The Grape Ventura

The Grape Gratitude Jazz Jam
2026-09-22 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-09-15 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-09-08 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-09-01 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Grape, 2733 E Main St, Ventura, CA, 93003, United States
$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
2026-09-22 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-09-15 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-09-08 17:00 - 19:00
no cover
bar side
Happy Hour with multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, Monte Montgomery and special guests

Phoenyx Big Band - Broadway Night!
2026-09-19 20:00 - 23:00
Phoenyx Big Band – Broadway Night!
7:30pm Doors
8pm Show
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$20 Advance
$25 At the door
Broadway Night at The Grape! The Phoenyx, a 17-piece big band, will be fronted by two amazing vocalists, Eliya Frantz and Bill A. Jones. In addition to its jazz classics and modern songs with a big band flare, the Phoenyx will be showcasing tunes from some of your favorite Broadway musicals!
Vocalist Eliya Frantz w/ Special Guest Bill A. Jones

Phatback, Earl & Me!
2026-09-18 20:00 - 23:00
Phatback, Earl & Me!

7:30pm Doors
8pm Show
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$30 – General Seating
$40 – VIP Seating
+$10 on all ticket tiers – At The Door
*One drink minimum per person
Phatback, Earl & Me! is an American Blues, Blues Rock, and Rhythm & Soul band based out of Los Angeles, CA. Formed in 2022, the band features a group of ALL-STAR musicians who have played with and/or toured with Tower of Power,
Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Hornsby, Kenny Loggins, Stevie Wonder, Richard Marx, Jason Mraz, Shawn Covin, Chicago, Snoop Dog, Blood, Sweat, & Tears, Joe Walsh, Celine Dion, Tears for Fears, Elton John, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Jones, Whitney Houston, John Legend, Bruno Mars, The Doobie Brothers, Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Isley Brothers and so may more…
As “Sidemen and Women” with individual solo recordings to their names, this group of musicians looks for any opportunity to play music together.

Happy Hour with The Fred Kaplan Trio
2026-09-18 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-09-11 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-09-04 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

Happy Hour with Collins & Rollins Quartet
2026-09-17 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-09-10 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-09-03 17:00 - 19:00
🎹🎸 Collins Rollins Quartet – Happy Hour 🍷
Join us for an elegant evening of live jazz with the Collins Rollins Quartet, featuring the exceptional musical partnership of pianist Kent Rollins and guitarist Tom Collins. Together with a stellar rhythm section, the quartet performs a tasteful blend of classic jazz standards, modern jazz, blues, and groove with the effortless chemistry that only seasoned musicians can deliver. Kent Rollins has shared the stage with artists including Bill Champlin and Doug Webb, while Tom Collins has performed with many of Southern California’s finest jazz musicians.
✨ Relax with Happy Hour from 5–7 PM, enjoy 10–20% off featured drinks, and let the smooth sounds of world-class jazz set the tone for your evening. Great music, great drinks, and great company—only at The Grape. 🍷🎶

Tom Collins and Friends
2026-09-16 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-09-09 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-09-02 17:00 - 19:00
🎷 Tom Collins & Friends 🍷
Ease into your evening with the timeless sounds of Tom Collins & Friends, a classic jazz ensemble featuring outstanding musicians from Ventura and beyond. Each performance brings together exceptional talent, tasteful improvisation, and the relaxed sophistication that makes Happy Hour at The Grape so special.
Join us for Wine Wednesday from 5–7 PM and enjoy 10–20% off select premium wines while soaking in an evening of world-class jazz, great company, and the perfect after-work atmosphere. 🍷✨

Rock Sundays with Colonel Agnus (AC/DC Tribute) & 2L (Tool Tribute)
2026-09-13 19:00 - 22:00
Rock Sundays with Colonel Agnus (AC/DC Tribute) & 2L (Tool Tribute)
Doors: 7pm
Show: 7:15pm
Purchase Tickets Here!
$15 – Standing
$20 – General Seating
$25 – Table Seating
+$10 on all ticket tiers at the door
*One drink minimum per person
⚡ ROCK SUNDAYS ARE HERE! ⚡
We’re kicking off our first Rock Sunday on Sunday, September 13 with a double dose of heavy-hitting tribute rock!
🔥 COLONEL AGNUS — Santa Barbara’s tribute to AC/DC, bringing the riffs, swagger, and high-voltage rock ’n’ roll.
🔥 2L — A tribute to TOOL, delivering the crushing grooves, intricate rhythms, and intensity of one of heavy music’s most iconic bands.
Come help us launch Rock Sundays the right way — AC/DC + TOOL all in one night. 🤘

Freddie Ravel Quartet
2026-09-12 20:00 - 22:00
Freddie Ravel Quartet
7:30pm Doors
8pm Show
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$30 – General Seating
$40 – VIP Seating
+$10 – At The Door
*One drink minimum per person
Pianist, composer, and #1 recording artist Freddie Ravel seamlessly bridges classical, jazz, rock, and Latin-infused soul. With over 1,500 performances across 84 countries, Ravel has captivated global audiences through his solo releases and collaborations with legends like Earth, Wind & Fire, Carlos Santana, Prince, and Madonna. Join thefounder of Life In Tune™ and his band of virtuosos for an extraordinary night of world-class piano artistry.

