2017 SUMMER CONCERTS at OLIVAS ADOBE Tickets on sale April 3
Get ready to dance nine Saturday nights this summer on our majestic outdoor ballroom floor. Listen to great bands performing irresistible sets of Rock, Swing, Salsa and Zydeco and tributes to The Who, Steely Dan, Motown, Joni Mitchell, Oingo Boingo/Danny Elfman and Neil Diamond. Purchase a pizza from “PizzaMan Dan” and coffee from onsite food trucks or bring your own homemade feast for fun twilight dining with friends within the warm embrace of adobe-baked courtyard walls. Doors open at 6:30 pm to enjoy pre-concert dining and a full beverage bar on site. The City of Ventura Office of Cultural Affairs proudly presents the 30th year of this popular concert series from 7:30 to 9:30 pm outdoors at the historic Olivas Adobe, 4200 Olivas Park Drive, near Ventura Harbor. The venue is intimate, seating is limited and concerts regularly sell out, so avoid disappointment at the door by making reservations early using the ticket order panel inside or call 805/658.4726.
Ventura Music Festival brings great Bluegrass to the Olivas Music at the Olivas Adobe begins July 13 with a Thursday night performance by the John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band, “the best string players in the world,” to kick off VMF’s 23rd season. Tickets and info: 805.648.3146 I venturamusicfestival.org
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Land Rover Jaguar Ventura Concerts start at 7:30 pm & gates open at 6:30 pm WhosNext Dead Man’s Party July 15 ”The Who” tribute band August 19 Oingo Boingo/Danny Elfman tribute band Presented by Union Bank Presented by V3 These tribute bandsmen not only resemble Townshend, This 8-piece band’s songbook of Daltry, Entwistle and Moon but deliver the full “See Me, “Good for Your Soul” horn-driven Oingo Boingo mashups Feel Me” power and energy experience of being at a of ska, pop, rock and world music will mosh you to the real Who concert. whosnext.rocks dance floor in summer’s most fun concert! deadmansparty.com The Swing Kings July 22 Swing Blue Breeze Band Presented by Four Points by Sheraton Ventura Harbor Resort August 26 Motown tribute band You’ll tear up the dance floor as this band tears up the stage Presented by Ventura Community Bank in swinging high energy fun that draws from cool and swank For a dozen years, this LA ensemble of singers songs by classic lounge legends and today’s hit makers. and musicians has beguiled audiences with an facebook.com/theswingkings infectious mix of sixties R&B, Soul, Funk, Jazz and Blues for the hottest, heartiest and hippest party Steely Jam on the dance floor. bluebreezeband.com July 29 Steely Dan tribute band Presented by Land Rover Jaguar Ventura Fantastic Diamond Every “Gaucho” will be “Reelin’ in the Years” as “the most faithful September 2 Neil Diamond tribute band Steely Dan tribute band on the planet” cap- Presented by Ventura Rental Party Center tures the groove, wit and class of Becker and Ventura’s biggest summer sing-a-long dance Fagen’s ironic but soulful soundscapes of pop party captures forty years of such chart-topping hooks and jazz chops. steelyjam.com hits as “Song Sung Blue,” “You Don’t Send Me Flowers” and more. fantasticdiamond.com Orquesta Charangoa August 5 Cuban classics Lisa Haley & the Zydekats Presented by V3 September 9 Zydeco Back by popular demand! The crowd never stops Presented by Andria’s Seafood Restaurant dancing to LA’s premiere Cuban ensemble’s dazzling salsa sounds rich in vocals, percussion, Our perennial series closer is a Mardi Gras party with piano and bass led by flautist Fay Roberts. a Grammy©-nominated fiddler and her Cajun band charangoa.com playing get up and dance Cajun swamp-roots rock. lisahaley.com
VENTURA MUSIC FESTIVAL’S A Celebration of Joni Mitchell THURSDAY NIGHT KICKOFF John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band August 12 Folk Rock Jazz A benefit for the VMF Young Artist Fund Presented by Community Memorial Health System July 13 Get ready for “American roots music at its finest” Dance your own “Hejira” to Joni’s poetry and songs from with incomparable songwriting and harmony vocals her soul-baring “Blue” to the infectious “Court and Spark” to Tickets:$20-$40 • On sale April 3 by “the best string players in the world” featuring the sublime “Night Ride Home” with singer Kimberly Ford Desert Rose Band co-founder John Jorgenson and VenturaMusicFestival.org fellow legends Herb Pedersen, Mark Fain and and her passionate quintet. celebrationofjonimitchell.com or 805.648.3146 Patrick Sauber. johnjorgenson.com Tickets $20. To order call 805/658-4726 (M-F 8 am-5 pm) or mail form to Music Under the Stars, P.O. Box 99-Room 226. Ventura, CA 93002. Walk-in orders: M-F 8 am-5 pm at Ventura City Hall, 501 Poli Street, Room 226 OPTIONAL Table Reservations (A-F, tables seat 2-4) 2 tickets + $15 fee required per table (Note: City Hall is closed alternate Fridays). 2 people: $55, 3 people: $75, 4 people: $95 Placement not guaranteed, next preferred available table may be assigned. Tickets ordered one week or less prior to the concert may be picked up at the will-call We will contact you by phone only if the concert or all tables are sold out. table. Otherwise, tickets and table assignments will be mailed. Chairs are available in Small “T.V. dinner” sized tables are available for rent for un-reserved seating. the un-reserved areas, but you may bring your own if you do not reserve a table. BELL GATE Event date # of tickets # of tables specify zone Total $ un-reserved seating may change un-reserved seating may change (x $20) (x $15) (A-F) 8249 WhosNext 7/15 E E E E E E F F F F F
8250 The Swing Kings 7/22 E E E E E E F F F F F CASH BAR 8251 Steely Jam 7/29 C C C C C D D D D 8252 Orquesta Charangoa 8/5 C C C C C D D D D 8253 A Celebration of Joni Mitchell 8/12 DANCE 8254 Dead Man’s Party 8/19 A A A A FLOOR B B B B 8255 Blue Breeze Band 8/26 A A A B B B B EXIT
8256 Fantastic Diamond 9/2 A A A B B B B ENTRANCE 8257 Lisa Haley & the Zydekats 9/9 STAGE CANTINA GIFT CART
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