The Grape Ventura

Happy Hour with Collins & Rollins Quartet
2026-06-11 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-06-04 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-05-28 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-05-21 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-05-14 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Grape, 2733 E Main St, Ventura, CA, 93003, United States
barside
No cover
Kent Rollins – piano
Tom Collins – guitar

The Grape Gratitude Jazz Jam
2026-06-09 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-06-02 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-05-26 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-05-19 19:00 - 22:00
$10 cover at the door
Ventura County’s hottest jazz night! Hosted By Tyler Hammond (drums) with the hottest rotating house band around, often featuring Karl Hunter (saxophone), Guil Juliao (bass), and friends.
You are guaranteed to find SOMETHING during this night that will butter your biscuit. It’s the best variety night this side of the Conejo Grade.
21+
Doors and signup at 6:30 pm
Jazz Jam Guidelines:
1. The focus of this jam is to play Jazz music. It is NOT live band Karaoke.
2. Be prepared/ Know the tune/Know what key you’d like to play the tune in.
3. Bring charts for the band if you’re going out of standard Jazz repertoire.
4. After the melody is finished, allow room for everyone to solo.
5. Please don’t come onto the stage unless you are called up.
6. Be kind and supportive to other performers.
7. After 9pm, there’s no guarantee you’ll get a turn.
8. Whatever Tyler says, goes.

Happy Hour w/ Monte Montgomery & Friends
2026-06-09 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-06-02 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-05-26 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-05-19 17:00 - 19:00
no cover
bar side
Happy Hour with multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, Monte Montgomery and special guests

Happy Hour with The Fred Kaplan Trio
2026-06-05 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-05-29 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-05-22 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-05-15 17:00 - 19:00
West Coast Swing and Boogie Woogie Blues with Fred Kaplan and friends
Every Friday in the bar side Happy Hour 5-7pm.
no cover

Laurence Juber & Guitar Noir w/ Special Guest Christena Rich
2026-06-04 19:00 - 22:00
$20 Advanced/$25 Door
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Laurence Juber is a solo performer, recording artist, composer and arranger. His playing fuses folk, jazz, blues, pop and classical styles, creating a multi-faceted performance that belies the use of only one instrument. First internationally recognized as lead guitarist in Paul McCartney’s Wings, Grammy®-winning Juber has since established himself as world-renowned guitar virtuoso and entertainer.

RJ Mischo's 1st Wednesday Blues Showcase
2026-06-03 19:00 - 22:00
$10 cover
RJ Mischo’s monthly “First Wednesday” Blues Showcase, featuring an all-star lineup of blues musicians.

Happy Hour with Kent Rollins & Friends
2026-06-03 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-05-27 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-05-20 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-05-13 17:00 - 19:00
Happy Hour with Pianist, Kent Rollins and friends
bar side, no cover

Matterform
2026-05-29 20:00 - 23:00
$15 Advanced
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Matterform is a Ventura-based instrumental groove band living at the intersection of deep pocket, cosmic improvisation, and jazz harmony. Matterform draws from jazz, funk, soul, hip-hop, and dance music to build immersive instrumental journeys. Psychedelic guitar leads, wailing sax lines and floaty piano which thread through lush jazz harmonies, swirling textures, and rhythm sections that stay deep in the pocket.
Whether stretching out live or locking into tightly composed sections, the band thrives on momentum, patience, and release. It’s music for moving bodies, open minds, and listeners who appreciate groove-driven improvisation, rich harmony, and collective energy over flash. Featuring: Drew Espejo (Drums) Javi Avila (keys) Tony Pelosi (guitar) Zach Manpearl (Bass/organ) Chet Toner (saxophone/ guitar) Taylor Hopkins (bass) Rafa Langa (percussion)

Happy Hour with The Robert Van Trio
2026-05-23 17:00 - 19:00
Barside
No cover
Happy hour performance with keyboardist, pianist, and composer Robert Van.

TD Lind & The Aviators
2026-05-21 19:00 - 22:00
$20 Advanced/$25 Door
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TD Lind & The Aviators is an indie rock band out of Southern California driven by old-soul storytelling, brawny vocals, and larger-than-life sound.
Born in England, TD Lind signed a record deal at 19 years old and has since toured America and Europe for the last 30 years, sharing the stage with Sting, Bad Company, Wilco and many others. He has 4 critically-acclaimed albums, the last being produced by legendary producer Glyn Johns.
In 2022, TD Lind joined up with producer and bassist David Franz (Iyeoka, Underground Sun), saxophonist Karl Hunter (Big Bad Voodoo Daddy), drummer Greg Weiser (Danny McGaw), and guitarist Sam Kulchin (The Caverns). They are known for their unforgettable live shows, as featured on their “Into the Light” album, recorded and released in 2023.
Their debut studio album “Golden” was released on August 21, 2024.

Lyle Workman
2026-05-20 20:00 - 23:00
$25 Advanced
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Lyle Dean Workman is an American guitarist, composer, session and touring musician, and music producer. His music has been widely distributed since his debut on the eponymous Bourgeois Tagg album in 1986, and is known for his work as composer and bandleader for the Superbad soundtrack.
With Matt Rohde (keys), Derek Frank (bass), and Joe Travers (drums).

Rick Holmstrom Band featuring RJ Mischo
2026-05-16 14:00 - 17:00
$10 cover at door
Two time Grammy winning Guitarist Rick Holmstom for over 20 years is bandleader for the Gospel/Soul/Civil rights icon Mavis Staples. With Mavis Rick has been joined on shows by Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, Los Lobos, Norah Jones and many more.
In addition, Holmstrom has played and recorded with Jimmy Rogers, Billy Boy Arnold, Booker T. Jones, Jody Williams, and R. L. Burnside.
One critic observed of Holmstrom, “he delivers music with technical savvy and traditional stylings, without sacrificing originality and pure adventure”.

One Shot Deal Plays Zappa
2026-05-15 20:00 - 23:00
$35 Advanced/$40 Door
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Celebrating the musical genius and vast catalog of late composer Frank Zappa, One Shot Deal is comprised of musicians from the original, Grammy Award-winning lineup of Zappa Plays Zappa. During their time with ZPZ, one reviewer referred to bassist Pete Griffin (ZPZ 2006-2011), percussionist Billy Hulting and guitarist Jamie Kime (ZPZ 2006-2012), drummer and Zappa “Vaultmeister” Joe Travers (ZPZ 2006-2013), saxophonist/ keyboardist/vocalist Scheila Gonzalez (ZPZ 2006-2020), and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Ben Thomas (ZPZ 2009-2016), as “the best band Frank never had”.
Following their individual ZPZ tenures, they would all go on to acquire a comprehensive list of touring and recording credits before reuniting in 2022 to play a limited series of shows at distinguished Los Angeles jazz club The Baked Potato. Subsequent to that sold-out run, they collectively agreed that the music of Frank Zappa was much too important – and they also had far too much fun playing it together again! – for the group to merely be a “one shot deal”. Since then, they’ve been performing extensively throughout Southern California.

6 Beats Apart
2026-05-14 20:00 - 23:00
$10 cover at door
6 Beats Apart is a 6 piece jazz fusion band from Southern California. Band leader Bruce Lett has assembled an all-star cast of Southern California’s best musicians to play a wide variety of Jazz Fusion Music.
