to the bands, but if you want the Friday and Saturday night concerts which conclude a \u201cSunset Vibes Silent Disco\u201d until 3 am, you\u2019ll need tickets. For more data, go to VenturaGratefulDead.info.<\/p>\n

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The Ventura Music Festival has several more shows this week including Ventura\u2019s own, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy with Barrelhouse Wailers opening. Their July 25 show is sold out and the venue has been moved to the College\u2019s Performing Arts Center.<\/p>\n

Music Under the Stars at Olivas Adobe continues its summer series of Friday night concerts with Psychedelic Summer on July 26, and Stone Soul on August 2. Both nights are sold out. As mentioned in our last issue, 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; so, you know, take the hint.<\/p>\n

Quick Notes: The Psychedelic Furs play the Ventura Theater on Wednesday, July 23 and Billy Vera & the Beaters on Saturday, July 26; Shawn Jones plays Bombay\u2019s on Thursday, July 24; reuniting, it\u2019s Preachers and Pornstars for a date at Gigi\u2019s on Friday, July 25; it\u2019s Bee Gee Fever over at Camarillo Constitution Park on Saturday, July 26; and Swing Shift big band plays the Sportsman in Camarillo on Sunday, July 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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