Living in the Future - Concert Date Goofed

This past weekend, my wife her friend Greta and I went out the Hollywood Bowl to see a concert. We had (and still have) tickets to go see Zero 7, the Gotan Project, and some guy called Gonzalo something-or-other. This was part of KCRW's world music concert series, and was sure to be a fun Sunday evening.

We pick up my wife's friend and head out to Hollywood & Highland, the shopping center a few blocks away from the Hollywood Bowl. They have 4 hours of parking for a mere 2 bucks w/validation and a shuttle that takes you to and from the Bowl for 3 bucks. We parked, got a small smoothie so that we could get our parking validated, and headed out to the shuttle.

We had all inspected the tickets to know just what time we should get there. We got on the shuttle bus and at first noticed that the crowd was a little different than we had expected. But, far be it for us to question such a thing as a concert turnout because they don't look like us or are in our same age-group. We figured KCRW has a very diverse listening-base and there was nothing wrong.

We made it to the Bowl and walked up the hill a little bit, and as we're getting our tickets scanned, the scanner starts to beep as if there's something wrong with the tickets. The guy then says "Oh guys, this is going to be a great concert, but it's actually next Sunday, the 27th". The three of us look at each other, the look at the tickets, and then should have collectively slapped ourselves on the forehead. We showed up a week early to the concert, on the 21st of August. Now it made sense why the shuttle was not filled with people that fit our demographic.

So, we sat around, and waited for a shuttle to take us back to Hollywood & Highland. We spent a couple of hours there, people-watching and making fun of freaks and the such. We had 4 hours for 2 bucks, so I wasn't going to let that go to waste. Then, we headed back home, dropped off my wife's friend, got some dinner and watched The 4400 instead.

This coming weekend though . . . we are attending the concert. I just hope we don't have another Darwin moment and end up going to the Staples Center instead of the Hollywood Bowl.