The crowd greeted Jack like a hero-come home. If I heard correctly, in between songs, Dave Matthews dropped a nice sound byte emblematic of Hawaii: “This is a beautiful country, this a beautiful place…I smell weed and chicken.” The crowd went nuts, but I didn’t smell any chicken.Īfter Dave Matthews finished his set, the man of the hour and one of the finest ambassadors Hawaii has on offer took the stage. With Tim Reynolds backing him up on stage, Dave brought the thousands in attendance to their feet. Had there been a roof on the building, Dave would’ve had torn it clean off. And then the headliners took the stage and the place got rowdy – for hippies.įirst up was Dave Matthews making his debut appearance in Hawaii. The grounds were immaculate – no beer cups littering the ground, no fights, and the vibe couldn’t have been mellower. There was even a bike valet (I left my SUV running because I couldn’t find a parking spot) for the hundreds of people that chose the pedal over the engine. To your right, a slew of local and mainland non-profits were raising awareness on environmental issues. To your left, North Shore bodysurfing legend Mark Cunningham was passing out fliers and trying to Keep the Country, COUNTRY. After walking into the outdoor ampitheatre, concertgoers were greeted by more than 50 environmental/eco/green-living booths set up to raise awareness. Now, as was previously mentioned, Kokua isn’t your typical concert. Walking past the dozens of people begging for tickets (they sold out in a mere 20 minutes) I made my way into the show to hear Hawaii-born folk sensation Mason Jennings playing in the background. But after attending this year’s Kokua Fest, the man very well may have gone carbon negative. But for the sake of me going hippy this past weekend at the fifth annual Kokua Fest in Honolulu, we’ll pretend that was basically the gist of it.īy now everyone knows Jack Johnson is one of the greenest jive turkeys (still in ’60s mode here) to ever walk the face of the Earth. Now I know a lot of you will say there was much more to the ’60s than good music and, well, smoky air, and you’re right, there most definitely was. But as a young twenty-something today, I do have something else, and it certainly feels a lot like the ’60s to me: Kokua Fest, Jack Johnson, and a bunch of really smoky air.
Hawaii music festival jack johnson free#
Born in the 1980s, there was no long hair and free love for me.
0 kommentar(er)
