Ohana Festival Update

Luckytwn1

whitepants said:

I just received notice that my layaway payment plan for Ohana just processed the second payment today. Per the receipt, I put a down payment of $170 in Feb 2020, no more payments for the remainder of the year. Today, the second payment hit on March 15th, with the next two on the 15th of each month. Ohana is happening people!!!

Doesn’t mean anything of the sort. All shows are still selling tickets for their currently scheduled dates, including Ohana. That has been the case throughout the pandemic. Thus, the payment plans are being charged. Dates are then being moved as needed. The question is whether Ohana will need to be moved (again). That has not been answered yet, we’re almost certainly not even close to an answer. 

RatherStarved

Luckytwn1 said:

whitepants said:

I just received notice that my layaway payment plan for Ohana just processed the second payment today. Per the receipt, I put a down payment of $170 in Feb 2020, no more payments for the remainder of the year. Today, the second payment hit on March 15th, with the next two on the 15th of each month. Ohana is happening people!!!

Doesn’t mean anything of the sort. All shows are still selling tickets for their currently scheduled dates, including Ohana. That has been the case throughout the pandemic. Thus, the payment plans are being charged. Dates are then being moved as needed. The question is whether Ohana will need to be moved (again). That has not been answered yet, we’re almost certainly not even close to an answer. 

You could have just ditto’d what I said

PB11041

Luckytwn1 said:

whitepants said:

I just received notice that my layaway payment plan for Ohana just processed the second payment today. Per the receipt, I put a down payment of $170 in Feb 2020, no more payments for the remainder of the year. Today, the second payment hit on March 15th, with the next two on the 15th of each month. Ohana is happening people!!!

Doesn’t mean anything of the sort. All shows are still selling tickets for their currently scheduled dates, including Ohana. That has been the case throughout the pandemic. Thus, the payment plans are being charged. Dates are then being moved as needed. The question is whether Ohana will need to be moved (again). That has not been answered yet, we’re almost certainly not even close to an answer. 

nothing is ever certain, but pretty odd that they shut down the installments when the show was postponed last year but have them all scheduled out now.   May be a glitch in their system, but likely is at minimum a sign that they think there is a good shot.   All news lately has been pointing to a much better direction.

Luckytwn1

PB11041 said:

Luckytwn1 said:

whitepants said:

I just received notice that my layaway payment plan for Ohana just processed the second payment today. Per the receipt, I put a down payment of $170 in Feb 2020, no more payments for the remainder of the year. Today, the second payment hit on March 15th, with the next two on the 15th of each month. Ohana is happening people!!!

Doesn’t mean anything of the sort. All shows are still selling tickets for their currently scheduled dates, including Ohana. That has been the case throughout the pandemic. Thus, the payment plans are being charged. Dates are then being moved as needed. The question is whether Ohana will need to be moved (again). That has not been answered yet, we’re almost certainly not even close to an answer. 

nothing is ever certain, but pretty odd that they shut down the installments when the show was postponed last year but have them all scheduled out now.   May be a glitch in their system, but likely is at minimum a sign that they think there is a good shot.   All news lately has been pointing to a much better direction.

Well, yes it means as of now the festival is still scheduled. To stop payments, they would have to cancel or at least postpone again. That is obviously premature so they wouldn’t do that at this point. But you also can’t use it to prove that the festival will happen. Especially since this is an event taking place in CA, as noted before, I would not expect them to make the decision until they absolutely have to. Thus, they had to charge the payment plans as scheduled. 

PB11041

Luckytwn1 said:

PB11041 said:

Luckytwn1 said:

whitepants said:

I just received notice that my layaway payment plan for Ohana just processed the second payment today. Per the receipt, I put a down payment of $170 in Feb 2020, no more payments for the remainder of the year. Today, the second payment hit on March 15th, with the next two on the 15th of each month. Ohana is happening people!!!

Doesn’t mean anything of the sort. All shows are still selling tickets for their currently scheduled dates, including Ohana. That has been the case throughout the pandemic. Thus, the payment plans are being charged. Dates are then being moved as needed. The question is whether Ohana will need to be moved (again). That has not been answered yet, we’re almost certainly not even close to an answer. 

nothing is ever certain, but pretty odd that they shut down the installments when the show was postponed last year but have them all scheduled out now.   May be a glitch in their system, but likely is at minimum a sign that they think there is a good shot.   All news lately has been pointing to a much better direction.

Well, yes it means as of now the festival is still scheduled. To stop payments, they would have to cancel or at least postpone again. That is obviously premature so they wouldn’t do that at this point. But you also can’t use it to prove that the festival will happen. Especially since this is an event taking place in CA, as noted before, I would not expect them to make the decision until they absolutely have to. Thus, they had to charge the payment plans as scheduled. 

The payment plans did not have to be turned on.

Luckytwn1

PB11041 said:

Luckytwn1 said:

PB11041 said:

Luckytwn1 said:

whitepants said:

I just received notice that my layaway payment plan for Ohana just processed the second payment today. Per the receipt, I put a down payment of $170 in Feb 2020, no more payments for the remainder of the year. Today, the second payment hit on March 15th, with the next two on the 15th of each month. Ohana is happening people!!!

