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MATTERFORM is a band comprised of DREW ESPEJO (drums), JAVI AVILA (keyboards/piano), CHET TONER (guitar/sax), ZACH MANPEARL (organ, bass), and TONY PELOSI (guitar). Their music is wide-reaching, channeling sounds from decades past from rock, hip-hop, acid jazz, funk, soul, afro-beat, dance music, and beyond. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE $15 PRESALE #20 DOOR

Downbeat Collective is a groundbreaking, hybrid musical project that blurs the line between the DJ booth and the live stage. Bringing together the incredible talent of DJ Defcon alongside the dynamic live musicians and vocalists from Soul Infusion, this collaboration delivers an immersive sonic experience. Every single performance is entirely unique and fully improvised in real time. Because no [...]

Fresh off their acclaimed, KJAZZ broadcast-performance at LACMA, the Brian Swartz Quintet brings their explosive, straight-ahead jazz energy back to Ventura for a premier Friday night hit at The Grape. Led by veteran trumpeter and arranger Brian Swartz, this powerhouse ensemble seamlessly blends hard-bop intensity with deeply soulful grooves and vibrant West Coast lyricism. Featuring [...]

Carla has made her career as a singer, songwriter, bandleader, and producer. Carla appeared in Bob Dylan's first video (Sweetheart Like You). And he gave her an unreleased song (Clean Cut Kid) first her band The Textones' debut album, Midnight Mission. The critically acclaimed album included guests Gene Clark, Ry Cooder and Don Henley. in 1986 Gene and Carla recorded what many [...]

happy hour barside with pianist, Robert Van Bob Wider- bass Dave Hunt- drums No cover

The acclaimed Los-Angeles-based group INCENDIO performs original “world guitar” compositions, featuring incredible guitar-playing across a variety of genres: latin, middle-eastern, and celtic grooves.  Formed in 1999, the group has 11 CD’s and 2 DVD’s available internationally, variously hitting the Billboard, CMJ, NAV, and Amazon.com (http://amazon.com/) charts.  Averaging over 150 shows a year since 2000 (until [...]