September 29th, 2024
Ohana Fest - Doheny State Park
Dana Point, California

Setlist. . .
Garden/Off He Goes/Last Exit/Mind Your Manners/Given to Fly/React, Respond/Running/MFC/Wreckage/Big Wave/I Got Shit/Black/Won't Tell/Better Man/Rearviewmirror
Encore. . .
Last Kiss:The Best Day/Song of Good Hope/Gremmie Out of Control/Alive/Rockin in the Free World

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Ok. I'm old. I had a bum ankle. This one was rough for me. Whine. Whine. Whine. We of course, went to Ohana Day 2 with the intention of seeing Sting. We would up sitting on the bleachers for Jenny Lewis. Watched Glen Hansard while waiting for our zillion dollar food. Ended up chilling at the picnic tables at The Cove afterwards and man, we met some of the coolest, chillest people. It was what Ohana is all about. BUT we were cold. We were tired. And we had an out (aka excuse) to leave so we left right before Sting like the losers we are. We listened to Sting as we walked back to our hotel. It would've been great to "see" him but we got our Ed sighting (Dock of the Bay) and we were good. Haha.

Anyway, we headed back to our trees from Night 1 to sit near the couple we met. We intended to sit with them the entire time...but...after Kim Gordan, after the Breeders and finally after Alanis Morrisette, it was too much. Too crowded. I think we were craving the chill experience we had the night before at the picnic tables and at the Ohana fest we went to in 2019. So we left for greener pastures. Legit. We went towards the second stage where it was way sparse. We ran into Marcia...again, small world. And then...we couldn't believe it, we ran into the people we met the night before! We ended up rocking out with them for the show and it was AMAZING! Talk about kismet! It was really amazing and special.

And then there was music.
Haha...

A water themed show. Should've had some others in there but man, how fun! BIG WAVE?!? Ahhhh! But of course, the Gremmie time? Come on! Please! I never in a zillion years would've expected it and it was AH-MAZING! Stone is the bomb.com.

Last Kiss was...interesting. LOL better than most performances if you ask me...but I'm no Taylor Swift fan so I was like WTF is this? I knew it had to be something but I am just not cool...

Overall, great show, great time.
 
 

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