If You're Going To Drink, Drink Often! By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Watch out partying veterans, there's a lot of imitators out on New Year's Eve. The one-night wonders. Drinking amateurs. Squids. This is the night when those who don't drink the rest of the year suddenly toss 'em back as if they are at a Jimmy Buffett concert. Try and … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Running, Then Running Wild At The Hometown Fair Beer Garden
Manhattan Beach Singles Event Again A Big Party By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I did not know if I was in shape for the 10K, but I KNEW I was in shape for the beer garden. In the end, I finished both, and it was another great party on the first weekend of October. I am referring to the Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair, one of the best times … [Read more...]
Magnum P.I. Team To Play 2018 Manhattan Beach 6-Man Tournament
Multi-Time Champions From Smack Sportwear Are Back For Friday-Saturday Event By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Lifestyle Blogger As the Manhattan Beach 6-man inches its way back to a full weekend event, one of it s legendary team is returning to the sand. Magnum P.I., the mustached and Aloha shirts team that features Tom Selleck look-alikes (well sort … [Read more...]
Mooning Of The Amtrak 2024 Date In Laguna Niguel, CA
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger One of the silliest events ever created by guys in a bar's date is Saturday, July 13 in 2024. It's the annual Mooning Of the Amtrak and it's just the title implies; people go out and moon the passing Amtrak trains. It started when a couple of guys – no doubt inspired by some liquid encouragement – decided to go out and … [Read more...]
El Segundo Keg Hunt 2018 Event Date, Details & Review
Kegs, Not Eggs, Are Hidden In This Fun Event With Clues In The Bars The El Segundo Easter Keg Hunt is back for 2018. You read that right. Keg, and not egg, hunt. It's Saturday, March 31 and goes from roughly noon-6 p.m. The meeting spot is the Tavern On Main (123 Main Street. El Segundo, CA). So what is the Easter Keg Hunt? It's an excuse for groups of people to … [Read more...]
Union Street Festival San Francisco The Ultimate Party Guide
Summers in San Francisco are filled with festivals, and the first one is June 1-2 2024 in the fun-filled Marina District. It's the free Union Street Festival and, as the name implies, it takes place on Union Street. The street in the Marina District is blocked off to traffic and has live music, food, vendors and a pair of beer gardens. This year there is also wine, cocktails … [Read more...]
First Fridays @LA’s Natural History Museum, Science Talks, Musical Performances, DJ Lounge, Full Bars, Food Trucks
WHAT: Party 'Night at the Museum'. Science Talks, Live Musical Performances, DJ Lounge, 2 Full Bars, Food Trucks WHEN: First Fridays, Monthly Feb - Jun 2017 WHERE: Next to the LA Coliseum & USC main campus. SCENE: A culturally diverse crowd dances, drinks and parties amoungst animal taxidermy, African (DJ Lounge) & North American (live musical performance); … [Read more...]
How I Snuck Into The Governors Ball, The Top Academy Awards Post Party
From The Red Carpet To Red Treatment At The Oscars By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger Here's a funny story about when I went to the Oscars out of curiosity and wound up at the prime post-awards show party. My girlfriend at the time and I were watching the Academy Awards red carpet show on TV in Hermosa Beach when I said, “well why don’t we just go to … [Read more...]
Bay to Breakers 2019 Top Party Tips For San Francisco’s Wild Street Event
Here's How to Have Fun – at B2B Without Any Worries It used to be one of America's great events, a full-filled walk through the streets of San Francisco, full of floats, stops for keg stands and sudden outbreaks of block parties. It was the Mardi Gras of the West Coast. Except that you were in the parade, not watching it from the sidelines. Naturally, there was … [Read more...]
St. Patrick’s Day In Savannah, GA Is A Top Party Bucket List Event
Party Zone Wristbands And Good Behavior Required For City''s Biggest Party When you're compiling your ultimate bucket list of events around the world to visit – that is, if you've got the mentality of a PubClubber – then you must include St. Patrick's Day in Savannah, Ga. Now you may be surprised to learn that Savannah has one of the world's largest – and best … [Read more...]
How To Party With The Olympic Athletes During The Rio Games
Don't Be Surprised To Pop Into A Bar And See Olympians Having Drinks At The Rio 216 Summer Games By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger The coolest thing I discovered while attending the Olympic Games was not just running into the actual athletes around town but seeing them in the bars. And having drinks with them, too! Almost from the minute upon in arriving in … [Read more...]
4th Of July Top Party Survival Drinking Tips & Hangover Prevention
How To Party Without Worry On Independence Day By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I always refer to New Year's Eve as the ultimate amateur's night. And if there were a close second, it would be the Fourth of July. America's Independence Day is the country's biggest bash, with everything from backyard BBQs to giant celebrations in the biggest … [Read more...]
Switzerland Music Festival Is Called The Blue Balls Festival
Despite It's Odd Name, Annual Event On Lake Lucerne Attracts 100,000 People By Kevin Wilkerson PubClub.com Travel Blogger It definitely loses something in the translation. Lucerne, Switzerland has a music festival featuring jazz, soul and rock, a total of 100 performances during an entire week in the middle of summer (July 20-28 in 2018). It's takes place along the … [Read more...]
