Ohana Festival Update

Would have been nice to see Gang of Youths, but Cold War Kids is a good trade-off.

Not too excited about Spoon.....they have always been a poorman's Wilco IMHO.

Pretenders would have been nice to see, though Chrissie focused more on the more recent material last time I saw her.  I was hoping to see Eddie play an old song with her.

BLACK PUMAS!!!!!   YES!!!!  Excitement level for this weekend just went from a 10 to 110!!  Woohoo!

Have any of your been to this fest?  What is it like on the beach? Are people putting down towels and "claiming" space all over the beach?  Just curious.

Get_Right said:

Have any of your been to this fest?  What is it like on the beach? Are people putting down towels and "claiming" space all over the beach?  Just curious.

You can’t claim that way anywhere near the main stage-you have to stay standing, even it means 11AM-9PM. The “claim with a towel” starts a pretty good distance from the stage and isn’t that great of a strategy if you’re trying to watch second stage acts as well 

Get_Right said:

Have any of your been to this fest?  What is it like on the beach? Are people putting down towels and "claiming" space all over the beach?  Just curious.

i've gone every year since the first Ohana and outside of guarding the rail its fairly easy to walk up and get a pretty close spot during the intermission between the act before Ed and Ed - which is a lot better than sitting all day, you actually get to enjoy the entire festival. eat, drink, go to the bathroom, listen to other acts. besides being pricey, Ohana is hard to beat. 

Charity Platinum ga through Ticketmaster is now available again and seems to be the only option available. Just bought for Sunday. Anything special about “charity platinum”?

405OK said:

Charity Platinum ga through Ticketmaster is now available again and seems to be the only option available. Just bought for Sunday. Anything special about “charity platinum”?

Charity Platinum is just a Platinum pricing level that goes to charity. Usually reserved for shows looking to raise a little cash with the remaining tickets - RATM did this last year to deter people buying to flip on StubHub and raise $ in the process. On the plus side, you should be able to write off a portion of the ticket price come tax time next year I believe.

tschav said:

405OK said:

Charity Platinum ga through Ticketmaster is now available again and seems to be the only option available. Just bought for Sunday. Anything special about “charity platinum”?

Charity Platinum is just a Platinum pricing level that goes to charity. Usually reserved for shows looking to raise a little cash with the remaining tickets - RATM did this last year to deter people buying to flip on StubHub and raise $ in the process. On the plus side, you should be able to write off a portion of the ticket price come tax time next year I believe.

Thanks

PhilLeotardo said:

Get_Right said:

Have any of your been to this fest?  What is it like on the beach? Are people putting down towels and "claiming" space all over the beach?  Just curious.

You can’t claim that way anywhere near the main stage-you have to stay standing, even it means 11AM-9PM. The “claim with a towel” starts a pretty good distance from the stage and isn’t that great of a strategy if you’re trying to watch second stage acts as well 

Only the insane diehards in a group will camp out in front of the stage all day, under the hot sun. But when Eddie came on stage, people pushed from the back and lots of salty people peeved that 'newcomers' stood right next to them, or in front of them when Eddie came out. There's no such thing as ownership of GA space on a beach. You literally go with the flow of the throngs of people. With that said, I like my freedom and I'll roam the entire venue with peace of mind, and be near the stands instead. Remember, even though it's outside, and I'm fully vaxxed, there will be people there, even by late Sept who aren't vaxxed, so I'm not too interested in exchanging DNA samples and sharing the same breathing space in front of the main stage. But I'm going to have a blast and I hope everyone else does too. 
ps The VIP tickets were just too rich for my blood, but I'm content with GA Sat/Sun tickets.

waltus said:

Do Eddie's single day tickets (Sat this year) typically sell out? Are people who buy single day tickets and end up having extras able to sell them? I know that for some shows there are restrictions that make selling/transferring very difficult. 

Eddie only plays Saturday and his night usually sells out quickly, most def by mid-August. The Pearl Jam factor of Sunday is probably making people on tight budgets decide between just Eddie on Saturday, or the whole gang on Sunday. So far, Sunday is winning.