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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Miki Howard at Catalina Bar
& Grill
Pato Banton at the Pangaea Nightclub
beautiful Mission Park in downtown Ventura. CBF’s main goal
is to shine a light on the craft beer movement and celebrate great
beer! On Saturday there will be over 100 different CRAFT beers
represented, six live bands on two separate stages and mouth-watering food from local vendors. On Sunday, twenty teams from all
over the state will compete in the CBF BBQ Cook off! Guests will
get to sample great BBQ from the competitors and learn some new
BBQ tips. Performing on Saturday are Orlando Napier, The Blue
Baron Band (pictured), Dr. M, Handful Of Luvin, and Shoemaker
Brothers. Performing on Sunday are Tommy Castro, Coco Montoya, Chris Cain, and Michael John & the Bottom Line. Each day
will require a separate ticket. For more information, call (805) 7654294 or visit www.californiabeerfestival.com.
Sonny Rollins at the Royce Hall
Friday, September 9 at 9 p.m.
at 1644 East Thompson Blvd., in Ventura
Pato Banton is a reggae singer and toaster from Birmingham, England. He received the nickname ‘Pato’ (Jamaican Patois for “wise
owl”) from his stepfather, and ‘Banton’ from the disc jockey slang
for a “heavyweight DJ”. Tickets are $10. For more information,
call (805) 641-1500.
Friday, September 16 and Saturday, September 17
at 6725 West Sunset Blvd., in Hollywood
Miki Howard is an American R&B/jazz singer and actress who had
a string of Top 10 hit songs in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Howard’s string of hits also included “Baby, Be Mine”, “Come Share My
Love” and “Love Under New Management”. Hits “Ain’t Nobody
Like You” and “Ain’t Nuthin’ in the World” both peaked at number
one on US Billboard’s Top R&B Singles chart. For more information, call (323) 466-2210 or visit www.catalinajazzclub.com.
California Beer Festival at
the Mission Park
Robert “Bilbo” Walker at
Earl Warren Showgrounds
Thursday, September 22 from 8 p.m.
at 340 Royce Drive, in Los Angeles
Saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins began wailing jazz as a teen
in Harlem. He quickly emerged as a genius in his craft, cutting
his teeth with greats such as Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and
John Coltrane before establishing himself as one jazz’s most important bandleaders. Many of his compositions (St. Thomas, Oleo
and Airegin) have become standards and at the age of 80, he is still
touring, still wailing, and still dazzling audiences around the world.
A 2005 New Yorker profile sums up the unique relationship between the saxophone great and his instrument. “With its brass body,
its pearl-button keys, its mouthpiece, and its cane reed, the horn
becomes the vessel for the epic of Rollins’ talent and the undimmed
power and lore of his jazz ancestors.” Tickets are $25 for the genral public and $15 for UCLA Students. For more information, call
(310) 825-4401 or visit www.uclalive.org.
Saturday, September 17 and Sunday, September 18
in Ventura
This year the California Beer Festival (CBF) is coming back to
Saturday, September 10 at 8 p.m.
at 3400 Calle Real, in Santa Barbara
Robert Walker is a bluesman, he’s a rocker, he sings country, he’ll
even throw in a bluegrass number just to see what happens. He
dresses like Liberace, plays guitar like Chuck Berry and his flamboyant style has made him notorious. The Henderson Brothers will
open the show from 7:15 PM to 7:45 PM. The concert is presented
by the Santa Barbara Blues Society. For more information, call
(805) 722-8155 or visit www.sbblues.org.
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers
with Jackie Greene at the Club Nokia
Saturday, September 10 at 8 p.m.
at 800 West Olympic Blvd., Suite A335, in Los Angeles
Since the release of his first album in April 1986, Bruce Hornsby
has created a musical life that has expanded far and wide to include a broad stylistic range of activity. Hornsby, a thirteen-time
Grammy nominee, won three Grammys in 1987 and with Branford
Marsalis in 1993 for “Best Pop Instrumental Performance” for their
song “Barcelona Mona.” Bruce’s latest nominations were in 2004
for “Song F”, from his Columbia album Halcyon Days, and in 2006
for “Song H” from his box set Intersections. Tickets are $25-$45.
For more information, call (213) 765-7000.
Black Uhuru at the Majestic
Ventura Theater
Tuesday, September 13 at 8 p.m.
at 26 S. Chestnut St., in Ventura
The most successful of the second-generation reggae bands, Black
Uhuru maintained their high quality despite numerous personnel
changes in their 16-year history. Black Uhuru (‘Uhuru’ is Swahili
for ‘Freedom’) best known songs are ‘Sponji Reggae’, ‘What Is
Life’, ‘Shine Eye Gal’, ‘Sinsemelia’ and Michael Rose’s ‘Guess
Who’s Coming To Dinner’ which was inspired by the 1967 film of
the same name. Accompanied by the classic rhythm section of Sly
Dunbar on drums and Robbie Shakespear on bass, Black Uhuru
created a sound that made them a match for any reggae ensemble.
Tickets are $20. For more information, call (805) 653-0721 or visit
www.venturatheater.net.
To have your event listed in the Community Calendar, please fax to
(805) 983-0018 or email [email protected]. Deadline for submission is Friday by 5 p.m.