Top Party Tips for the 4th of July In Hermosa Beach
Advice On House Parties, Drinking and Partying on Independence Day in This Fun Los Angeles Beach City It's one of the top party locations for the 4th of July in the country, a place on the beach with a sidewalk along the shore and house parties with nearly every step. The day begins with a unique event, something called The Ironman where local "competitors" run a mile, … [Read more...]
Don’t Drink In Public on the 4th of July In Hermosa Beach
Open Container Law Doesn't Stop Americans From Drinking on the Fourth of July (Just Conceal It) By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger It seems as natural as having an outdoor BBQ and dressing in the red, white and blue. As American as baseball, and apple pie, yet it's illegal. Drinking beer – or any alcoholic beverage – in public. And it's enforced in … [Read more...]
Redondo Beach 4th Of July An Alcohol-Free Event In 2016
No More Live Music For Seaside Lagoon Fireworks There is no question that the prime party place in the South Bay – heck, even in all of L.A. – is Hermosa Beach. Yet one of the questions that inevitably comes up is regarding the fireworks in Redondo Beach and specifically Seaside Lagoon. That's right under the fireworks and patriotic music is played to enhance the … [Read more...]
Top Reasons Lake Travis Austin Is A Top Memorial Day Party Destination
It has all the elements of a great party place: It's at a lake, boats are involved and there are guys and girls in swimsuits. Hot Texas girls! For this and more, Lake Travis in Austin, Texas is one of America's top party destinations for Memorial Day Weekend. Lake Travis is a boat tie-up party where rows of boats of all shapes and styles tie up in rows. You grab a … [Read more...]
Pancho’s Manhattan Beach South Bay’s Top Cinco de Mayo Bar
Mexican Cantina Features Laker Girls, Live Music And Most Lively Crowd In The Beach Cities The question locals ask is not if we will go to Pancho's for Cinco de Mayo but when we will go to Pancho's for Cinco de Mayo. And with the Laker Girls there from noon-2, I would say sometime between noon and 2! The only problem with that is you may never leave, and the … [Read more...]
This Gringo Learns About Cinco de Mayo Only After Moving To L.A.
Manhattan Beach Single Neighbors Showcase The Celebration And Provide The Education By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger When I first moved to Los Angeles – from the South, I must point out – there was a lot I had to learn about Southern California culture. One of those involved Cinco de Mayo. I was in Manhattan Beach outside of Los Angeles when … [Read more...]
Kentucky Derby Party Dilemma: The Infield Vs. The Grandstands
There are two ways to party big-time at the Kentucky Derby, which is Saturday, May 4 in 2024. There's the refined way, from the grandstands, where you sip your mint juleps, enjoy your Kentucky bourbon and partake in the day's activities from the relative sophistication of a seat. Then there's the infield. That is "absolute chaos" as described in a separate article on … [Read more...]
Long Beach Grand Prix Not A Party For Everyone
While Friends Party The Bar Blogger Was Working The Best Job at the Grand Prix I used to get a kick every year at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach when on Saturday, I started getting texts from my friends asking "Where Are U?" The party bus had arrived, and they were partying. They knew I was there and want edme to join them at the bars. And I appreciated … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Day One Of The Best Party Nights For Singles
Going Out On Couples Night Is The Quickest Way To Mend a Broken Heart It's not New Year's Eve, doesn't approach the 4th of July, summer boat and beach parties or events like the Kentucky Derby and Mardi Gras. In fact, it's more like the Wednesday before Thanksgiving in that it's an "unofficial" party day, one created by people who are eager to go out because, like … [Read more...]
Phoenix Open Birds Nest And 10K A Super Bowl Weekend Party Challenge
Two Cities, Two Parties; Here's How To Make It Happen One of these days, I'm going to do it. I'll go to two wild, fun party events taking place the same weekend in different cities. Call it the PubClub blogger's Party Challenge. The first of these – and the biggest – is the Phoenix Open. That's a golf tournament in Scottsdale. It's the craziest tournament on … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2015 Registration In Hermosa Beach Filling Up Fast
Coed Beach Volleyball Tournament Is Saturday, July 18 Registration for Smackfest – the coed beach volleyball tournament in Hermosa Beach that involves teams in costumes in one of the top singles events in Los Angeles – opened on Monday, June 1. And before the day was done, more than half the spots had been filled. So if you want to play in Smackfest, get your team, … [Read more...]
Ways I Would Improve The Manhattan Beach Great Pumpkin Race
Turning A Small Celebration Into One Of The South Bay's Top Events It has all the elements of a great, fun event: A perfect location, a silly premise and a local population base that loves fun, silly events. But it needs more and here's what I would do to really make the pre-Halloween pumpkin race in Manhattan Beach one of the top annual events in the Los Angeles … [Read more...]
Officially Ready And In Shape For The Super Bowl 10K Redondo Beach
Michelob Ultra Beer Garden Is A Refreshing Finish Line Reward Bring it on because I'm ready. Two days before the annual Super Bowl 10K in Redondo Beach, CA, I made my final training run. I must have been in a really good frame of mind because the minute I stepped out the door, I started sprinting. And I didn't stop until I covered seven miles. That's a far cry from the … [Read more...]
