Apr 27 Saturday
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, or simply The Big Phat Band, is an 18-piece jazz orchestra that combines the big band swing of the 1930s and 1940s with contemporary music such as funk and jazz fusion. The band is led by Gordon Goodwin, who arranges, composes, and plays piano and saxophone with the band.
Apr 28 Sunday
What do you do when you can play straight blues or Hendrix style hard rock with equal ease and finesse? A Virginia native, Eli was raised on a strict diet of blues, rock and with a slice of grunge. His guitar work and powerful vocals are moody but very dynamic in delivery that will cause a musical whiplash. “With his fittingly pockmarked voice and virility on guitars, Eli Cook sizes up the old blues music he so clearly values.” – Downbeat Magazine. Tickets are $20 and can be bought on www.NambaArts.com.
May 04 Saturday
Bagpipes with attitude. Drums with a Scottish accent. A blazing rock band and show so hot, it carries its own health warning!
It’s Bagpipes. It’s Rock. It’s Bagrock. AC/DC meets the poet Robert Burns. Where rock anthems sit comfortably alongside the great tunes from the glens and the mountains of Scotland.
It’s The Red Hot Chilli PIPERS – (NOT the Peppers!) -- a 9-piece ensemble consisting of pipers, guitarists, keyboards, and drummers -- who have been rocking the world from New York to Beijing to Melbourne and everywhere in between with musicianship of the highest order and a passion for pipes that will leave you breathless. The band has four music degrees from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and all the pipers and drummers have played at the top level in bagpiping.
May 26 Sunday
Mark Lettieri, six time nominated, five-time Grammy winning guitarist, composer, and producer, brings back his groundbreaking, genre-bending, funky music to the Scherr Forum on Sunday, May 26, 2024, at 7:00 pm.
Lettieri creates acclaimed guitar-based instrumental music and is a member of leading instrumental bands Snarky Puppy and The Fearless Flyers. As a session musician proficient in a multitude of styles, he has recorded and performed in virtually every genre of popular music with both independent and major-label artists.
Outside of Snarky Puppy, Lettieri has released six albums as a leader: Knows (2011), Futurefun (2013), Spark and Echo (2016, #2 on iTunes Jazz and #11 on Billboard Jazz) Deep: The Baritone Sessions(2019, #21 on Billboard Jazz), Things of That Nature (2019, #1 on iTunes Jazz), and most recently, Deep:The Baritone Sessions, Vol. 2 (2021, #2 on iTunes Jazz) that was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Contemporary Instrumental Album category.
May 31 Friday
What makes living here so special? Is it the beach, the weather, the people? We say all three and so much more! In honor of our 35th year, we are celebrating what makes living in Ventura County special with popular songs that highlight local people, pastimes, and places. From the Beach Boys and Marvin Gaye to Carole King and Neil Diamond, along with some of our local composers, we’ll sing to the sun, waves, citrus, and surf! With warmer weather just around the corner, we’re Gold Coast-ing into Summer!
Sep 17 Tuesday
Bonnie Raitt is a singer, songwriter and guitarist whose unique style blends blues, R&B, rock, and pop. After 20 years as a cult favorite, she broke through to the top in the early 90s with her GRAMMY-award winning albums, 'Nick of Time' and 'Luck of the Draw,' which featured hits, "Something To Talk About" and "I Can't Make You Love Me" among others. The thirteen-time Grammy winner was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 and Rolling Stone named the slide guitar ace #54 on their recently updated list of the “250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” and one of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time.”