Freddie Ravel – Keys and Vocals
Michael O’Neill – Guitar and Vocals
Jerry Watts – Bass
Lucio Viera – Drums

Happy Hour with the Franklin and Mercedes Duo Show
2026-09-12 17:00 - 19:00
The Franklin and Mercedes Duo show featuring traditional swing and modern jazz.

Celso Salim
2026-09-12 14:00 - 17:00
Celso Salim
1:30pm Doors
2pm Show
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$15 – Tickets
*One drink minimum per person
Brazilian guitarist Celso Salim and California harmonica player Darryl Carriere have been making music together for over 2 decades and their music features a soulful blend of guitar & harmonica sounds with exciting compositions rooted in deep blues with hints of rock, country & soul music. Their first album in collaboration ‘About Time’ was released in 2024 and it was featured on the Big Blues Chart Top 100 Albums of that year.
Celso Salim: guitar/vocals
Darryl Carriere: harmonica / vocals
Mike Hightower: bass / harmony vocals
Ed Michaels: drums

Happy Hour with The Robert Van Trio
2026-09-10 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-09-03 17:00 - 19:00
happy hour barside with pianist, Robert Van
Bob Wider- bass
Dave Hunt- drums
No cover

Boom Duo
2026-09-09 19:00 - 22:00
6:30pm Doors
7pm Show
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$10 – Advance
$15 – At the Door
*One drink minimum per person
Boom Duo create spontaneous compositions in the moment exploring traditional and invented song forms, rhythms and soundscapes. Boom Duo is comprised of John Lacques on drums and percussion and Noah Thomas on trumpets and electronics. Lacques has studied and performed in a wide variety of drumming styles including Classical Indian music, jazz, rock, punk and professional theater productions in LA and Ventura Counties. Thomas is a multi-instrumentalist and anthropologist who’s musical journey has included classical, jazz, world music, rock and experimental genres.
Noah Thomas – Trumpet / Electronics
John Lacques – Drums / Percussion

Groove Legacy
2026-09-05 20:00 - 23:00
7:30pm Doors
8pm Show
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Standard Seating: $30
VIP Seating: $40
At the Door: +$10 on all tickets
*One drink minimum per person
Groove Legacy is a Los Angeles-based soul-jazz ensemble that captures the timeless sound of the ’70s, blending jazz, funk, blues, and R&B into a powerful live experience. Inspired by legendary groups like the Crusaders, the band features top-call session musicians who have performed and recorded with some of the biggest names in music. Groove Legacy delivers soulful originals and classic grooves with authenticity, energy, and world-class musicianship .
Led my Billy Steinway- piano (Annie Lennox , The Crusaders , Stevie Wonder ) and Paulie Cerra -Sax & Vocals (Joe Bonamassa, Lionel Richie, Larry Carlton )
Guest Drummer Michael White had played on literally hundreds of hit records. While also being a member of the legendary the group, Frankie Beverly and Maze . Guest Bassist Derrick Murdock also a Crusader veteran . And also played many years in The Tonight Show Band.
https://groovelegacy.com/

Jimmy Calire Happy Hour
2026-09-05 17:00 - 19:00
Jimmy Calire and Friends Happy Hour

Gunhild Carling - Sweden's Queen of Swing (Two Shows)
2026-09-04 20:00
Gunhild Carling – Sweden’s Queen of Swing
Early Show: 8pm – PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
Late Show: 10pm – PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
General Outer Seating: $35
General Seating: $40
VIP Seating: $50
At The Door: +$10 on all ticket tiers
*One Drink minimum per person
Swedish musical sensation Gunhild Carling is an internationally acclaimed superstar whose show is a can’t-miss event! Whether she’s singing favorite swinging jazz standards, playing one of many 11 instruments (trumpet, trombone, harmonica, oboe, harp, flute, recorder, or jazz bagpipe!) or juggling and tap dancing, Gunhild’s sublime showmanship shines. And just wait for the finale – spoiler alert – she plays three trumpets at once!
Carling competed as a celebrity dancer in Let’s Dance 2014 on TV4 placing third. Was also on Sweden’s Dancing with The Stars. Gunhild performed for Sweden’s Got Talent in 2017 and on America’s Got Talent season 2019.
She performed with her ‘Carling Big Band’ at the Royal Palace in Stockholm in the celebration for King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Ruby Jubilee. Performing such great memorable vintage songs such as “Minnie the Moocher,” “Sweet Georgia Brown,” “All of Me,” “It Had to Be You,” and an endless repertoire of songs, Gunhild masterfully takes you back to another era like a time machine.
Between Touring with her own band, she performs in several configurations from solo to The Count Basie Big Band Orchestra & her own Big Band to guesting with symphonies and as a featured singer and multi-instrumentalist in several of Postmodern Jukebox‘s songs, including a 1920s jazz swing version of “Material Girl”, and a 1920s hot jazz cover of ABBA’s “Dancing Queen”. Gunhild Carling keeps serenading audiences in the US and all around the world today in clubs to Jazz Festivals. She has over 70 million views from social media earning her a silver award from You Tube.

