TC gathering at Tiki Oasis SD 2023 - California Events

H heylownine Grand Member (1 year) Agoura Hills, CA Joined: Oct 05, 2008 Posts: 978	H heylownine Posted posted on Wed, Jul 19, 2023 6:31 PM in reply to Atomic Tiki Punk Appreciate the mention @Hamo. We won't be at TikiO this year (as Cindiluhui noted). Some of the reasons overlap with what ATP mentions. Also... We missed 2020 due to the pandemic. We had tickets to 2021 and then the dates changed and we couldn't change our days off at work. We had tickets in 2022 and then I got COVID the Monday of the event. And while I understand that the event said no refunds, I thought I'd ask just in case and at worst just get a No in response. Instead I got no response at all. Mostly it comes down to the Nature Of The Event as it exists in 2023. Tiki Oasis is so established now that it sells out before all of the details are released. And as someone who values the music as much as any other part of the event, I don't feel great about putting down hundreds of dollars before I know the line up. Unfortunately for me, it means that this year I'm missing one of my favorite bands, Man or Astroman?. So it goes. All of this is not to yuck anyone's yum. I have years and years of fond memories of Tiki Oasis and someday in the future I hope to be back. This year just isn't that year. Miss you all, kevin

Appreciate the mention @Hamo. We won't be at TikiO this year (as Cindiluhui noted). Some of the reasons overlap with what ATP mentions. Also...

We missed 2020 due to the pandemic.

We had tickets to 2021 and then the dates changed and we couldn't change our days off at work.

We had tickets in 2022 and then I got COVID the Monday of the event. And while I understand that the event said no refunds, I thought I'd ask just in case and at worst just get a No in response. Instead I got no response at all.

Mostly it comes down to the Nature Of The Event as it exists in 2023. Tiki Oasis is so established now that it sells out before all of the details are released. And as someone who values the music as much as any other part of the event, I don't feel great about putting down hundreds of dollars before I know the line up. Unfortunately for me, it means that this year I'm missing one of my favorite bands, Man or Astroman?. So it goes.

All of this is not to yuck anyone's yum. I have years and years of fond memories of Tiki Oasis and someday in the future I hope to be back. This year just isn't that year.

Miss you all,

kevin

Post #809968 by heylownine on Wed, Jul 19, 2023 6:31 PM