kc Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 (edited) Anyone go there? Are there any cool/hip people there or in the area that would go to the main beach area to see a cool show? Edited April 2, 2011 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 (edited) I was there for 24 hours last summer. The main beach drag is depressed and full of above-ground parking-lots and vacant stores. There was a big fire a few years ago that gutted one of its core beach blocks, but nothing was built to replace it. The beach itself is really nice and well maintained and Lake Huron is a fairly clean lake. The area is also surrounded by power-centres and big-box stores, which hasn't helped the development of the beach area to say the least. There's potential there, but right now Wasaga needs some TLC. Edited April 2, 2011 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagochips Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 I remember it as being mostly over-run with teenagers on the weekends, but a beautiful beach. The surrounding region is pretty rural/small town Ontario. Not so sure how high the concentration of cool/hip people to the overall populace is, but I'm guessing it's a diluted gene pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elemeno Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 (edited) Wasaga Beach is cool if you’re from Toronto and you drive your moms supped-up civic. Most people sit by the side of the road on a couch they dragged out of the cottage they rented and cheer for cars that spin their tires. The cool/hip folks are in Collingwood! :bonghit: :chug: Edited April 3, 2011 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagochips Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Yeah. I forgot to mention the cars. Lots of muscle cars. LOTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgnor Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 Does anyone remember the shitty hip-pop band called Len? That's what I think of when I think of Wasaga. Guys from Toronto in muscle shirts, with muscle cars, muscling their sisters. it's creepy.hip-ness factor very low Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOutGuy Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 If you steal my sunshine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 I went to the Wasaga Beach Bluesfest about 7 years ago. Joan Osborne with the Funk Brothers was stellar!I think it was the only year that it was held up there.The festival was pretty dead until The Hip showed up on the Sunday night.I remember people lined up to pay $20 cover charge to dance bars that were on the strip after the live music ended.I'd go back if there was a similar festival right on the beach again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 I have a BRUTAL memory of Wasaga Beach from when I was 12 years old. Pseudo-kidnapping that ended in the cops finding me and driving me back to my uncles place where I was so relieved I vomited. Scary stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgnor Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Want some candy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 what is a "pseudo-kidnapping?" curiosity has me on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 what is a "pseudo-kidnapping?" curiosity has me on this one.me too. foreshadowing suggests the shady uncle had something to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSTLE Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 i quite like the "area". not the main drag per se, but we rented a cottage near allenwood beach last summer and you can't beat the water - if lounging and swimming is your thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 My experiences as Wasaga Beach are best described by the song "Research at Beach Resorts" by Max Webster:hot sun and tan yeah, dontcha just screamboy, what sand sand sand sand say cheesepaddle boats surf ladies in shorts up and down the coast we coastyeah, we cry research at beach resortsline up crowds at the pavilionMax is playing "Vacations"we're in newport for research to get abreast of thingto get get a breast of things take your tourist toys to the concertwe've just researched wasaga beach bonfire pits at midnighthangover eyes at sunrise sixwhat is it that we stare at? is it the passports and campsite stars?or the monogrammed bikinis and cars?or maybe we just need some perspiration 'cause we're frostbitten Canadian boysput on your sunglasses get in on the paradewe're gonna cruise the beach we just might get crazed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodRev Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Yeah, the one time I was there years ago, I went to see Big Sugar at the Dardanella (or the Dard), which as I recall would host some rock shows here and there. Other than that, though, I remember a very high douchebag factor on the beach, lots of the aforementioned cars with spinning tires, and generally being mostly disgusted with the people there. I'm sure with the advent of Jersey Shore it has become even more of a jerkoff's paradise. Have a nice trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 When I was in HS all the wannabe gangstars from Toronto (and there were a lot of them) flocked to Wasaga every long weekend of the summer. From the stories I'd hear, it seemed like the single least appealing place to be on a long weekend. Which is too bad, cuz it is pretty nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaggyBalls Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Wasaga's on Georgian Bay, not Lake Huron.Why not go to Southampton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Wasaga's on Georgian Bay, not Lake Huron.Why not go to Southampton?I know what you are saying, but Georgian Bay is part of Lake Huron. Hay Bay is still Lake Ontario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaggyBalls Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 (edited) And I know what YOU'RE saying, but Georgian Bay was once a separate body of water entirely while Hay Bay (near Picton) isn't a bay off a lake at all...it's flowing INTO lake Ontario isn't it?Different geology, different landscape, different climate and weather, different ecology... Edited April 5, 2011 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ersh Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 I played a gig in the Wasaga Beach Dome a few years ago... and it was THE WORST sounding stage ever. Horrible. I still have on stage nightmares. The sound bouncing around in the dome was ridiculous. SO not the place to see a concert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 my lake's better than your lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 my fish can beat up your phish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Thanks for the comments people, it's giving me some perspective for sure. I gather douchebags are the norm but just wanted to hear if cool people would come out of the woods for something good or if that species is pretty much extinct in the area and we'd be better off booking a 4th generation nickelback style band. Also wondering if indie hipster club kids would frequent the area or if even they are not going near there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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