{"id":39892,"date":"2023-07-23T00:12:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T08:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/?p=39892"},"modified":"2023-07-23T01:27:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T09:27:58","slug":"adult-fairyland-for-grownups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/blog\/adult-fairyland-for-grownups","title":{"rendered":"Adult Fairyland For Grownups 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> Friday, July 28th <a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/blog\/subscribe\">subscribe for more event info<\/a>.<br \/>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong> 7pm &#8211; 10pm<br \/>\n<strong>Buy Tickets:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/brushfire.com\/childrensfairyland\/grownups\/556425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Online Tickets<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> $35(it keeps going up) + $1.35 fee and somehow sell out every year<br \/>\n<strong>Parking:<\/strong> $5<br \/>\n<strong>Age Restrictions:<\/strong> It is age 21+<br \/>\n<strong>NEVER FORGET Covid Vaccine Pushers:<\/strong> We want to remind you that last year they required proof of vaccination to attend so we would highly suggest against ever supporting Oaklandish or Children&#8217;s Fairyland again.<\/p>\n<p>We strongly recommend you <strong>BOYCOTT THIS EVENT<\/strong>.<br \/>\nThey are NOT &#8220;my body my choice&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>What to expect if you do go?<br \/>\nExpect long lines.<br \/>\nExpensive food options.<br \/>\nTwo drink limit? What the heck is that?<\/p>\n<p>They will search you so you can not bring in your own drinks or even water.<\/p>\n<p>Support OaklandMofo and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/oaklandmofo\/12126191\">buy an Oakland shirt<\/a> online now.<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/oakland-cranes-shirt.jpg\" alt=\"cranes shirt\" width=\"180\" height=\"196\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/oakland-cranes-shirt.jpg 180w, https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/oakland-cranes-shirt-138x150.jpg 138w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Good luck and expect really long lines the night of the event.<br \/>\n=====================<br \/>\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/jnvslRqTNYQ?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here we are in our 11th year of Fairyland for Grownups sponsored by vax pushers Oaklandish.<br \/>\nAs someone who was born in Oakland and grew up going to Fairyland as a kid, I must say I am not impressed with this event.<\/p>\n<p>I went for the first 2 years, but no more after that. Super downhill from the first year even. Oaklandish&#8217;s Fairyland for Grownups is more of an overpriced, overcrowded, and under-bartended no-name DJ dance club with long drink lines and poor music. Yeah, I said it.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what it will be like this year other than tickets are now $35 and it will surely sell out due to new age Oakland transplant hype.<\/p>\n<p>While I have very fond memories of growing up going to Children&#8217;s Fairyland with my dad and my sister, I can tell you it is no place for an adult. It&#8217;s just not the same or even fun. I have even snuck in as an adult, it&#8217;s really easy. Ask anyone on the way in with a kid if you can join them to get past the booth and you&#8217;re in. A friend and I did this. She asked the lady, we went in with her and her kid, then explored memory lane as grown-ups.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll start getting thoughts like &#8220;Wow, I remembered it being bigger&#8230;.&#8221; and &#8220;Has it always been this ghetto?&#8221; or  &#8220;How could my parents stand taking me here?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>During Oaklandish&#8217;s Adult Fairyland Night for Grownups, pretty much most of Fairyland is closed down and you can only stand around in long long drink and food lines or a crowded dance floor. Luckily it&#8217;s only 3 hours so you won&#8217;t be subject to pretending you love it for very long. If you do go you should sneak in a flask because the long lines for small plastic cups of free beer will take up most of your evening.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll also find that when you go during daylight hours you&#8217;ll want to leave after like 20 minutes when you&#8217;ve seen it all. You really don&#8217;t even have to borrow a stranger&#8217;s kid, ask a friend or a neighbor with a kid if they want to go to Fairyland. Make their day, realize you&#8217;re an adult now and you just signed up for torture. But the kids will love it.<\/p>\n<p>People, Fairyland is for kids. You either grew up here and got to go or you didn&#8217;t. Paying $35 for tickets to drink in an overcrowded kids&#8217; playground is just ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p>If you really want to have a great grown-up time on <a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandmofo.com\/blog\/lake-merritt-facts\" title=\"lake merritt\">Lake Merritt<\/a>, grab a few friends, a bottle whatever and walk around the lake. Sit in a park, climb a tree, chill at the cascade, whatever. It&#8217;ll be way more fun with your friends, not to mention cheaper.<\/p>\n<h2>Fairyland For Grownups by Oaklandish 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Beer, Wine, Food, Trucks, etc.<br \/>\nSome irrelevant DJ<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m10!1m8!1m3!1d2610.3992971308253!2d-122.25996900000001!3d37.809245999999995!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1405110307654\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" style=\"border:0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: Friday, July 28th subscribe for more event info. Time: 7pm &#8211; 10pm Buy Tickets: Online Tickets Ticket Price: $35(it keeps going up) + $1.35 fee and somehow sell out every year Parking: $5 Age Restrictions: It is age 21+ NEVER FORGET Covid Vaccine Pushers: We want to remind you that last year they required [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Oaklandish Adult Fairyland For Grownups 2022","_seopress_titles_desc":"Vaccine Required. Adult Fairyland For Grownups 2022 Date and ticket inro\/price included! Put on by Oaklandish, in August 2022! 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