Ohana Encore Weekend

danlee1095

PhilLeotardo said:

My wife and I are in one of the Ohana Instagram photos- wife taking a selfie, me with Islanders hat

LGI!!!!

lmckenney24

danlee1095 said:

What a weekend and what a run!  Saw all 4 PJ shows from SHN to last night and loved every second. Met so many amazing new people too @lmckenney24 from Atlanta, Anne/Josh from Minneapolis, Chip/Emily from WA, Dave from Philly and Katrina from Golden, CO. What a crew see you all around the bend!

Awesome meeting you as well Dan! Looking forward to next time!

demetrios

https://twitter.com/TheOhanaFest/status/1444717975567622149

PhilLeotardo

Sitting in LAX. Not ready for it to be over yet. Gimme Stone in the airport or something 

1ThoughtKnown

Pearl Jam was awesome, both nights. The RVM on Friday and All Night/Again Today were the highlights for me. Also the story about the mayor of Dana Point and the Afghani interpreters he helped to safety on American soil. 

But how about the other amazing festival acts? I’m going to break this into blown away/very impressed/want to hear more. Any artist not mentioned just wasn’t interesting to me:

Blown Away 
- Amythyst Kiah - what a voice. So blessed to be on the rail for this one. 
- Beck - he brought it. My first Beck live experience, hopefully not the last. 
- Brandi Carlile - I’m a big fan but even if you aren’t how can you not love the Soundgarden, Elton John and Joni Mitchell covers (or the War Pigs tag for her “rock n roll uncle)?

Very Impressed
- Pluralone - JK is one talented MFer. 

- Lord Huron - want to hear more for sure. 

- Joe Wong + Nite Creatures - was on the rail of Tiki Stage for this. MC rocked the kit, the strings/keys/harp was wild with the flute/guitar/bass. Wong even jumped the drums a couple times for a double-kit performance. 

Want to Hear More
- Sleater Kinney - never gotten into them, but the last three songs of the set were really good. Perhaps I need to revisit the catalogue. I tried a decade ago or so and they didn’t do it for me, but maybe I just didn’t get it? 

- NHC - I’m a huge JA fan and CC and DN are monsters. I’m not a FF fan although I do know PS and TH are talented musicians. I saw TH be the front man for McCready and Friends at Big Sky and that was fun (also saw JK sing Purple Rain there… that was incredible). It was a fun set, I want to hear the new album.

Best part of a festival Is being exposed to different bands and EV and the team did an awesome job with this one. 

sunvalleylaw

666erm said:

OceansJenny said:

chukdotcom said:

Buckle Up is terrible live. Never play that again. Ever. Unless it is when I have to go to the bathroom. Then do whatever you want.

Poor Stone. His one song.

Amazing song and it sounded great last night 

I liked it! I like any of the new ones they played. Dance’o the C rocked too and Superblood Wolfmoon as an opener was great. It was only my third live show, but it was the best so far. Way more energy and intensity than the two MT. Shows I have seen previously. Though maybe that is a different vibe they bring for Montana. So I think part of it was all fired up the performances were for the female performers Who in my opinion all killed it. Especially Sleater-Kinney and Brandi Carlile band. BCD is crashing on this nation like a wave right now in my opinion.

Luckytwn1

I thought last night was another fantastic night. Very up tempo and high energy from start to finish. Having seen all four, my favorite was Ohana 1. Retrograde as an opener was great, Alright was a stunner, and the version of Immortality was tremendous. And the kicker was Brandi on Betterman. Utterly awesome. 

Wonderful nights on the beach on both coasts. Hope they plan to release them. 

sunvalleylaw

Luckytwn1 said:

I thought last night was another fantastic night. Very up tempo and high energy from start to finish. Having seen all four, my favorite was Ohana 1. Retrograde as an opener was great, Alright was a stunner, and the version of Immortality was tremendous. And the kicker was Brandi on Betterman. Utterly awesome. 

