Post #749221 by Hurricane Hayward on Fri, Aug 14, 2015 9:49 PM

The Week in Tiki (July 27-Aug. 9, 2015): Tiki Oasis blasts off, plus Summer event recaps, more rum and cocktail news

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The summer Tiki event season reaches its climax this week with the big kahuna, Tiki Oasis in San Diego ...

We have a full preview, including a day-by-day preview of all the headlining entertainment, a list of all the symposiums, and info on Tiki Oasis Radio. The collaboration between ETI Radio and Spyrate Radio is broadcasting via a low-powered FM transmission at the event, plus a live stream at TikiOasisRadio.com and various apps ...

Late July and early August was perhaps the busiest time of the year for Tiki events, and we have recaps of some of the more memorable:

• As part of Disneyland’s 60th anniversary celebration, Shag participated in an artist showcase at the WonderGround Gallery in Downtown Disney on July 25 ...
  

• The historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood hosted Cinematheque’s 11th annual Tiki Night on July 25.

• The Austin chapter of the United States Bartenders’ Guild welcomed regional and national bar and spirits industry VIPs to the fourth annual Texas Tiki Week on Aug 2-9.

• The Tiki gods were smiling down on Columbus, Ohio, during the seventh annual Hot Rod Hula Hop hosted by the Fraternal Order Of Moai the weekend of Aug. 7-8 ...
  
  As part of the festivities, the famous monkey fountain from The Kahiki found a new home at the Grass Skirt Tiki Room. (Facebook photo)

• Ears are still ringing in Southern California in the wake of the eighth annual Surf Guitar 101 Convention, which hosted its main event on Aug. 8 in Garden Grove but featured satellite shows throughout the region from Aug. 1 through Aug. 13.

QUICK HITS: It was also a very busy week for news with much to report ...

• The Royal Kona Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii hosts the seventh annual Don the Beachcomber Mai Tai Festival on Saturday, Aug. 15.

• This month’s Rum Journey seminar at Trader Vic’s in Atlanta will explore rums from across the Caribbean and South America on Saturday, Aug. 15.

• American and Cuban bartenders gathered at Havana’s Colón Cemetery for an unprecedented Daiquiri toast July 24 to legendary barman Constantino Ribalaigua Vert ...
  
  Ernest Hemingway at El Florida with bartender Constantino Ribalaigua Vert.

• Fresh off a victory at the Spirited Awards during last month’s Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans (for Best American Hotel Bar), The Broken Shaker in the Freehand Miami hotel has been named one of the World’s 50 Best Bars for the second year in a row.

• With his third independently-released book of wildly original cocktail recipes, Kahuna Kevin solidifies his status as the Sid Vicious of Tiki.

• Some 500 tons of limestone boulders have been sunk near the remains of the ill-fated Rapa Nui Reef off the coast of Deerfield Beach in southeast Florida, raising hopes of that the crumbled Eastern Island moai may still become a tourist attraction and diving destination.

Our regular features spotlight Tiki mug creators PopTiki; the otherworldly music of Man or Astro-man?; the Bali Hai Restaurant in San Diego; and the website of Americana ambassador Charles Phoenix.

Finally, the rum of the week, Angostura 5, is featured in The Morning After cocktail ...