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WE BREAK DOWN our List of the TOP 10 BIGGEST TIKI MOMENTS OF 2024

January 14, 2025
James Frye

Wow, what a year! 2024 has come and gone, filled with landmark Tiki anniversaries, passings, new…

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OUR TOP 10 BIGGEST TIKI MOMENTS OF 2024

January 3, 2025
James Frye

As we jump into 2025, let’s pause for just a second to look back at 2024,…

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HUGE NEWS! Trader Vic’s Is Returning to Los Angeles in 2025

November 26, 2024
James Frye

Talk about your Tiki Atomic bomb of an announcement! According to LA Magazine, the legendary TRADER…

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Adrian Eustaquio (Inside the Desert Oasis Room) Gets His Head Shrunk at The Golden Tiki

November 15, 2024
James Frye

Shrunken heads in Vegas! This week at the Freaks Tiki Bar, our special guest is Adrian…

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THE ROAST OF SVEN KIRSTEN at EXOTIKON 2024!

June 14, 2024
James Frye

Exotikon 2 in Los Angeles held a special roast of the godfather of tiki himself, SVEN…

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A Wrap-Up of Tiki Caliente 15

May 10, 2024
James Frye

It’s our Tiki Caliente 15 After-show. The Tiki Freaks visit the Palm Springs tiki festival organized…

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THE TIKI FREAKS Get a Preview of TIKI CALIENTE 15 with RORY SNYDER

April 24, 2024
James Frye

Just ahead of TIKI CALIENTE 15, head-honcho RORY SNYDER makes some big announcements and gives us…

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Our Favorite Tiki Bars in the U.S. from Coast to Coast

April 10, 2024
James Frye

With our hosts in Los Angeles, Orlando, and Columbus, Ohio, we feature photos and stories from…

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Conversation with Tiki Tom-Tom, Author and Photographer of “POLYNESIACS: Tiki at Home”

February 20, 2024
James Frye

A free-wheeling discussion with renowned author and photographer Tom Jaynes, aka Tiki Tom-Tom, about his awesome…

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Inside All the Cool Craziness That Happened at This Year’s Tiki Caliente 14

May 20, 2023
James Frye

We survived TIKI CALIENTE 14, the wildest tiki celebration ever to hit Palm Springs (so far!).…