This is the only thing I know for sure: there are metrics by which you can predict solid shows before they happen. Sort of like being a trader (try to hit the right show) rather than an investor (do as many as possible and take the good with the bad). Did they have a night off before? Are they trending up or down? But every once in a while, the metrics are wrong.

The only show I could make Summer 15, due to family and commitments, was Walnut Creek. All signs pointed to great things. Unfortunately, this was a case of the metrics failing. It was possibly the weakest show of the summer.

So I can offer insight on that debate: put it near the bottom of the 2015 list.

Oh well, you can't win them all!