Post #767047 by Loki-Tiki on Thu, Aug 4, 2016 12:03 PM

On 2016-08-04 07:26, AceExplorer wrote:

On 2016-08-04 00:07, King Bushwich the 33rd wrote:
So Tiki Oasis 2016 sells out weeks before the event begins. There some significance to that, isn't there?
Some sort of turning point?

Is this an indication that tiki will remain around for at least another generation? I think it is.

I wonder, though, at what point would we be able to say that the current tiki revival exceeds the popularity of the original tiki heyday? That could technically happen, but not in the exact same way that had a huge number of tropical/tiki restaurants and bars across the country, themed hotels and motels, and exotica bands playing big and ritzy venues. Interesting...

Well it does sell out every year (except maybe for the first couple of events when it was in PS), not just this year. Also, though Tiki is the main theme, the Stroheim's market it to a wide crowd: Rockabiliy, Rat Rod, and of course Tiki as well as others, there is a wide variety of attendees. People I never see at any other event like Caliente, or other even smaller events, and will not see again until next Oasis. I've not been to Hukilau, Tiki Kon, or Viva Las Vegas so I have no sense of the size of the crowd there, but by the pictures it looks like they are much smaller events, attendee-wise, and my sense is that those are targeted to that crowd more exclusively.

So no, I don't necessarily think its selling out of tickets indicates a particular resurgence of the Tiki or Polynesian Pop. It is well marketed, and well produced. Show people a good time and they come back!