{"id":8275,"date":"2025-09-14T10:15:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T17:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/?p=8275"},"modified":"2025-09-14T10:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T17:36:11","slug":"ventura-music-scene-9-17-25-9-30-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/ventura-music-scene-9-17-25-9-30-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Ventura Music Scene 9\/17\/25 &#8211; 9\/30\/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\/09\/Music-Scene-9-17-25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8276 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Music-Scene-9-17-25.jpg\" alt=\"Music scene artwork\" width=\"1500\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Music-Scene-9-17-25.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Music-Scene-9-17-25-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Music-Scene-9-17-25-1024x463.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Music-Scene-9-17-25-768x347.jpg 768w, https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Music-Scene-9-17-25-500x226.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a>The second half of September features several special events, including the Banana Festival in Port Hueneme, Artwalk Ventura, and Oktoberfest.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oktoberfest.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8279\" src=\"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oktoberfest.png\" alt=\"logo for Oktoberfest\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oktoberfest.png 2400w, https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oktoberfest-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oktoberfest-1024x541.png 1024w, https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oktoberfest-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oktoberfest-1536x811.png 1536w, https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oktoberfest-2048x1081.png 2048w, https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Oktoberfest-500x264.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/a>I always found it interesting that venues started celebrating Oktoberfest in September, so I took some time to look it up, and it turns out Oktoberfest is a bit of a misnomer. The festival lasts 16 to 18 days, and an earlier start date was introduced to increase the chance of warm weather and because daylight lasts longer (source: Readers Digest). With that tidbit of information filed away, it\u2019s good to know that several local breweries have special events lined up including Enegren Brewing Co. in Moorpark, who will celebrate the weekend of September 20-21 with live music from Festmeister Hans Und Die Sauerkrauts, Hazelnuss Das Music, Der Matterhorns, and Sauer Sam and the Tablecloth Band! Poseidon Brewing Company in Ventura will host Linda\u2019s Polka Party Band on Saturday, September 20; Pedals and Pints in Thousand Oaks will have Sauer Sam &amp; the Tablecloth Band on Sunday, September 21; Bright Spark celebrates on Saturday with Whole Hog Band; and Madewest hosts The Driftless Revelers, a self-proclaimed freak-folk group touring with several stops in town (see listings). Chances are extremely high that all local breweries will have specials, games, and music that same weekend, so get out and enjoy some bratwurst, sauerkraut, and a stein or two of German beer!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/artwalk-Ventura-2025.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.artwalkventura.org\/ noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8277 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/artwalk-Ventura-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Artwalk Ventura 2025\" width=\"812\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/artwalk-Ventura-2025.jpg 812w, https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/artwalk-Ventura-2025-300x87.jpg 300w, https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/artwalk-Ventura-2025-768x223.jpg 768w, https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/artwalk-Ventura-2025-500x145.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/a>Artwalk Ventura 2025 falls over the last weekend of the month, September 27 and 28, featuring more than 200 artists\u2019 works at dozens of venues and lots of live music. Outside of strolling down Main Street downtown Ventura, I suggest visiting www.ArtWalkVentura.org and review the \u201cVenues\u201d page. I wish a list had been provided, but you\u2019ll need to select the dropdown menu to see all the venues and then select each one for more information. With a little bit of intel, I did manage to find out there will be two stages downtown, one at California and Main, and the other next to the Mission, which is called the Albinger Stage. WAV will also host several live performances on both days. See listings below for details.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Banana-Festival.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8278\" src=\"http:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Banana-Festival.png\" alt=\"Artwork banana festival\" width=\"460\" height=\"101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Banana-Festival.png 460w, https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Banana-Festival-300x66.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a>The 12th annual Banana Festival at the Port Hueneme will be held on Saturday, September 27. This family-friendly, free event offers ships &amp; barges, yummy treats, and of course live music to keep things lively.<\/p>\n<p>Quick Notes: Presale tickets are now available for the social event of the year, the Ventura Winter Wine Walk on Saturday, December 6 (www.VenturaWinterWineWalk.com); Tickets are on sale for Kansas at the Majestic Ventura Theater for Wednesday, December 3; Modern Love, Bowie tribute band, plays Lester Family Cellars on Saturday, September 20; and The Kings of Queen will be the final Rock the Collection concert on Wednesday, September 24.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have any music-related news or upcoming shows that you would like help publicizing? Please send all information, short or long, to Pam@VenturaRocks.com. For updated music listings daily, visit www.VenturaRocks.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ventura Music Scene by Pam Baumgardner VenturaRocks.com Pam@VenturaRocks.com The second half of September features several special events, including the Banana Festival in Port Hueneme, Artwalk Ventura, and Oktoberfest. I always found it interesting that venues started celebrating Oktoberfest in September, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/ventura-music-scene-9-17-25-9-30-25\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1919,1671,1672,733],"class_list":["post-8275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ventura-rocks","tag-artwalk-ventura","tag-banana-festival","tag-oktoberfest","tag-ventura-winter-wine-walk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8280,"href":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8275\/revisions\/8280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturarocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}