The California Honeydrops - Sweet Like That Tour 2026
A band with no setlist and a habit of walking off the stage into the middle of the floor works better in some rooms than others, and a flat-floor converted bowling alley is close to ideal — there is nowhere for the audience to hide. The music is second-line brass, Bay Area soul and old blues played by people who started out busking and never lost the instinct for reading a crowd directly. Requests get taken. Nobody stands still for long. A Tuesday night in Ventura means a smaller and more local room than the weekend dates on this run. Music at 8:00 PM on East Thompson Boulevard. Weeknight shows by bands this participatory are the ones people talk about at work the next day and cannot adequately explain.
A band with no setlist and a habit of walking off the stage into the middle of the floor works better in some rooms than others, and a flat-floor converted bowling alley is close to ideal — there is nowhere for the audience to hide. The music is second-line brass, Bay Area soul and old blues played by people who started out busking and never lost the instinct for reading a crowd directly. Requests get taken. Nobody stands still for long. A Tuesday night in Ventura means a smaller and more local room than the weekend dates on this run. Music at 8:00 PM on East Thompson Boulevard. Weeknight shows by bands this participatory are the ones people talk about at work the next day and cannot adequately explain.
A band with no setlist and a habit of walking off the stage into the middle of the floor works better in some rooms than others, and a flat-floor converted bowling alley is close to ideal — there is nowhere for the audience to hide. The music is second-line brass, Bay Area soul and old blues played by people who started out busking and never lost the instinct for reading a crowd directly. Requests get taken. Nobody stands still for long. A Tuesday night in Ventura means a smaller and more local room than the weekend dates on this run. Music at 8:00 PM on East Thompson Boulevard. Weeknight shows by bands this participatory are the ones people talk about at work the next day and cannot adequately explain.