USC-UCLA Party Bus Hermosa Beach To LA Coliseum
Crosstown Rivalry Is At The LA Coliseum It's the annual USC-UCLA bloodletting on Saturday, Nov. 30th. And it's the biggest bash in Los Angeles on Thanksgiving Day Weekend. There will be 90,000-plus people inside the Los Angeles Coliseum and about 10,000 other people partying around the stadium, even during the game. And there is a party bus from Hermosa Beach to the … [Read more...]
A Big Cheers To These 2013 San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival Events
Blogger's Review Of The Grand Tasting, Vault Reserve, Belgian Beer Luncheon & Stella Artois 10th Anniversary Celebration You just don't go to one event at the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival. You treat it like a feast. The event is really a series of events, lasting from a Monday thru Sunday and the fact that it annually occurs the week before Thanksgiving … [Read more...]
San Diego Wine & Food Festival Belgian Beers Lunch Pairing Review
Bankers Hill Bar + Restaurant Hosts Fantastic Luncheon Highlighting Stella Artois, Hoegaarden & Leffe WOW! I could end this blog on that one word, because it's the best way to describe the pairing of food from the talented chefs of Bankers Hill Bar + Restaurant and high-end Belgium beers and a cider as part of the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival. Instead, tho, … [Read more...]
Looking Forward To The 2013 San Diego Wine & Food Festival
Annual Event Features Great Wines, Food, Beer – And Socializing It is upon us again. One of San Diego's top events of the year – a "must-do" on anyone's social calendar – is taking place the weekend of Nov. 21-22. It's the San Diego Wine & Food Festival and it is something I look forward to each and every year. Even though I don't even live in San Diego! Yet I drive … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach Holiday Open House Is Wednesday
This Is One Of The Top Events In The South Bay Beach Cities One of the top events of the Los Angeles Beach Cities takes place on Wednesday, Nov. 20. It's Holiday Open House in downtown Manhattan Beach. What is Holiday Open House, you say? It's a festive evening when all the cool little shops throw open their doors after dark and welcome in locals, who are strolling … [Read more...]
A Day On The Green Brisbane Music Festival: The Real Review
The Pluses And Minuses At Australia's Sirromet Winery Event Here's the scoop on A Day On The Green, a mid-sized music festival that takes place in the summer months at wineries in Australia and New Zealand. Music festivals are, of course, are all about the setting and the bands. And while the setting is good – it's on a big field that's part of the winery but it's not … [Read more...]
Melbourne Cup A Big Party In Australia, This American Is Learning
Kentucky Derby Of Down Under Is Practically A National Holiday The Melbourne Cup, I'm learning from my time here in Australia, is quite the big deal Down Under. It's a horse race, Australia's version of the Kentucky Derby. Only from I can gather, it's a much bigger deal than the Kentucky Derby. That's because it overwhelms everything her. Nearly every bar has a poster or … [Read more...]
Miss V8 Supercars Crowns New Winner Estelle Yarrow
Brisbane Resident, A Flight Attendant, Soars To Title A tall blonde from Brisbane has won the title of 2013 Miss V8 Supercars as part of the race weekend at Surfer's Paradise, Australia. Estelle Yarrow, whose occupation is a flight attendant, won the title in a competition with 23 other girls from throughout Australia and even New Zealand. The event was the … [Read more...]
Miss V8 Supercars Girls Warm Up In Surfer’s Paradise
Winner To Be Chosen At Beach Party With Concert There's beauty to go with the brawn and in Surfer's Paradise Australia, that means the gorgeous girls of the Gold Coast 600 auto race. And the Miss V8 Supercars finalists are as busy as the drivers preparing for the race weekend of Oct. 25-27 along Queensland's Gold Coast. The 24 finalists have arrived in town and … [Read more...]
San Diego Chargers Pregame Tailgate Bud Light Party Zone
Bud Light Chargers Power Party Features Beer, Food And The Chargers Girls One of the most fun elements of going to an NFL game is the action that happens around the action on the field. That action starts several hours before kickoff with the pre-game tailgate parties. And at each San Diego Chargers home game, there's a built-in tailgate party. It's the Bud Light … [Read more...]
Australia The First Stop For This Traveling Party Nomad
Leaving Southern California Opens The Door For Partying Around The World When one door closes, another one opens. Well, it does if you think of it that way. And that's the way I'm thinking of it. I have no choice, really. I am being forced to move from my place of residence for the past several years – some estimates put it at around 15 years although I tend to think of … [Read more...]
LA Kings Games: A Fan’s Party Review Guide At Staples Center
A Non-Hockey Fan Enjoys The Experience Of Seeing The Sport Up Close At Staples Center It started with a beer garden and ended in a bar with a margarita. In between was a fun evening of sports, socializing and excitement. I was at opening night of the 2013-14 Los Angeles Kings season, something that many of my friends found shocking, considering hockey is not exactly my … [Read more...]
