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Surf Bonanza returns to the salubrious Newcastle venue The Cluny!
Performances by The Wax Phantoms, The Milk Lizards, The Spiratones and The Del Roswells.
Pay on the door, or tickets available here
Will you still be in town after the big weekend? Will you be waiting around for Tiki Oasis? Are you a glutton for reverb?
We've got you covered.
Beyond stoked to announce that Daikaiju will be storming their way into Sacramento Friday July 5th! The wait is over! This is the perfect way to kick off the first annual Capital City Surf Clash. We have been trying to make this happen for a while and finally the stars lined up and we got em. Joining us on this bill and opening the show will be The Bloat Floaters. Yep, a full night of surf coming at you and dare we say the greatest surf show in Sac in quite some time. We will post the advanced tix link as soon as we get it, because you don't want to miss out on this! Reverb, set, Daikaiju!
Les Agamemnonz will be appearing at the Prince Albert in Brighton on Friday June 7th 2024. Support is from The Tridents and The Space Agency.
Advance tickets are currently available online here: Link
Subject to availability, tickets will be available on the door at £10.
Doors at 8:00 pm.
The Royal Aces "Residency" at Salita in Denver
The Royal Aces have been scheduled to play for "Tiki Tuesday" on the first Tuesday of every month, up to September, at Denver's popular new Salita ("Coffee and Cocktails".) This will take place from 7 to 9 pm, and the location is 7th and Grant.
Olaguay (Chicha/Psych/Surf) and The Wretched Edsels will be playing at the The Sardine in San Pedro on Leap Year's Day 2-29-24
Stay tuned for more information!
Ticket and venue information: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/5366046/agent-orange--sacramento-harlows
Our (13th) such gathering of 'stalwart' Ventures fans The World Over will be held SATURDAY OCTOBER 8TH from 9 AM-9 PM.
Additional Details:
BALLROOM AT THE PHOENIX 1661 Mill Road, Upper Chichester, Pa.
Cover charge for the day's activities is $75 & includes breakfest, lunch & dinner, all day music, memorabilia & sale item tables & a silent auction!
The theme for this year's event is: TOGETHER IN HEAVEN as we pay tribute to co-founder rhythm guitarist DON WILSON! On hand as special guests will be members of The Wilson & Bogle Families, Ventures business manager Fiona Taylor & Bob Shade of Hallmark Guitars. There's also a good chance a couple current Ventures band members join in the festivities!
For those comin' from afar- hotel accomodations have been set up at the BRADYWINE PLAZA HOTEL in Claymont, Delaware!
If you're unable to attend- please consider 'support' in some form whether purchasing a 'comemorative' T-shirt, program &/or post DVD SET. More details & questions answered by direct e-mail: TABALT11@YAHOO.COM!
I like to say this often- "It only takes attending (1) Ventures fan fest to get hooked for many more!"
After 2 cancelations due to Covid 19, we finally can announce a new date for Aloha Fest 5! Saturday march 12, 2022! Over the past years Aloha Fest has grown to a steady gathering of surf music fans and it is the biggest indoor (winter) surf festival of Europe!
As always the festival is organized and curated by Aloha Sluts guitar player and concert photographer Arny Raedts (aka ArnyZona). We are lucky to have a lot of support from one of the best concert halls in the Netherlands, for a ‘niche’ genre like surf music. A big thank you to Grenswerk! Like previous editions we have non-stop live music on 2 stages. And we are proud to announce that we can welcome The Tremolo Beer Gut as the headliner this year. Due to popular demand, because Grenswerk concert visitors voted them in to the top 10 of all time greatest live bands (Aloha Fest 2).
So what else is new? Nothing! We still have an on site market, with a record store, thanx to Eddy Lucca (https://surfinsbackagain.shop/). Due to the Covid 19 restrictions we do not know if we can have our regular barbershop and plans for a tattoo parlor and or massage shop are in the closet again 
This edition’s line up is (in chronicle order):
Black Django’s (NL, this trio does the Doors version of the Ventures so well, they don’t need a bass player!)
Aloha Sluts (NL, the Dutch answer to Link Wray, only the guitar player is a bit uglier)
The Surfbeat Club (NL & B, traditional reverb drenched surf from a bunch of rocknroll outlaws)
Los Venturas (B, gogo…. Ehm gogo…. Yes…. gogo and shake your booty!)
Thee Andrew Surfers (B, legendary trio that is half of Fifty Foot Combo. They don’t play that much any more, so this is some kind of reunion)
The Tremelo Beer Gut (DK, doing an exclusive stop over show on their way to SXSW, Austin. Only that Yebo can visit his favorite wine bar in Venlo on his birthday. Please don’t tell him that Bert, the bar owner, has him on the ‘no entrance’ list! Thanx a lot Martin!)
For new visitors: Venlo is a town on the border of Germany and the Netherlands. There are several airports in less than an hour away (Dusseldorf, Eindhoven, Weeze, Maastricht-Aachen, Bonn-Cologne). The venue Grenswerk, is located in the historic center of Venlo, on the banks of the river Meuse. There are several hotels (Hotel Puur, a small boutique hotel, is the closest and cheapest) in 10 minutes walking distance. Please note that parking in Venlo can be expensive, but most hotels offer free parking spaces. Oh and then there is Sounds Record Store, only a 5 minute walk from the venue. The biggest independent record store in the Netherlands and the favorite of Lorenzo (Surfer Joe) and JonPaul Balak. They have a great little restaurant in the back, with a nice lunch menu too!
Need more info, just contact me….
Aloha Fest 5 - an evening of european surf culture
Saturday, March 12 maart 2022
Location: Grenswerk, Peperstraat 10, Venlo, Netherlands
Open: 19:00 uur
Start: 20:00
Presale: 15,- Euros
Door: 17,50 Euros
A great annual event - it starts at 1 pm, and we'll be playing from 3 to 4:30. Two other outstanding bands: Turntable Revue, and Tenth Mountain Division.