Wonderful nights on the beach on both coasts. Hope they plan to release them. 

That would be awesome if they did. 

PJNB

Sitting at home now able to reflect on the short trip to California a little better. Rearviewmirror, Corduroy and some how RITFW were the highlights that are sticking out the most to me. Also they are nailing the Gigaton songs live and you can tell they are having a lot of fun finally play them for us.

I am also really enjoying the changes to the old songs they have made. Less extended singalongs and more of the band just jamming it out to new levels. These shows were a lot of fun but I am not going to lie the length is really the only complaint I have as the shows flew by. Now I have even more of an itch to see some full length arena shows. They played very few repeats though which was great to see. Nice meeting a lot of you forum members and look forward to meeting up at the next tour. 

Gern Blansten

gotthebottle said:

superfuzz30 said:

I have VIP and I think the views from where VIP rail is, are quite great. Yes you gotta stand (or steal a stool) but that view with very little effort to get it is pretty amazing.

That said, I need to be closer so I was out in GA. However the vip makes taking those quick bathtoom/drink/food breaks insanely fast so you can get back to your held spot. Is it worth that $? 🤷‍♂️

No... because all the years I've beento this festival I've never had problem with those things

I have to agree here.  In GA you do need to go to the port-o-lets which takes an extra few minutes but I never had an issue getting an open one immediately...sometimes you just have to go to the back as people will line up at the front units but the back is totally open.

Food and beer was always pretty easy to get except for them cutting off at 9pm.

VIP pissed me off for the first Sunday.  The complimentary "gourmet bites" they were supposed to offer were sparse.  As soon as they replenished them the vultures ran in and gobbled them all up. Then they stopped serving at 6PM!

curmudgeoness

Gern Blansten said:

gotthebottle said:

superfuzz30 said:

I have VIP and I think the views from where VIP rail is, are quite great. Yes you gotta stand (or steal a stool) but that view with very little effort to get it is pretty amazing.

That said, I need to be closer so I was out in GA. However the vip makes taking those quick bathtoom/drink/food breaks insanely fast so you can get back to your held spot. Is it worth that $? 🤷‍♂️

No... because all the years I've beento this festival I've never had problem with those things

I have to agree here.  In GA you do need to go to the port-o-lets which takes an extra few minutes but I never had an issue getting an open one immediately...sometimes you just have to go to the back as people will line up at the front units but the back is totally open.

Food and beer was always pretty easy to get except for them cutting off at 9pm.

VIP pissed me off for the first Sunday.  The complimentary "gourmet bites" they were supposed to offer were sparse.  As soon as they replenished them the vultures ran in and gobbled them all up. Then they stopped serving at 6PM!

That scene tends to be a lot like sample carts at Costco. This weekend the new "thing" was to grab all of the tables and stools and haul them down to the rail. :-(

Bentleyspop

curmudgeoness said:

Gern Blansten said:

gotthebottle said:

superfuzz30 said:

I have VIP and I think the views from where VIP rail is, are quite great. Yes you gotta stand (or steal a stool) but that view with very little effort to get it is pretty amazing.

That said, I need to be closer so I was out in GA. However the vip makes taking those quick bathtoom/drink/food breaks insanely fast so you can get back to your held spot. Is it worth that $? 🤷‍♂️

No... because all the years I've beento this festival I've never had problem with those things

I have to agree here.  In GA you do need to go to the port-o-lets which takes an extra few minutes but I never had an issue getting an open one immediately...sometimes you just have to go to the back as people will line up at the front units but the back is totally open.

Food and beer was always pretty easy to get except for them cutting off at 9pm.

VIP pissed me off for the first Sunday.  The complimentary "gourmet bites" they were supposed to offer were sparse.  As soon as they replenished them the vultures ran in and gobbled them all up. Then they stopped serving at 6PM!