USC Football Says No On-Campus Tailgating For Arizona Game
Fans Also Not Excited About Thursday Night Pac-12 Encounter There's not been much for USC fans to be excited about this season – other than the firing of Coach Lane Kiffin – and they are not at all excited about having to play a game on a Thursday night. First, there's LA traffic, it's at night and, well, it's on a Thursday instead of a Saturday. And now, USC has sent … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach Beer Garden Party Review At Hometown Fair
Lively Crowd Enjoys Singles Socializing With Good Craft Beers And Friends The combination is as natural as the beach and the ocean, as dominating as Clayton Kershaw with a baseball in his hands. The first weekend of each October, the gorgeous Los Angeles beach community called Manhattan Beach holds an event that sounds as if belongs in a small town in Iowa, Hometown … [Read more...]
Get Your Tickets Now For The 2013 San Diego Wine & Food Festival
Grand Tasting On Embarcadero Highlights 10th Annual Event Nov. 18-24 You know you want to go, so get out the dough. Or, rather the credit card. The dough – and what's made with it – comes later. The 10th annual San Diego Wine & Food Festival is Nov. 18-24. And while it may seem a bit of advance planning overkill to get tickets in October, before you've even thought … [Read more...]
Back On Campus: The Alabama Football Game Day Experience
The Party Blogger Returns To His Alma Mater For Tailgate Parties, The Bars & The Game Awesome! Were I to describe the experience of an Alabama football game in a single word, that would be it. Awesome. In a "back to school" experience for me, I spent the weekend of the Alabama-Ole Miss game in Tuscaloosa, AL. It was a return to the place where I went to college, … [Read more...]
It’s A Roll Tide Weekend For The Nightlife Party Blogger
It's Back To School For cDllege Football Tailgating And Tuscaloosa Bars For Alabama-Ole Miss Game It's Roll Tide and, yes, even a Hottie Toddie or two as I spend the last weekend of September in Tuscaloosa for the Al-a-BAM-a and Ole Miss college football game. It's back to school for me, for I am a Bama graduate – and putting that degree in journalism to good use with … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Booze-N-Clues Bars Scavenger Hunt Charity Party
A Pub Crawl And Games For Teams In Costume To Raise Money For Lyme Disease Victim There's a beach party happening in Hermosa Beach, CA, and it's part pub crawl, part team contest and all fun. It's the inaugural Booze-N-Clues Bar & Beach Scavenger Hunt. It takes place on Saturday, Sept 28. As the name implies, it involves a scavenger hunt. Teams of up to six people … [Read more...]
Craft Beers Enhance Redondo Beach Lobster Festival Scene
Goose Island And Shock Top Specialty Brews Blend Perfectly With Bands And Bugs In 2013 Always a fun event, the Redondo Beach Lobster Festival elevated itself in 2013 with the addition of a craft beer garden. In an enhancement to the usual selection of beers, there were also several selections from Chicago craft brewer Goose Island and and also a wild variety of flavors … [Read more...]
Redondo Beach Lobster Festival 2013 To Feature Craft Beer Festival
Shock Top, Goose Island Among Taps At Sept. 20-22 Event Lobsters and beer go together like water and waves, yet this takes it to a new beer-lovers level. The 2013 Redondo Beach Lobster Festival – Sept. 20-22 at Seaside Lagoon in Redondo Beach, CA – includes a craft beer festival. It features more than a dozen selections. Some of the beers are: • Shock Top Lemon Shandy • … [Read more...]
America’s Cup Provides A San Francisco Travel Treat
Sailing Race Spectacular Event For Spectators In An Eventful City When I got wind of the America's Cup taking place in San Francisco, I knew I had to be there for it. It's an international sporting event, one that gets worldwide media coverage and involves an interesting and fun (and also somewhat puzzling) sport, sailing. Plus, taking place in a city as dynamic as San … [Read more...]
America’s Cup Sailing Race A Fun Party In San Francisco
Viewing Guide, The Pavilion And Cheap(er) Beer Bars Tips Bring on the boats. And the beer. And the Kiwis! The America's Cup sailboat race is taking place in San Francisco and as a first-had observer I can tell you it's a great party! There are international people which gives it a bit of an Olympics atmosphere, along with a kind of PGA Tour element of sponsor tents … [Read more...]
Fiesta Hermosa Beer Garden Is South Bay’s Labor Day Party Place
Schedule Of Bands, Craft Beers And South Bay's Hottest Singles When it's Labor Day in the South Bay, all locals know what that means: Fiesta Hermosa! That's the three-day festival of craft booths, busy bars, bands and the beer garden at the pier in Hermosa Beach, CA, the most happening of the beach cities along the Los Angeles coast. Several thousand people are … [Read more...]
5th Annual Trump National Wine & Beer Festival 2013 Review
Sun Shines And The Fun Atmosphere Gets A Toast From This Blogger In what has become one of the top events in the South Bay Beach Cities, the fifth annual Trump National Wine & Beer Festival did something that's often difficult for repeat events: it met and, perhaps even exceeded, expectations. And those expectations were as high as the Palos Verdes cliff where … [Read more...]
