Aloha!
Please scroll down for updated info on "The Big Ol' Tiki Bash II"...
Many of you may be familiar with an event we held a few years back, "The Big Ol' Tiki Bash". It featured a Tiki maze entry, a "Gilligan's Island" area, an "Easter Island Area" a giant faux-fire erupting Volcano, Trader Vic's sponsored Tiki Bar, 3 live bands (King Kukulele & The Friki Tikis, the Hot Rod Trio & the Elininators) and was fully catered. All guests were treated to a complimentary gift bag (event exclusive mug, swizzle sticks, event postcards & more) and the cost to get into the gig... FREE!
For those of you unaware of the Big Ol' Tiki Bash, let me describe it best as "a Tiki party meets a college kegger". Guests have told me, still to this date, that it is/was the best party they've ever been to. We had about 300 people show up for the last one.
Well, it's going down again. Mark you calendars for 6:00pm, July 21, 2007. We will have many of the same elements that made up the original Big Ol' Tiki Bash. Details are still being finalized.
More info to follow as it becomes available.
Mahaloz!
Holden
UPDATED INFO:
We've got the entertainment secured for this year's Big Ol' Tiki Bash II. The opening band will be The Dynotones, playing from 8:00pm to 9:30pm. We are very proud to announce that the headlining act will be none other than Clouseaux! Clouseaux will be playing from 10pm to 11:30pm. The doors to the pre-party Artist's gallery will open at 6:00pm and the doors to the party will open at 7:00pm and we close down at midnight.
The entry fee to the party is only $10. We will be serving top-shelf Mai Tai's for only $5, beer & wine will be $3 and sodas & water will be $1. BONUS: We will have an event exclusive mug that you can purchase either separately for $10 or with a Mai-Tai drink voucher for only $12.50. It's a brand new mug and will be debuted exclusively at the Big Ol' Tiki Bash II. We will also have a food vendor onboard selling Hawaiian Puka dogs & chips.
The physical whereabouts of the party are announced approximately 2 weeks prior to the party, both through our blog, our website, the Tiki Central website & through our Tiki Farm opt-in email list. Here's how it works...
About 2 weeks prior to the event, I contact my old landlord to locate a vacant industrial property here in San Clemente. He owns multiple commercial developments all throughout San Clemente and generally has 2-3 free units. I pick which one will work the best & then I announce the actual location through all of the mediums referenced above. Generally, we throw these parties in approximate 5000 sq. ft. locations where about 1000 sf. ft is office (serves as Artist's gallery) & 4000 sq. ft. is the warehouse (for the party).
We also decorate the warehouse & the entrance with various Tiki themes.
I'd recommend that you start finding lodging asap in San Clemente if you don't live in the area by checking out hotels in San Clemente through either Google or Yahoo. Summer's are pretty popular in our little coastal town.
Mahaloz!
Holden