Post #639495 by JOHN-O on Wed, Jun 6, 2012 6:55 AM

On 2012-06-05 18:52, bigtikidude wrote:
The Cost for the Convention this year will be 30 dollars.
Considering that the cost of The Guitar Geek Fest is 55 or 60 dollars,
and Tiki Oasis is between 70 and 105 plus dollars.
I don't think that I am gouging the attendees.

$30 is still a fantastic price for the line-up, I'd pay twice that and still feel like I was getting a fair deal.

Again I'd encourage anyone who has even a casual or passing interest in Surf Music to attend. This isn't just 'Old Guys in Bad Hawaiian Shirts' playing "Pipeline" and "Wipeout" over and over, this Third (Fourth?) Wave of Surf music is really innovative and exciting. It's like what Tikiyaki Orchestra has done with Exotica music, taken a mid-century genre and updated it (vs. imitating it) while still retaining its "soul".

Also the (pre-Surf) Rumblers and (THE 2nd-Wave pioneer) Jon & the Nightriders reunions will be very rare appearances, not to mention the visiting European bands.