Shellback Tavern Tops Bars For Manhattan Beach Open 2024
For the players, it's the Wimbledon Of Beach Volleyball. For us fans and locals, it's a Southern California beach party. And no place parties on Manhattan Open weekend (Aug. 16-18 in 2024) like Shellback Tavern, the long-standing bar by the beach that's in full view of the pier and the tournament. Shellback is the first bar off the beach, the place where the amateur … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Open Volleyball 2013 Hits The Pier Aug. 16-18
National Volleyball League Tournament Features Past And Present Pros & Bar Promos Summer in the South Bay means beach volleyball, and the biggest of those events are when the pros kick up the sand. One of those takes place this weekend, the National Volleyball League's ROX West Coast Championships. Or, as locals know it better, the Hermosa Beach Open. Play starts … [Read more...]
San Diego Summer Bicycle Bar Crawls With Bud Light And Rock 105
Touring Pacific Beach And Ocean Beach Bars On August Saturdays If you're cruising around the San Diego beaches this August and see a bunch of fun people cruising past you on red Strand cruisers, or if you see Bud Light bikes parked in front of bars, then go on in and join the party. It's the Bud Light summer bicycle bar crawl, in conjunction with Rock 105, that is … [Read more...]
Sunset Strip Music Festival Draws Huge Crowds Event Review
Linkin Park Proves Popular Headliner As People Pack SSMF Los Angeles is the music capitol of the world and the Sunset Strip is the music capitol of Los Angeles. So to block off the world-famous street and hold a multi-day festival with a near-constant lineup of bands is a great way to showcase the area's culture and heritage. It works. The Sunset Music Festival drew … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 6-Man 2013 Review It’s Still A Party
Costumes And Lively Beach Bars Continue The Surfest Tradition There are barricades as if officials are expecting crowds to show up like it's a U2 concert. There is a police department Command Center as if preparing for a visit from the President. But you know what – the Manhattan Beach 6-man/Surfest beach volleyball tournament is still a party. And frankly, as someone … [Read more...]
WSOBV Beach Volleyball Bud Light Beer Garden Bikinis & Babes
Bud Light Girls, Bikini Contest And A PubClubette Enhance The Party Scene When there was not action on the courts, there was plenty of it in the Bud Light beer garden at the inaugural World Series of Beach Volleyball, a week-long tournament held in Long Beach from July 22-28. There were two big, portable bars brought in just for the event, beer (of course) and a full bar … [Read more...]
World Series Of Beach Volleyball A True Beach Party Scene Review
Bud Light Beer Garden, World-Class Volleyball And 6-Man Make Event A Success The music pumped all day, the beer flowed, Team Magnum p.i., and Fletch were battling it out for the 6-man championship and there were lots of girls in bikinis and dudes in board shorts. One could not help but get a flashback to the prime days of the Manhattan Beach 6-man tournament, back … [Read more...]
World Series Of Beach Volleyball Party Bus From Hermosa Beach
Beer On The Bus, A Beer Garden, Bikini Contest And Live Music Await In Long Beach There will be a party bus running from Hermosa Beach to Long Beach for the biggest beach party of the year. The event is the World Series of Beach Volleyball, an event featuring the planet's top pros in a USA-vs-the-world format, plus the fun weekend players from the South Bay in their own … [Read more...]
National Tequila Day July 24 Is Made For Margaritas And Madness
Each Year On July 24 It's Time To Toast The Alcohol That Makes Us Do The Wildest Things Fire up the blender and break out the shot glasses. It's National Tequila Day! Every year on July 24 it's time to toast the alcohol that makes us do the wildest things. I remember being fueled up on tequila in Baja, Mexico, when a group of us got a sudden inspiration and … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2013 Hermosa Beach A Fun And Calm Party
Costume Beach Volleyball Tournament A South Bay Singles Highlight The 20th annual Smackfest was like all the other ones, and that means one thing: FUN!!! The costume coed beach volleyball tournament, held July 20, filled up the sand south of the pier in Hermosa Beach, CA, and fulfilled people's expectations of a great time. There were players in chicken suits, grass … [Read more...]
Catalina Waterski Race Gets New Record In 2013 From Todd Haig
Southern California Skier Finishes In 49:32 And Wins For Record-Tying 11th Time Going from Long Beach to Catalina Island and back on water skis is accomplishment enough, but to do it in less than an hour is an incredible feat. Unless you are Todd Haig. The tall – and obviously thin – big-smiling and friendly professional water skier from Redlands, CA (that's about an … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2013 Hermosa Beach Party Events & Bars Schedule
Fun Beach Coed Volleyball Tournament Lasts All Week It's a full week of fun for one of the top social events of the South Bay in LA's Beach Cities. It's Smackfest week! There are drink specials at the bars (since Bud Light is prime event sponsor, expect a lot of specials on bottled and draft beers at the bars), free gear, prizes, and lots more. The team captains meeting … [Read more...]
Mooning Of The Amtrak Continues The Fun Review & Photos From The Bartender
Trains Get Mooned And The Party Continues In Mug's Away Saloon I am happy – actually thrilled is a more accurate word – that the Mooning Of The Amtrak is alive and well. Sort of alive, despite a past Orange County sheriff and Laguna Niguel City Councilattemps to detail it But still fun! It always has been fun and, apparently, always will be fun. So the Second … [Read more...]
