Plenty of time for planning, this should turn out to be a great tailgate. Maybe we should just bring one canopy and no tiki bars.

Nah.....
Tom and I are planning to meet up next week and begin some prep work for the tailgate (mobile tiki town as it was dubbed by John Frinzi). Tom will be hosting a party on Friday night at his place, and depending on how many people are in town early, we may have a second house party (on Thursday night) at our place so as to not leave folks bored with nothing to do. No plans yet for it, but we'll leave the option open in case there's enough interest.
I wonder if we can find a "party bus" to get everyone around. It would probably mean folks would need to choose one/two hotels right next to each other to make that happen. Anyway, plenty of time to figure out logistics.
It must have been fate, Lewis called me up last night to invite us over for a cookout at his dads place on Monday, and I warned/informed him that there's a concert in November. He said he loved last time, met some great people, learned a lot, and would be happy to do it again if folks wanted.
-adrian