Dionysus Records will be vending at the International Tiki Market Place
Tiki Vendors, Hawaiian Music & Dance by Polynesian Paradise
October 13, 2012 SATURDAY from 11 am to 4 pm
Don the Beachcomber, Hidden Village and High Chief’s Room
FREE! You pay $10 admission and get $10 voucher for food and/or drinks!!!
*This is a Family Friendly Event…..Kids Free
Vendor List:
Atomic Tiki Punk & Jungle Ginger,
Bamboo Ben,
Cat Vintage Wears,
Crazy Al,
Dionysus Records,
Don the Beachcomber,
Doug Horne,
GoTiki,
Happy Chi Jewelry,
HB Tiki,
Hula Girls Shave Ice,
Johnnie Velour,
Kirby,
Krisdrama,
Mieko,
Mike Tiki Tasi-Vintage Polynesia,
Mrs. Bong, Nelson’s Tiki Hut,
Smokin’ Tikis,
The Pod King,
Tiki Broker,
Tiki Diablo,
Tiki Pops,
Tiki Roots Rocka,
Tiki Shaker,
Tiki Stan,
Tiki Tony,
Tiki Vato,
Taboo Island & Vintage Shoe Queen’s Classic Wears
Having been to all 11 Tiki Oasis weekenders, I can without a doubt say that this year’s event was in many ways better than the previous 10, and that my friends is not an easy accomplishment. For instance, Tiki Oasis’ musical line-ups have always been magical but this one was that much more over-the-top. Some of the musical highlights from Tiki Oasis 11 include the legendary “Mr. Bongo,” Jack Costanzo‘s superb Latin Jazz ensemble who just freakin’ NAILED it, tight and tough instrumental insanity from Los Straightjackets who were joined by our pal Big Sandy for a round of rock ‘n’ roll songs en Espanol, an excellent set of Herb Albert tunes from the tribute group Herb, exotic and percussive Latin Jazz sounds from Orchestra Superstring featuring some truly amaazing play between the percussionists as well as DJ Bonebrake’s brilliant performance on the vibes, and the spooky exotic meets surf sounds of our own Creepxotica who played poolside, at the art show and wandered around the event dressed as Dia De Los Muertos mariachis with portable pig-nose amplifiers strapped to their outfits. To cap it all off, for the first time, Tiki Oasis extended through Sunday Night with a most entertaining show including two perfectly paced sets from exotica legends Don Tiki who filled the stage with exceptional musicians on their very first performance in California. As stated, these were highlights for me – the rest of the music? Two thumbs up!
I’d have to write over a thousand words to truly cover the event from start to finish, so instead of going into detail about how great the symposiums, art, debaucherous room crawls, LuxuriaMusic.com and poolside DJs, the fabulous King Kukulele and Marina the Fire Eating Mermaid, marketplace, Otto’s muschache and Baby Doe’s circle skirt were, I’ll just load up this post with Tiki Oasis videos from our friends atLost in Paradise and other various sources on YouTube so you can see for yourself the color and fun that this event represents and gives to its attendees. Don’t miss Tiki Oasis 12… Stay tuned for the scoop!
I shot a video of Creepxotica playing outside the elevators as the room crawl action was going full steam with my iPod Touch – will post as soon as I upload and edit as I’m still catching up on work here. As more Tiki Oasis 11 videos pop up on YouTube I’ll put those up as well.
Lee (Photo: Marina the Fire Eating Mermaid – by Scott Evanskey)
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