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Frolic San Jose - 2016
10 years ago
Frolic San Jose...
So many of you keep asking what is our plan for this year. Well, we really love doing this event when Further Confusion is in town, and really love that we are able to bring furries into the downtown nightlife of San Jose. There are so many wonderful venues, and we actually looked at a few new ones this year.
But, we have decided to take a break this year, and skip doing Frolic San Jose in January of 2016.
The reason is simple economics and weather. We rent out venues that have a high cost. We don't profit on doing this event, but we rely on bringing in a crowd to break even with the cost of the venue and productions.
This year is predicted to be the biggest El Nino year in history.
And they are even saying these recent storms we have been getting are not even part of El Nino. The El Nino storms will begin to hit around the end of December and run through early February. This means a high chance of heavy rains the entire month of January.
The San Jose convention center is great for it's all indoor access. Both the Hilton and the Marriot and the convention center are all accessible without ever going outside. But think about it, if it's pouring down rain, will you willingly walk a block in a fursuit in the heavy rain to go to a nightclub? Even if it's a great production, the chance of a heavy rain is just to high, and if the event got rained out and people stayed away, we'd still be on the line for the cost of the production.
So we'll be sitting out January 2016 in San Jose.
But don't worry, this is just for 2016, and we will be back!
We will still be having our regular Frolic in San Francisco at the Stud on January 9th, rain or shine! We also have some plans for some special events in 2016, including some cross over events with some other events, like we did at Booty (or maybe we'll be back at Booty at the end of January!)
So many of you keep asking what is our plan for this year. Well, we really love doing this event when Further Confusion is in town, and really love that we are able to bring furries into the downtown nightlife of San Jose. There are so many wonderful venues, and we actually looked at a few new ones this year.
But, we have decided to take a break this year, and skip doing Frolic San Jose in January of 2016.
The reason is simple economics and weather. We rent out venues that have a high cost. We don't profit on doing this event, but we rely on bringing in a crowd to break even with the cost of the venue and productions.
This year is predicted to be the biggest El Nino year in history.
And they are even saying these recent storms we have been getting are not even part of El Nino. The El Nino storms will begin to hit around the end of December and run through early February. This means a high chance of heavy rains the entire month of January.
The San Jose convention center is great for it's all indoor access. Both the Hilton and the Marriot and the convention center are all accessible without ever going outside. But think about it, if it's pouring down rain, will you willingly walk a block in a fursuit in the heavy rain to go to a nightclub? Even if it's a great production, the chance of a heavy rain is just to high, and if the event got rained out and people stayed away, we'd still be on the line for the cost of the production.
So we'll be sitting out January 2016 in San Jose.
But don't worry, this is just for 2016, and we will be back!
We will still be having our regular Frolic in San Francisco at the Stud on January 9th, rain or shine! We also have some plans for some special events in 2016, including some cross over events with some other events, like we did at Booty (or maybe we'll be back at Booty at the end of January!)
We might make it a habbit of skipping El Nino years, but luckily those never happen 2 years in a row!