Toronto IndyCar Indy Not The Same As The Molson Indy Party
The Bar Blogger Recalls Hot Canadian Girls, Block Parties And The Gretzky VIP Party I got a bit of a shock this week. A friend e-mailed me asking for any connections I might have in Toronto to help him out with some assistance at the Honda Toronto Indy. WHAT!? The Toronto Indy is this week? Geez. It's amazing how easily things leave your mind when you are no longer … [Read more...]
Joining Tour de France Spectators A Party Bucket List Item
Blogger Wants To Be Drinking Wine And Nibbling Cheese At A French Village Cafe I have a vision, and it is of me being in a small French village in the countryside or the Alps, sitting outside at a cafe table – one of those tiny round ones, with narrow chairs made of wood – with a plate of cheese and a glass of wine in front of me. At any moment, a large group of athletes … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach 4th Of July Crackdown Blown Out Of Proportion
Raucous House Parties A Figment Of City Officials And Media's Minds Warnings from city officials, a completely misrepresented story in the Los Angeles Times, TV news trucks doing live reports, a "command center," mobile jail cell and enough cops to stop a riot in Egypt. It was all part of the 4th of July in Hermosa Beach in 2013. Was it all necessary? In a word: … [Read more...]
Redondo Beach 4th Of July Fireworks Shines As Does Singer Shari Puorto
Hearing A Blues But Not Feeling The Blues With Seaside Lagoon's Headliner The fireworks rattled the sky, the flares shining brightly through the overcast conditions, and the band played on, into the night. And the beer flowed freely and often, the drinkers being able to enjoy their cold beverages in the open without worry of a citation, as happened to a few unfortunate … [Read more...]
Las Vegas Pool & Nightlife Party On The Rocks 4th Of July Ticket Sale
Three-Day Package Of Pool Parties, Happy Hours And Nightclubs Discounted Thru Holiday Weekend If you want to experience all of Las Vegas' bars and nightlife, and pack it into a single weekend, then the Off The Rocks event is for you. It involves three days of access to pool parties, Happy Hours and nightclubs all over Sin City. Hosted by Jon Taffner of the "Bar Rescue" TV … [Read more...]
Chicago Blackhawks Bars Celebration Party Stanley Cup Win Chicagoans
Chicagoans Go Crazy For Hockey Championship Do, do de do do do de duo do DO!!!! The Chicago Blackhawks win the 2013 Stanley Cup and it's a party all over Chicago and wherever Chicagoans are located. I was in one of the top places, Southern California, and partied the night away with the WACCOs. And that is the Western Association of Crazy Chicagoans and Others. What a … [Read more...]
Lawsuit Is Over The Line Not San Diego’s Fun Beach Touranment
OTL Should Be Left Alone As SD's Top Summertime Party Event It's not the Over-The-Line tournament that's out of line, but rather a group that entered a lawsuit against it and, in particular, one lady named Lori Watson. I'll get to the lawsuit in a second, but first my attention must go to Ms. Watson. She is identified in a Los Angeles Times article as an "associate professor … [Read more...]
Long Beach Bayou Festival Provides Tastes And Sounds Of New Orleans
Zydeco Music, Cajun Food And Cold Beers Bring Bring Back Memories Of Jazzfest If I can't be in New Orleans, then it's good to be in place that feels like I'm in New Orleans. And that's why I went to the Bayou Festival in Long Beach, CA, on a sunny Saturday in June (the 22nd, to be exact). With Zydeco bands – accordion and washboard – filling up downtown Rainbow Lagoon, … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 6-Man 2013 Registration Open For Teams
Beach Volleyball Event Takes Place On Wednesday And Thursday If you want to put a team into Manhattan Beach's Charlie Saikley 6-man beach volleyball tournament, I highly recommend you do so before July 1. After that date, registration prices increase significantly. Unless you are a corporate team; that fee stays the same but it's expensive enough to begin with, at least … [Read more...]
Summer Beach Volleyball Dates Set For Hermosa And Manhattan Beach
Hermosa And Manhattan Open, Smackfest, 6-Man And The Gills 2013 It's not summer in Southern California unless there are beach volleyball tournaments and here's the dates for the key pro (and fun) ones in Hermosa and Manhattan Beach. • SMACKFEST: JULY 20 North side of Hermosa Beach Pier to 15th Street What a way to start the South Bay summer of beach volleyball! It's … [Read more...]
Las Vegas-Style Aerial Burlesque Show Comes To Hawaii
'Addicted to Love' At at Honolulu's The Republik In July Honolulu takes on the look of Las Vegas in July with a Sin City-style of entertainment: an aerial burlesque show Volary Aerial Burlesque and The Republik present Addicted to Love live in Honolulu at The Republik on Saturday, July 13th. Tickets go on sale Tuesday, June 18th at 9 a.m. Volary Aerial Burlesque brings … [Read more...]
Father’s Day Gift: Renaissance Fair At Corona Old World Festival
Have Some Beers With Dad At The Bier Mit At The Baron Here's an interesting Father's Day gift: Take him to a Renaissance fair. There's one in Corona, CA – that's east of Anaheim – and it's a celebration "fit for a king," according to the organizers. It's an annual celebration of all things Renaissance with entertainment, beer (or bier), food, games and cool father-son … [Read more...]
