A few years back my wife and I saw Weird Al at Kings Island pretty much on a whim. If you’re my age, you grew up in a time and place where Weird Al was probably part of your culture in some way, so it was kinda cool to finally see him live. I’m not sure I’d call myself a fan, per se, but I dig what he does to some degree and can appreciate the silliness.

So when I happened to see he was coming back around this past spring, I snagged some tickets for the whole family. This time we saw him at the Fraze Pavillion. It was out first time there (and we’ve lived here 4 years now) and we were impressed with how nice it was. Bonus that it’s just a few miles down the road. Kinda crazy that we have the Nutter Center (seats about 12,000) and the Fraze Pavillion (seats a little over 4000) both less than 10 miles away. Pretty much any act coming through Dayton stops at one of those two places. I need to make more of an effort to get out and see some live entertainment.

At any rate, Weird Al was as enjoyable as you’d expect. Good stuff. We had seats in the 4th row, but they were a little too far to the side of the stage for my liking. I think I’d have rather sat a few rows back, but more centered. It was a perfect summer evening for an outdoor venue though and that alone made for a nice night.

I just realized while posting this that I didn’t take a single photo. Sorry. You’ll just have to imagine it.