Tick Tick…Kaboom: Concert & Fireworks Recap
We spent an afternoon in the sunshine (and evening in the bone-chilling fog) on Saturday in San Francisco at KFOG’s annual concert and fireworks extravaganza, Kaboom. Some of these photos are posted on their website, and you can view a video of the fireworks there as well.
Lineup: Matt Nathanson, Collective Soul and Los Lobos
We went primarily to see our friend Matt with his full band, so of course it was our favorite. Frankly, the other two didn’t interest me one bit. To be fair, everyone else in my party (nine others, all of us squished together on 2 blankets) seemed to enjoy all three acts.
I was more amused by the many unfortunate shirtless wonders in the crowd (see photo below), as well as the huge line of young girls and college prepsters that awaited autographs from and a chance to meet Matt for two hours after his set. Watching his career grow from a guy with a guitar in the dorms at 18 to performing for 100,000 people is pretty amazing, and I continue to be both in awe of and very proud of him.
And then there were the fireworks, set to a great soundtrack. Thick layers of fog rolled in and blocked some of the larger displays, but it was very cool nonetheless.
That’s all, folks.