That scene tends to be a lot like sample carts at Costco. This weekend the new "thing" was to grab all of the tables and stools and haul them down to the rail. :-(

I saw the stools at the rail for the first Sunday and wondered what would happen when PJ came on.
Sure enough before PJ the stools got passed overhead and out of the way.
Not surprised people tried to do this with tables too.

Gern Blansten

Yeah we were laughing at the people with tables that were moving them around 7pm last Sunday.  They were likely thinking how great it will be to have a seated spot at a table to watch PJ only to be surrounded by other VIPs when PJ came on.

curmudgeoness

Gern Blansten said:

Yeah we were laughing at the people with tables that were moving them around 7pm last Sunday.  They were likely thinking how great it will be to have a seated spot at a table to watch PJ only to be surrounded by other VIPs when PJ came on.

I guess my feeling is, you want to be on the rail, go ahead and put in the time. I want to sit way back at the tables and chill. Hauling all the tables down to the rail? Not cool.

Gern Blansten

curmudgeoness said:

Gern Blansten said:

Yeah we were laughing at the people with tables that were moving them around 7pm last Sunday.  They were likely thinking how great it will be to have a seated spot at a table to watch PJ only to be surrounded by other VIPs when PJ came on.

I guess my feeling is, you want to be on the rail, go ahead and put in the time. I want to sit way back at the tables and chill. Hauling all the tables down to the rail? Not cool.

Exactly.  I was surprised that no one came to make them move it back. It kind of gave everyone the go ahead to move whatever they wanted anywhere they wanted.

gotthebottle

Beaches now closed in Dana Point thanks to the oil spill... no fishing in the waters, no anything... horrible impact on environment.  I'll moving south abs spreading.. not supposed to get us in SD....

gotthebottle

curmudgeoness said:

Gern Blansten said:

gotthebottle said:

superfuzz30 said:

I have VIP and I think the views from where VIP rail is, are quite great. Yes you gotta stand (or steal a stool) but that view with very little effort to get it is pretty amazing.

That said, I need to be closer so I was out in GA. However the vip makes taking those quick bathtoom/drink/food breaks insanely fast so you can get back to your held spot. Is it worth that $? 🤷‍♂️

No... because all the years I've beento this festival I've never had problem with those things

I have to agree here.  In GA you do need to go to the port-o-lets which takes an extra few minutes but I never had an issue getting an open one immediately...sometimes you just have to go to the back as people will line up at the front units but the back is totally open.

Food and beer was always pretty easy to get except for them cutting off at 9pm.

VIP pissed me off for the first Sunday.  The complimentary "gourmet bites" they were supposed to offer were sparse.  As soon as they replenished them the vultures ran in and gobbled them all up. Then they stopped serving at 6PM!

That scene tends to be a lot like sample carts at Costco. This weekend the new "thing" was to grab all of the tables and stools and haul them down to the rail. :-(

See?  VIP huge waste of $$. I happily moved around the fringes of GA each night.. found spots to see and to jump and and dance. I'm same age as Ed and I can't be bothered to sit in one place all day. 

RatherStarved

gotthebottle said:

curmudgeoness said:

Gern Blansten said:

gotthebottle said:

superfuzz30 said:

I have VIP and I think the views from where VIP rail is, are quite great. Yes you gotta stand (or steal a stool) but that view with very little effort to get it is pretty amazing.

That said, I need to be closer so I was out in GA. However the vip makes taking those quick bathtoom/drink/food breaks insanely fast so you can get back to your held spot. Is it worth that $? 🤷‍♂️

No... because all the years I've beento this festival I've never had problem with those things

I have to agree here.  In GA you do need to go to the port-o-lets which takes an extra few minutes but I never had an issue getting an open one immediately...sometimes you just have to go to the back as people will line up at the front units but the back is totally open.

Food and beer was always pretty easy to get except for them cutting off at 9pm.