Doesn’t mean anything of the sort. All shows are still selling tickets for their currently scheduled dates, including Ohana. That has been the case throughout the pandemic. Thus, the payment plans are being charged. Dates are then being moved as needed. The question is whether Ohana will need to be moved (again). That has not been answered yet, we’re almost certainly not even close to an answer. 

nothing is ever certain, but pretty odd that they shut down the installments when the show was postponed last year but have them all scheduled out now.   May be a glitch in their system, but likely is at minimum a sign that they think there is a good shot.   All news lately has been pointing to a much better direction.

Well, yes it means as of now the festival is still scheduled. To stop payments, they would have to cancel or at least postpone again. That is obviously premature so they wouldn’t do that at this point. But you also can’t use it to prove that the festival will happen. Especially since this is an event taking place in CA, as noted before, I would not expect them to make the decision until they absolutely have to. Thus, they had to charge the payment plans as scheduled. 

The payment plans did not have to be turned on.

Completely incorrect. We were notified the new payment dates last fall, again because they are continuing to sell tickets for 2021. The payment plan dates are consistent with what they would have been for this year without a pandemic. Ticket sales are proceeding for all events as they normally would and they are proceeding as if the show will go on. That is what all tours are doing, right up until they are not. 

PB11041

Luckytwn1 said:

PB11041 said:

Luckytwn1 said:

PB11041 said:

Luckytwn1 said:

whitepants said:

I just received notice that my layaway payment plan for Ohana just processed the second payment today. Per the receipt, I put a down payment of $170 in Feb 2020, no more payments for the remainder of the year. Today, the second payment hit on March 15th, with the next two on the 15th of each month. Ohana is happening people!!!

Doesn’t mean anything of the sort. All shows are still selling tickets for their currently scheduled dates, including Ohana. That has been the case throughout the pandemic. Thus, the payment plans are being charged. Dates are then being moved as needed. The question is whether Ohana will need to be moved (again). That has not been answered yet, we’re almost certainly not even close to an answer. 

nothing is ever certain, but pretty odd that they shut down the installments when the show was postponed last year but have them all scheduled out now.   May be a glitch in their system, but likely is at minimum a sign that they think there is a good shot.   All news lately has been pointing to a much better direction.

Well, yes it means as of now the festival is still scheduled. To stop payments, they would have to cancel or at least postpone again. That is obviously premature so they wouldn’t do that at this point. But you also can’t use it to prove that the festival will happen. Especially since this is an event taking place in CA, as noted before, I would not expect them to make the decision until they absolutely have to. Thus, they had to charge the payment plans as scheduled. 

The payment plans did not have to be turned on.

Completely incorrect. We were notified the new payment dates last fall, again because they are continuing to sell tickets for 2021. The payment plan dates are consistent with what they would have been for this year without a pandemic. Ticket sales are proceeding for all events as they normally would and they are proceeding as if the show will go on. That is what all tours are doing, right up until they are not. 

The annoucnement was on June 22nd.  They didn't have to turn it on.  They went ahead with the plan because it is looking more likely.  Ticket sales proceeding for unsold tickets does not dictate they had to turn on the balance due payments.  Also that is not what all tours are doing.  Some are, some are not.  Some offered refurnds, some flat out cancelled.  Some tours allowed fans to keep tickets for dates that are yet even known.  

They did not have to keep the schedule as reconfigured, it was a choice to move forward, which is a risk, because if they postpone again they will need to open another round of refunds which can be costly.   The ticket managment company are taking a calculated risk that things will move forward.

RatherStarved

I agree with Luckytwn, but so badly want to agree with PB11041.

Luckytwn1

PB11041 said:

Luckytwn1 said:

PB11041 said:

Luckytwn1 said:

PB11041 said:

Luckytwn1 said:

whitepants said:

I just received notice that my layaway payment plan for Ohana just processed the second payment today. Per the receipt, I put a down payment of $170 in Feb 2020, no more payments for the remainder of the year. Today, the second payment hit on March 15th, with the next two on the 15th of each month. Ohana is happening people!!!

Doesn’t mean anything of the sort. All shows are still selling tickets for their currently scheduled dates, including Ohana. That has been the case throughout the pandemic. Thus, the payment plans are being charged. Dates are then being moved as needed. The question is whether Ohana will need to be moved (again). That has not been answered yet, we’re almost certainly not even close to an answer. 

nothing is ever certain, but pretty odd that they shut down the installments when the show was postponed last year but have them all scheduled out now.   May be a glitch in their system, but likely is at minimum a sign that they think there is a good shot.   All news lately has been pointing to a much better direction.

Well, yes it means as of now the festival is still scheduled. To stop payments, they would have to cancel or at least postpone again. That is obviously premature so they wouldn’t do that at this point. But you also can’t use it to prove that the festival will happen. Especially since this is an event taking place in CA, as noted before, I would not expect them to make the decision until they absolutely have to. Thus, they had to charge the payment plans as scheduled. 