Bands Respond To Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam’s Offer To Play Inaugural Event
More Than 1,500 Musicians Enter Contest For September Music Festival In Panama City Beach More than 1,500 bands responded to an opportunity to play at the inaugural Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam, which is taking place this fall in Panama City, Beach, FL. The response was so overwhelming and the quality of the musicians so impressive that festival organizers have increased the … [Read more...]
Smackfest Hermosa Beach Volleyball Signups Now Open
Top Beach Event's 20th Anniversary Is July 20 Signups are now open for one of the top summertime events in the South Bay. Smackfest, the fun, comical and only occasionally serious dress-up beach volleyball tournament that involves some 800 people in teams dressed in themed costumes, is July 20. This is the 20th consecutive year for Smackfest, put on by and named after … [Read more...]
June A Gloom Month For Party Events And Fun Festivals
Highlight Is The Start Of Summerfest, The World's Largest Music Festival In sports, the term " tweener" is used to describe an individual that is between two sets of skill levels and thus, cannot quite excel in either. The player is, say, too small to play forward in basketball but not quick enough to be a guard. He's a "tweener." And that's what I think of June. It's a … [Read more...]
Promoters Going Crazy With Memorial Day E-Mail Blasts
Over Promoting Events A Turnoff To True Party People How full is your in-box? That's not a late night, drunken bar question about your personal plans for the night. It's a question about your e-mail box. Because mine's full. Memorial Day Weekend is here and promoters are sending out e-mail blasts as if it's batting practice before a baseball game. They pitches are coming … [Read more...]
Waikiki Beach May Be In My Memorial Day Weekend Party Plans
Three-day USA Holiday May Find The Blogger In Hawaii Here's a great place to spend Memorial Day: Waikiki Beach! And I might be doing it. A friend is there on business and has a room and has invited me to crash in it, so I called another friend who works for the airline and he's working on a buddy pass. This would be great. I've been to Waikiki Beach on Memorial Day. … [Read more...]
London Block Party on Regent Street For InsureandGo Celebration
International Themed Event Features Food, Drink And World Flavor Here's s different way to spend Mother's Day. If you are in London. On Sunday May 12, Regent Street, London W1 is celebrating ‘InsureandGo - The World on Regent Street’. Regent Street will be closed to traffic and transformed to showcase culture, music and dance, art, food and fashion from countries around … [Read more...]
Summerfest Milwaukee Invites Bands To Submit Videos To Play The Big Gig
Fans Can Vote On Which Acts They Would Like To See At World's Largest Music Festival Bands and musical acts from across the USA want to play at Summerfest, known to locals at The Big Gig. And now they have a chance with the Land the Big Gig contest. To enter the contest, bands need to submit a video featuring an original song to Summerfest. The deadline is … [Read more...]
Alcohol Crackdown Diminishes Enthusiasm For Bay to Breakers 2013
Without Floats And Especially The Tiki Bar, The Mardi Gras Of The West Coast Not The Same Party I long for the good 'ol days, a time when Elvis sang, when the Village People performed on a platform, where there were keg stands, house parties and themed floats rolling down the streets. It was all part of the Bay to Breakers, a kind of race but really a moving parade … [Read more...]
Rain Won’t Dampen The South Bay’s Cinco de Mayo Party
It's A Day In The Cantinas With Senoritas, Cervezas And Sombreros The weather isn't exactly like a Mexican beach party, but that's okay for Cinco de Mayo. In fact, it's almost better. That's because we'll be in the bars in the afternoon, partying it up Mexican style, and if it's cloudy or even raining, we won't be feeling guilty that we are inside drinking on a nice … [Read more...]
Kentucky Derby, Jazzfest & Cinco de Mayo Make This A Big Party Weekend
Mint Juleps And Margaritas: It's a Hat Trick Of Fun Partying Events To Kick Off May Get on your party hats, it's the first weekend of May. And you'll have to change those party hats depending on the day. Saturday, it's Derby hats for the annual Running of the Roses, the Kentucky Derby. Sunday, it's sombreros for Cinco de Mayo, the gringo's celebration of … [Read more...]
Queen’s Day Amsterdam One Big Party I’m Missing in 2013
Annual Event Is The City's Biggest Celebration I know the city, love the city and I even have an orange shirt. But, alas, I'll be missing its biggest annual party, Queen's Day. It takes place on Saturday, April 27, and it will happen without me. Darn it. Queen's Day is my kind of party event. It's a huge celebration, some 800,000 strong. There's bands in the street, DJs … [Read more...]
New Miss Long Beach Grand Prix Girls Crowned
Trio Of LA Girls To Represent World's Fastest Beach Party The stage was set – literally – and 15 girls stepped into it before a thousand fans on a warm and clear night in downtown Long Beach. And from that, three emerged as winners and are now the 2913 Miss Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach girls. They are: 1.) Lorin Hartell of North Hollywood 2.) Emily … [Read more...]
