On Saturday, June 30, 2012 the Popwagon made an appearance in Culver City at Higuera and Lindblade. This was the first time we took it out and just parked without making prior arrangements. We knew we had some music to play, and a fine stage to play it on, but we didn’t know where exactly we’d be or who would be there to watch.

The plan was to play somewhere near Royal/T on Washington Blvd. since we knew there’d be a crowd gathered for their farewell party, and because it was close to the new Culver City metro stop. At around 6, Jerry Flanagan (bassist for Hard Sun) took a drive around the general vicinity and found that the lots we had originally scoped out were being used by valets for some other event. Not wanting to mess with valets (who are known to be vicious about parking spots), we went around the corner and found an empty lot where we could park without a lot of trouble.

At 7:30, the rest of the musicians arrived, we started the generator and did a quick sound check. By 8:00 the lights were on and the show began. As our two bands, Hard Sun and The Way-Down-Lows played along to the sunset, fans gathered around, passers-by stopped to listen, and drivers stopped their cars to see what was going on.

By the end of the evening, we had made quite a few new friends, entertained a curious crowd, and learned that you can indeed hold a concert in a parking spot.