On April 11, 2014, Stockton hosted Woodstockton featuring the Goo Goo Dolls.  The event was held in Big Blue with standing room as well as bleachers for sitting.  Before the Goo Goo Dolls performed, two groups opened for them.

The first opening act was performed by The Blithedale Romance.  They were the winners of Stockton’s Battle of the Bands and were given the honor of opening for the Goo Goo Dolls.  When they first came onto the stage, the lead singer’s guitar was not properly hooked up to the amplifier.  They played a series of rock songs that were very hard to understand.

Following The Blithedale Romance, Run River North came onstage, playing music from a completely opposite genre reminiscent of something that would have been played at Woodstock.  They came all the way from California to perform at Woodstockton in front of their first large live audience.  The audience did not pay much attention to their music, claiming that a lot of songs just blended together and sounded the same.

The Goo Goo Dolls did not take the stage until roughly 9:30 PM.  They were very interactive with their audience.  When the lead singer said that he wrote a song for his girlfriend, one girl was raised up onto her friend’s shoulders.  He began to jokingly speak to her as though she was his girlfriend, asking her where she had been for so long.

The audience had a great time, laughing, clapping, and singing along throughout the Goo Goo Dolls performance.  When the set was over and the band left the stage, the audience began to chant “one more song.”  Some people gave up on waiting and left.  A few minutes later, the band finally came back out onto the stage and sang more songs, whipping the crowd into an uproar.

The Goo Goo Dolls performed excellently and were very good in front of an audience.  They were a great choice for a band.