The payment plans did not have to be turned on.

Completely incorrect. We were notified the new payment dates last fall, again because they are continuing to sell tickets for 2021. The payment plan dates are consistent with what they would have been for this year without a pandemic. Ticket sales are proceeding for all events as they normally would and they are proceeding as if the show will go on. That is what all tours are doing, right up until they are not. 

The annoucnement was on June 22nd.  They didn't have to turn it on.  They went ahead with the plan because it is looking more likely.  Ticket sales proceeding for unsold tickets does not dictate they had to turn on the balance due payments.  Also that is not what all tours are doing.  Some are, some are not.  Some offered refurnds, some flat out cancelled.  Some tours allowed fans to keep tickets for dates that are yet even known.  

They did not have to keep the schedule as reconfigured, it was a choice to move forward, which is a risk, because if they postpone again they will need to open another round of refunds which can be costly.   The ticket managment company are taking a calculated risk that things will move forward.

You’re mixing up all sorts of things. Tours offered refunds for cancelled or postponed dates, of course they did. Ohana 2020, there were potential refunds. But for what you’re talking about, the payment plan is part of the sales for Ohana 2021. They are continuing sales as all currently scheduled dates on all tours are doing and having people pay for those tickets. They will sell tickets up to the second they need to potentially move the date again as has been industry standard throughout the pandemic. 

Mercury

I’ll throw my two cents/experience in here. I’ve had my Airbnb booked since September 2020 but only purchased tickets on Saturday 3/13/21.  It charged in full, as you’d expect for any ticket purchase. So I don’t think it indicates anything one way or another except that the festival is on unless it isn’t. And it hasn’t been cancelled yet so if you purchase tickets it’s gonna charge you. Doesn’t mean the fest is a lock. If you want to read into things the social media posts promoting the new Kings of Leon album when it dropped feel more indicative of a festival that wants to sell tickets than one just waiting around to be cancelled but nobody knows. That’s just the truth. All news is good and I am hopeful but we’ll have to continue waiting to find out. 

vedpunk

PJ @ ACL after Ohana. Count on it (minus COVID)

ComeToTX

Sounds perfect!

LeafsJaysCubsRaptorsFan

This can’t be real:
https://chipandco.com/no-screaming-allowed-on-coasters-in-california-423394/

if you can’t yell or scream on a rollercoaster, how can concerts possibly happen?

RatherStarved

LeafsJaysCubsRaptorsFan said:

This can’t be real:h
https://chipandco.com/no-screaming-allowed-on-coasters-in-california-423394/

if you can’t yell or scream on a rollercoaster, how can concerts possibly happen?

Three hour version of Even Flow?

bootlegger10

I hope if Ohana goes on that PJ plays two nights instead of Ed solo one night.  Ed is great, but I would always prefer to see the band.

Luckytwn1

LeafsJaysCubsRaptorsFan said:

This can’t be real:
https://chipandco.com/no-screaming-allowed-on-coasters-in-california-423394/

if you can’t yell or scream on a rollercoaster, how can concerts possibly happen?

People outside the state don’t seem to understand how serious the protocols are here. Now screaming on a ride would be difficult to enforce but when you see that you know at this moment, there is a zero point zero chance any concerts with a large audience massed together will happen anytime soon. Now whether that changes by September, that is the question but as stated previously, probably the safe thing is to presume it won’t and hope for the best.

matt84

bootlegger10 said:

I hope if Ohana goes on that PJ plays two nights instead of Ed solo one night.  Ed is great, but I would always prefer to see the band.

If the event goes ahead it will be my first Ohana. Eddie is definitely the main draw to me over Pearl Jam. It wouldn’t be Ohana without Ed’s set.

PJNB

bootlegger10 said:

I hope if Ohana goes on that PJ plays two nights instead of Ed solo one night.  Ed is great, but I would always prefer to see the band.

This for sure. Eddie opening with a 10 song set for a 22-24 song set one night would be sick though! When they planned the California shows they were doing 5 Pearl Jam shows in one calendar year. Wonder if that would change like you said with a back to back Pearl Jam if they actually have the fest go on and it being the only shows in west coast this year.

LeafsJaysCubsRaptorsFan

Luckytwn1 said:

LeafsJaysCubsRaptorsFan said:

This can’t be real:
https://chipandco.com/no-screaming-allowed-on-coasters-in-california-423394/

if you can’t yell or scream on a rollercoaster, how can concerts possibly happen?

People outside the state don’t seem to understand how serious the protocols are here. Now screaming on a ride would be difficult to enforce but when you see that you know at this moment, there is a zero point zero chance any concerts with a large audience massed together will happen anytime soon. Now whether that changes by September, that is the question but as stated previously, probably the safe thing is to presume it won’t and hope for the best.

I understand very much. My sister lives in Los Angeles. I just find it comical that they expect people not to scream on a ride. No chance I’m getting on guardians of the galaxy and not screaming like a girl. Same with splash mountain and a few others. 

JOEJOEJOE

Variety is reporting that Coachella is being postponed for October 2021 to April 2022.  Not a good sign.