54/40 Concert Fri, Sept 12.

[yaitsme]

Good concert at waterfront park. Sound was not quite right for first half of the concert, but improved for the second half. Interacted well with the crowd. The weather was great for it.
The crowd was well behaved....lots of kids present too, but at $10 ticket, it made that possible.
Don't quite know how many people were there, but over 1,000? Does anyone know?
Hey, also bought 50/50 tickets at the concert and they never announced the winning ticket #. Does anyone know where to find that out? Looked on the dragonboat website, but it just had the winning # for 2007. Thanks. Maybe Castanet could post the winning # somewhere....

[Jo]

Outdoor music is the best!

You could email [email protected] and suggest that they find out then run the winning number, but maybe the sponsors would contact winners via phone (assuming that when you bought the tickets you entered such information). You could maybe contact the sponsors and find out from them directly?

[JayByrd]

I echo yatisme's sentiments exactly. The sound was rather muddy for the first half, but improved. 54-40 is always good live, they are money in the bank in that regard. Did any other attendees notice quite a few drunks, or was I just a magnet for them? And I should point out that while I did end up interacting with a couple of inebriated yahoos, they weren't causing problems per se.

As for the 50/50, maybe it's not drawn until the end of the weekend? Just a guess.

[yaitsme]

The 50/50 tickets were just like "admit one" kind of tickets--no name or phone numbers taken, and the draw was Friday night, but just didn't hear it.
As for the drunks at the concert, there were some, like always, but it was manageable.
There was a big security and police presence. All in all, a great evening. Thanks 54/40 and
Lake City Casino. (the sponsor)

[LeifH]

There were a lot of drunks. That is because of the beer garden, and all the encouragment to go there.

It was a good show. I've seen 54-40 many times. My tapes turned out great, and I filmed the whole thing as well.

[LeifH]

This has been under wraps, since the show happened. But finally, you can watch the whole show right here:



54-40 @ 10th Annual Dragon Boat Festival
Friday September 12th, 2008
Island Stage / Waterfront Park
Kelowna, BC, Canada

Setlist: 01:37:13
00 introductions and sponsors
01 Love You All
02 Easy To Love
03 Crossing a Canyon
04 Baby Ran
05 Radio Love Song
06 The Chant
07 Northern Soul
08 One Gun
09 One Day In Your Life
10 Lies To Me
11 She La
12 Since When
13 Casual Viewin'
14 Ocean Pearl
-encore break-
15 Snap
16 My Girl
17 I Go Blind
18 Nice To Love You

Neil Osbourne - vocals, guitar
Brad Merritt - bass
Matt Johnson - drums
Dave Genn - guitar, backing vocals
Tom Hooper - keyboards

The Grapes of Wrath's Tom Hooper's debut performance with 54-40 on their Northern Soul tour. This venue was also where Dave Genn played his debut performance with 54-40 in 2003. This show was the kick off of the annual Kelowna Dragon Boat Festival. Tickets were $10. The opening act was local band The Sleddogs.