April Has Always Been One Of My Best Fun Party Events Months
Hilton Head Island WTA And PGA Events Lead Into Long Beach Grand Prix April may mean taxes to some, but to me it means a month of some of the most fun events in which I have ever been involved. It started out in my sportswriter days in Savannah, Ga., when I was assigned to cover the Family Circle Cup, a WTA professional women's tennis tour tournament on Hilton … [Read more...]
Boston Marathon Bombing Causing Increased Security at Sports & Concerts
Venues And Events Stepping Up Searches At Venues And Events If you're going to a sporting event, concert or festival – anything to do with crowds – then be prepared for longer lines to get into the venues. After two bombs went off at the Boston Marathon, security is being stepped up across the country, and event organizers are particularly on high alert. This goes for … [Read more...]
Budweiser Launches Made In America 30 Summer Concerts In 30 Cities
Bands And Beer From Boston To Los Angeles Budweiser has hit the road with an ambitious event that is bringing 30 concerts to 30 cities in the USA this spring and summer. It's the Made In America Events, and is started in April and concludes in August. Among the cities it visits are Boston (Aug. 22,) Los Angeles (May 21), San Francisco (May 5), Seattle (June 9), Chicago … [Read more...]
Congressional Cup Sailing Brings The Party To Long Beach’s Belmont Pier
Bands And The Stella Artois Beer Garden Bring Out The Belmont Shore Singles Here's why I like sailing and people who sail. Those who sail like to party! Take, for instance, the organizers of the Congressional Cup. This is an annual event that takes place in Long Beach, CA. It features some of the world's top skippers in America's Cup-style racing. In fact, in this year … [Read more...]
Indy 500 Remains A Memorial Day Party Bucket List Destination
The Brickyard Still An Elusive Event For The Blogger A couple of years ago, I had an offer to go to the Indy 500 as a guest of one of the drivers. I could have stayed at his house. With his girlfriend. And all her girlfriends who were visiting, as well. And I turned it down. Why, you ask? What kind of fool am I!? Well, yes, I am a fool, but the house was full … [Read more...]
Del Mar Opening Day So Popular It’s Holding A Drawing For Restaurants
Kentucky Derby Of The West Coast Requires Advance Planning For A Table Del Mar Opening Day is a very fun Southern California event the third Wednesday of each July. It's also the most popular mid-week event in the entire state. More than 50,000 people go to it and it's such a "must-do" event that the horse track that's across the street from the Pacific Ocean must action … [Read more...]
Grand Prix And Sailing Race Make Long Beach LA’s Top Party City In April
By Sea And By Land: Congressional Cup And World's Fastest Beach Party If you're looking to party in the Los Angeles area this month, then look no further than Long Beach. This city by the sea has two fun events in back-to-back weeks featuring sailboats and race cars. And each event has a big party element to it. The first is the Congressional Cup and the second is the … [Read more...]
El Segundo Keg Hunt 2013: Of Beers, Bars, Easter Bunnies And Bud Light
Kegs And Not Eggs In These South Bay Bars By The Beach The 2013 El Segundo Keg Hunt rolled through this Los Angeles town by the beach and once again, it proved to be one heck of a great time on the Saturday before Easter. Who comes up with such things? I'm jealous! Well, not really, because I was there and what a great time. In fact, it's a blast! If you can't … [Read more...]
Easter Sunday Is A Good Party Weekend For Single People
March Madness, A Keg (Not Egg) Hunt And Champagne Brunch Offer Fun Partying Opportunities By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Party Blogger It is a time, I know, of reflection, to look at our own mortality and to understand and appreciate the sacrifices of others for us. But that also means it's a time of celebration. And for singles, Easter Sunday makes for an … [Read more...]
Miss Long Beach Grand Prix 2013 Prelims At Legends Bar Belmont Shore
Pageant Continues To Find Finalist Girls For Thursday Thunder On Pine The search to find the 2013 Miss Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach continues on Thursday, March 28, with a preliminary contest taking place at Legend's sports bar in Long Beach's Belmont Shore. The contestants will gather at 7 p.m., with the contest scheduled to start at approximately 7:30. There will be … [Read more...]
My March Madness Bracket Picks Are Making Me Mad
Picking The Wrong Upsets Has Busted My Bracket Pittsburgh bites the dust. Wisconsin, after going on a late-season run in the hotly-contested Big 10, goes down to an average team from an average conference. Harvard does what I picked Belmont and South Dakota State to do, and that is to pull off a major upset, My West bracket has so many lines through the team names it … [Read more...]
Spring Break College Students Making Party Blogger Jealous
Then Again, I Saw The Footch Win A Belly Flop Contest In Daytona Beach I never went to Spring Break in college. Instead, I went home. Drove six hours from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Knoxville, Tennessee, and worked whatever job I could find for the week or so in order to earn a few precious dollars for my social activities on and around campus. I never had enough … [Read more...]
Spirits Industry Nightclub & Bar Show Is America’s Best Trade Show
Wishing I Were There And Not Here Some of the best party times of my life have been at the Nightclub & Bar Show, the annual gathering of everyone who is everyone in the bar, nightclub, beer and spirits industry. It's the middle of March every year and takes place in the ideal place for such a thing: Las Vegas! It's two days of the best trade show in America. And … [Read more...]