Jack Johnson Concert

Well the Jack Johnson concert was pretty good. Got in about 6:20 p.m. and I was surprised to find that anywhere remotely close to the stage was filled up, even though the gates only opened 20 minutes prior. Still I found a pretty decent spot off to the side.

The concert started at about 7:30 p.m. with Matt Costa as the opening act. He played for about an hour, and was pretty good. At 8:30 Jack Johnson came on and he played for a solid 2 hours. Didn't really interact with the crowd a whole lot, but put on a good show.

The stage itself was surrounded by somewhat of a moat about 3 feet deep, and surprise, surprise, after about 45 minutes it was filled with drunk losers waist deep in duck shit and viral water. The crowd swelled to about 300 people in the water pushed up against the stage which had three tall steps on the front. Security was up there and they would gradually toss people back into the water who tried to climb on stage, so there was no big issue. The band would just laugh at people who made attempts.

Of course, someone had to start splashing water on stage, which didn't go well. Water + electric instruments + bankable musicians = not a good idea. They stopped the show, and Jack Johnson was good about it, just asking people not to splash, expressing his desire not to die in a shower of sparks and muddy water. People didn't listen so much, so a manager or promoter came out and told everyone to get out of the water before the show would go on. Police got involved a bit, and there was a few people that were holdouts, but Jack Johnson leaned over the stage and shook hands with them and talked with them a bit, so they got out. Eventually, more people piled back in, but they were few, and didn't really cause problems, so nothing else happened.

The rest of the show went on without a hitch.He played some songs in an encore with no backing instruments, and it was a good show. I tried a few times to get close enough for some pictures, but the darkness combined with the distance because of the water made it too far away. So, no real photos to show for it, which was disappointing, but what can you do I guess.