February 20th 5-7pm 

DONNA LYNN CASKEY live!

Enjoy meeting the artists, listening to wonderful live music from local musicians and sharing nibbles and wine.

Donna Lynn Caskey is an innovative clawhammer “Banjo Gal,” as she is known, and so much more. A strong songwriter, her work simultaneously acknowledges life’s difficulties and offers a genuine message of hope. Her sound retains a timeless quality that hearkens back to traditional old-time mountain music and bluegrass while artfully exploring contemporary subject matter. Audiences appreciate Donna Lynn’s heartfelt, playful, and engaging stage presence and the opportunity to sing along during performances. For more information, please connect via her website www.donnalynncaskey.com and social media.

January 2026 Newsletter

OVA Arts 3rd Friday Downtown Ojai
Friday, December 19th 5–7pm
Join us every 3rd Friday 5–7pm
Refreshments | Live Music | Art | Community
Enjoy meeting the artists, listening to wonderful live music from local musicians and sharing nibbles and wine.
Andrea Victoria Van Allen will be performing. She brings her unique blend of Americana folk with her own  originals to the Ova arts stage.

OVA Arts 3rd Friday Downtown Ojai

Friday, September 19th 5–7pm

Refreshments / Art / Live Music / Community

with Kathleen Robertson

Kathleen Robertson is a professional violinist based in Ojai. Although trained classically from a young age, she is at home in a number of musical genres. Her credits include hundreds of recordings in the Los Angeles recording studios. Kathleen played on movie soundtracks such as Elemental, The Greatest Showman, Up in the Air, A Man Called Otto, and Finding Dory. She was the Concertmaster for the Pantages Theater in Hollywood for 20 years for shows such as Wicked, Hamilton and Lion King and has recorded/performed with Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Sting, Dave Matthews, Mary J. Blige, Annie Lennox, Elvis Costello, Burt Bacharach, Ray Charles, and many others. When she’s not on the stage or in the recording studios, she can be found teaching at her home studio in Ojai or leading the Ojai Chamber String Orchestra.

OVA Arts 3rd Friday Downtown Ojai
Friday, July 18th 5–7pm
Refreshments / Art / Live Music / Community

Sus Corez will bring her acoustic soul music to the OVA Arts Stage on July 18th. Influenced by singer-songwriters of the 70’s, (think Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne) and funky rhythms by the likes of the Rascals and Aretha Franklin it is sure to be an evening celebrating music and song!

OVA ARTS 3RD FRIDAY DOWNTOWN OJAI

Friday, June 20th 5-7pm

Refreshments / Live Music / Art / Community

Her name is Jade Hendrix, a name you won’t forget once you’ve heard her sing. Jade’s talent is undeniable; her music, irresistible. She grew up in Ojai, California, in the valley of the purple shadows, the daughter of Sharon Hendrix, a popular backup singer for performers Tom Jones, Natalie Cole and Barry Manilow, among others, and her Dad, Michael Roach, who was captain of a dive expedition boat off Channel Island Harbor.

Please welcome New Artist Duane Dammeyer