VIP pissed me off for the first Sunday.  The complimentary "gourmet bites" they were supposed to offer were sparse.  As soon as they replenished them the vultures ran in and gobbled them all up. Then they stopped serving at 6PM!

That scene tends to be a lot like sample carts at Costco. This weekend the new "thing" was to grab all of the tables and stools and haul them down to the rail. :-(

See?  VIP huge waste of $$. I happily moved around the fringes of GA each night.. found spots to see and to jump and and dance. I'm same age as Ed and I can't be bothered to sit in one place all day. 

Ohana is designed such that VIP is truly a waste of money. On the other hand at other festivals such as SHN you get more value out of it in my opinion.  You really need to understand the festival layout.

Gern Blansten

gotthebottle said:

curmudgeoness said:

Gern Blansten said:

gotthebottle said:

superfuzz30 said:

I have VIP and I think the views from where VIP rail is, are quite great. Yes you gotta stand (or steal a stool) but that view with very little effort to get it is pretty amazing.

That said, I need to be closer so I was out in GA. However the vip makes taking those quick bathtoom/drink/food breaks insanely fast so you can get back to your held spot. Is it worth that $? 🤷‍♂️

No... because all the years I've beento this festival I've never had problem with those things

I have to agree here.  In GA you do need to go to the port-o-lets which takes an extra few minutes but I never had an issue getting an open one immediately...sometimes you just have to go to the back as people will line up at the front units but the back is totally open.

Food and beer was always pretty easy to get except for them cutting off at 9pm.

VIP pissed me off for the first Sunday.  The complimentary "gourmet bites" they were supposed to offer were sparse.  As soon as they replenished them the vultures ran in and gobbled them all up. Then they stopped serving at 6PM!

That scene tends to be a lot like sample carts at Costco. This weekend the new "thing" was to grab all of the tables and stools and haul them down to the rail. :-(

See?  VIP huge waste of $$. I happily moved around the fringes of GA each night.. found spots to see and to jump and and dance. I'm same age as Ed and I can't be bothered to sit in one place all day. 

and to add....you had to walk a decent amount to get to the VIP johns....you could cut through those picnic tables but I wasn't going to do that after several beers since it involved climbing.

gotthebottle

Gern Blansten said:

gotthebottle said:

curmudgeoness said:

Gern Blansten said:

gotthebottle said:

superfuzz30 said:

I have VIP and I think the views from where VIP rail is, are quite great. Yes you gotta stand (or steal a stool) but that view with very little effort to get it is pretty amazing.

That said, I need to be closer so I was out in GA. However the vip makes taking those quick bathtoom/drink/food breaks insanely fast so you can get back to your held spot. Is it worth that $? 🤷‍♂️

No... because all the years I've beento this festival I've never had problem with those things

I have to agree here.  In GA you do need to go to the port-o-lets which takes an extra few minutes but I never had an issue getting an open one immediately...sometimes you just have to go to the back as people will line up at the front units but the back is totally open.

Food and beer was always pretty easy to get except for them cutting off at 9pm.

VIP pissed me off for the first Sunday.  The complimentary "gourmet bites" they were supposed to offer were sparse.  As soon as they replenished them the vultures ran in and gobbled them all up. Then they stopped serving at 6PM!

That scene tends to be a lot like sample carts at Costco. This weekend the new "thing" was to grab all of the tables and stools and haul them down to the rail. :-(

See?  VIP huge waste of $$. I happily moved around the fringes of GA each night.. found spots to see and to jump and and dance. I'm same age as Ed and I can't be bothered to sit in one place all day. 

and to add....you had to walk a decent amount to get to the VIP johns....you could cut through those picnic tables but I wasn't going to do that after several beers since it involved climbing.

Walk a decent amount? From where? I think people who'd never been here thought this Fest was big .. but it's really small grounds. Several times a night I walked from one end (near VIP entrance ) to Porta-potties near entrance with no problem... never a wait, and could always hear music