The Expendables return to Ventura Music Hall on Thursday, March 18

The California reggae-rock band, longtime regulars on Ventura's stages, book the 635-capacity room again for next spring.

In Ventura, The Expendables aren't a new name on a poster. They're a band locals have been seeing for years, and they keep coming back. The latest: The Expendables announced on Nov. 3 that they'll play Ventura Music Hall on Thursday, March 18, 2027, at 8 p.m. Tickets run $10–$69.50 through the venue's Tixr page.

If you're new to them, The Expendables are a California band known for blending reggae, rock, surf, ska, punk and blues, a mix that has made them a mainstay of West Coast reggae-rock, per The Lanthorn. Their annual Winter Blackout Tour has taken them through clubs and theaters across the country for years, and Ventura has been a regular stop. Pollstar's listings for the 2015 Winter Blackout run put them at the Majestic Ventura Theater, and the 2014 tour stopped there too.

More recently, they've moved over to Ventura Music Hall. The band played the room on Nov. 20, 2025, an all-ages show, per Visit Ventura. So the March date is a return to a room that already worked for them, about 16 months later.

Not a new name on a poster, but a band locals have been seeing for years.

Why this room? Ventura Music Hall holds 635, a good size for a band whose shows run on the energy of the crowd. It's big enough to feel like an event and small enough that you're never far from the stage when a guitar solo takes off. For a band that has spent years in clubs and theaters, a few hundred people packed onto a floor is the natural setting.

When to buy? The price range runs from $10 to $69.50, which suggests a spread of ticket types, and the cheapest tiers on a range like that tend to go first. Ventura Music Hall's room is small enough that a band with this much local history can fill it. If you know you're going, buy now rather than in March.

A practical note: it's a Thursday at 8 p.m., so a weeknight. For Santa Barbara fans, it's a short drive down the 101, and for Ventura locals, it's an easy night downtown.

Some bands come through town once and move on. The Expendables keep coming back, and Ventura keeps showing up for them. March 18 is the next chapter of that story.

Sources: The Expendables at Ventura Music Hall (Tixr) (tixr.com); The Expendables lift up Grand Rapids during drab winter season (The Lanthorn) (lanthorn.com); The Expendables to launch Winter Blackout in January (Pollstar) (news.pollstar.com); Winter Blackout Tour 2014 (The Pier) (thepier.org); The Expendables at Ventura Music Hall (Visit Ventura) (visitventuraca.com)