Brazilian Jazz with Téka and friends
2026-09-03 19:00 - 22:00
Brazilian Jazz with Téka and friends
6:30pm Doors
7pm Show
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$15 – Advance
$20 – At The Door
*One drink minimum per person
A native of Londrina, Brazil, Téka mastered the traditions of Brazilian music at an
early age. Along the way, she became equally entranced by American jazz. As
her artistry grew, her talented singing and guitar playing fused the sensual
rhythms and harmonies of Brazil with the sophistication and improvisation of
jazz – a fascinating musical blend she calls New Bossa.
Téka has performed and recorded with Brazilian legends Hermeto Pascoal ,
Gilberto Gil, Flora Purim and Airto Moreira.
Her first CD, Garden Planet, included original music with an environmental
theme. Both Garden Planet and her second release, Watercolours of Brazil,
received high praise from critics and audiences.
Reviewing those first two albums, The Los Angeles Times wrote that, “Like João
Gilberto, Téka brings everything into a unified expression, combining her vocal
lines and rhythmic guitar accompaniments into a single, elegantly buoyant
musical blend.”
Her latest release, So Many Stars, was described by the International Review of
Music as “a definitive statement that she has matured into a gifted, world-class
musical artist. Téka has a summer evening breeze quality to her voice always.
She is as smoooooooooooth as bossa nova can be and that is very smooth
indeed.”
Téka – vocals & guitar
Alyse Korn – piano
Robert Kyle – sax/flute/percussion

Mark Hummel's All-Stars w/Junior Watson, Anson Funderburgh & RJ Mischo
2026-09-02 19:00 - 22:00
Mark Hummel’s All-Stars w/Junior Watson, Anson Funderburgh & RJ Mischo
6:30pm Doors
7PM Show
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$20 Advance
$25 At The Door
*One Drink minimum per person
This is a super lineup!!!I enjoy every one of these great musicians, and having them all together at the same time would be an over-the-top treat for any music fan. This could be historic!
-Charlie Musselwhite
Rockinitus Records’ Road Dog is Mark Hummel’s newest CD/LP, featuring mostly recordings from 2024, complemented by three previously unissued tracks from the 2015 sessions for Golden State Lone Star, along with a couple of previously unreleased gems. The All Stars on this recording are some of the most revered players in the Traditional Blues Genre — guitarists Anson Funderburgh and Junior Watson, in-demand drummer Wes Starr, Elvin Bishop sideman and Fabulous Thunderbird members Bob Welsh on piano, Kedar Roy on bass, plus bandleader and master blaster Mark Hummel. Six songs are original while others are well chosen covers.
MARK HUMMEL was born on the East Coast but raised in Los Angeles. He took up an interest in blues harp and rock-blues music in high school but soon discovered the originators — Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson and Little Walter, to name a few. Soon, Hummel was frequenting the legendary Ash Grove on Melrose Avenue in LA where he saw three blues legends he would later work with on a regular basis: Charlie Musselwhite, Brownie McGhee and James Cotton. By 1985, Mark Hummel’s Blues Survivors hit the road full time and never looked back. Hummel has been featured on over thirty recordings since 1985, including his Grammy-nominated, Blues Music Award-winning 2014 Blind Pig Records release, Remembering Little Walter.
Mark Hummel is one of today’s most respected traditional blues artists, recognized for his exceptional musicianship and lifelong dedication to preserving the blues tradition.
Born and raised in Plano, Texas, Blues Music Award winner ANSON FUNDERBURGH’s musical journey began at an early age. When he was eight or nine years old, Funderburgh received his first guitar. A box of 45s accompanied it – Jimmy Reed, T-Bone Walker, B.B. King, Albert Collins, Freddie King, and Ray Sharpe— singles that pointed him on his musical path. Funderburgh taught himself to play the guitar and went on to make a living doing what he loved with that set of strings. In 1978, he formed the iconic blues band, Anson Funderburgh and The Rockets, who continue to define the sound of modern-day Texas blues. Throughout his career, Funderburgh has had the privilege of sharing the stage and working and recording with many of the biggest names in blues, including Delbert McClinton and Jimmie Vaughan, along with countless others. His unmistakable style, tone, and sensibility have made him one of contemporary blues music’s most important guitar players.
Today, Funderburgh is widely regarded as a legacy artist whose influence on generations of blues guitarists is immeasurable.
JUNIOR WATSON is widely regarded as one of the premier architects of the West Coast blues guitar sound. A first-call session musician and acclaimed solo artist, he has appeared on more than 200 recordings and has performed with blues legends including Charlie Musselwhite, Kim Wilson, William Clarke, Rod Piazza, Jimmy Rogers, Canned Heat, and many others. His unmistakable tone, swing, and tasteful playing have made him one of the most respected guitarists in modern blues.
