Blog 15 - Punk Rock Bowling

       

            In May 2011 I took a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada for their annual Punk Rock Bowling music/bowling festival, and it was seriously one of the most awesome things I’ve ever experienced. I drove out there with my friends Shantal, Daniel and Anthony, on May 27, for four nights and five days. That was who was in our car but we had actually gone out there to meet up with over 30 other friends as well. I bought my tickets 3 months in advance, so the time until then was such torture, but when the day finally came I was so hyper and excited to arrive. We had gotten a room a block from the strip, at Safari Sam’s, where the bowling tournaments took place. When we got there we unpacked a little and got ready for the night. Although, we weren’t on a team, we bowled a few games on our own, drank a little and met up with our other friends.

The second night we were there was when the first show took place. There were over 60 bands playing combined in all three days, but the main attractions this night were Dropkick Murphys and Stiff Little Fingers. On the third night I got to see Descendents and Me First & the Gimme Gimmes and on the fourth night I got to see Cock Sparrer and Agnostic Front. Going to the shows each night was just the gist of my fun experience. I had been to Vegas many times as a minor, but since this was my first time going while over the age of 21, I wanted to make it a point to do as much as I could. During the day I gambled, had a few margaritas, I went to Little Italy and went a boat ride, I went to a wax museum, I did some shopping and I ate a ton. To add to all of that there were over 200 bowling teams and the team representing Oxnard, CA made it to the top 10. This whole weekend could not have been more epic.