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Live Nation's new model with variable pricing guarantees that they will lower the ticket prices, after the die-hards already pulled the trigger on the current ridiculous costs.
Do prices ever decrease? I've only ever seen prices INCREASE with the variable pricing.
Yeah I was looking at Travis Scott tickets recently, and prices decreased after many of the upper bowl seats weren't selling. But it can fluctuate day by day.
The f'ed up thing is that North Adams is much closer to the Albany/Saratoga concert market than it is to Boston, yet Wilco skips Boston on Solid Sound years, just because they're in the same state. And Wilco hasn't played Boston since January 2016 (after not having played Boston since the fall of 2011).
I'm hoping that Woodstock will have a beneficial spillover effect for Boston (as well as greater New England, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, etc.) with festival acts booking dates in neighboring states right before or after their festival appearance. I wouldn't mind Sturgill Simpson, Dawes, Margo Price, Robert Plant, and a few others booking Boston shows around that time.
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As was the case with Life Is Good before it, Festival At The Farm is the latest Prouse Farm festival to go belly up. Which means that Boston Calling is now the only music festival within 70 miles of Boston (and the only other festival within 75 miles of Boston caps its attendance at 10K per day, which is around half the capacity of an NBA/NHL arena for concerts).
Here's the e-mail I received:
To Our Friends and Music Fans,
When I set out to develop Festival at the Farm in 2016, I imagined a festival with open arms and a true sense of community. I envisioned a more relaxing festival, where young and old could enjoy music together, feeling right at home in a beautiful location. Simplicity was the key.
Somehow it all came together! How? Well, if you were one of our guests at Prowse Farm you experienced the culmination of thousands of separate instances of people simply saying, "yes".
Meditech, and The Friends of Prowse Farm said "yes" and have been wonderfully supportive hosts, allowing us the use of an absolutely incredible location. The town of Canton and its public safety personnel said "yes" when we applied for permits. The amazing artists, talent agents and management teams all said "yes", delivering us so many amazing magical moments. Our sponsors, especially our friends at Pete and Gerry's Organic Eggs and b.good, said "yes" when we needed partners to make it a reality. The talented vendors all said "yes" and put their hearts out there in 10'x10' tents and food trucks. Our production team and incredible volunteers all said "yes", giving us their time, effort and talent. And finally...of course, our guests all said "yes", putting trust in us by buying tickets and planning a weekend at Festival at the Farm.
It all became possible because everyone involved chose to say "yes" - believing that it was indeed possible. That sense of positivity wove itself into the fabric of Festival at the Farm.
Over the winter, we learned that our 2019 lease for Prowse Farm would not be renewed. Prowse Farm is a one-of-a-kind location...there is magic in the air beneath that hillside that might very well be impossible to replicate. We thought carefully about how we could remain vibrant and also feel familiar in a new location. Unfortunately, a suitable answer has not presented itself for 2019.
Personally, Festival at the Farm has been an incredible experience. As a small business owner, it represented my entrepreneurial leap, a crazy dream come to life before my very eyes. I am grateful to every single one of you for the help and support.
Will Festival at the Farm return? I can't answer that question today. My company, Six Chair Productions, will continue to produce events, chase dreams and bring people together. Hopefully over time we’ll find the right opportunity and Festival at the Farm will come alive once again. I've seen the power of "yes" firsthand.
You're absolutely right. I'm generally so unimpressed by the mostly jam band/reggae focus of that particular festival that it barely shows up on my radar (unlike Newport, Green River, and Solid Sound).
LiveNation, as they have done a few times in the last five years, is doing an All-In week, where they offer tickets to amphitheater shows that aren't selling well for $20 including all fees. The sale starts on May 1.
I'd expect to see shows for Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion in Boston, Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Bank of NH Pavilion, and Thompson's Point in Maine. (I don't know the CT market well enough to know if they've got similar venues there)
Basically, it's a concert for a few dollars more than a movie.
I've had my eye on a few "kinda, sorta interested" shows at the waterfront pavilion in Boston and this will definitely get me to those shows.
Live Nation's stuff in CT is Xfinity Theatre (The Meadows) in Hartford and the Oakdale in Wallingford.
If you see East Providence's Bold Point Park in the $20 promotion, then you'll see Darling's Waterfront in Bangor and it's partners as well. I don't believe it's Live Nation proper, wondering if it's an affiliate.
Live Nation's stuff in CT is Xfinity Theatre (The Meadows) in Hartford and the Oakdale in Wallingford.
If you see East Providence's Bold Point Park in the $20 promotion, then you'll see Darling's Waterfront in Bangor and it's partners as well. I don't believe it's Live Nation proper, wondering if it's an affiliate.
Live Nation books 90% of the lineup, but it is operated and owned by Maine Waterfront Events! The aim of the venue was to bring the same tours that the Pavillion in Boston gets to RI, however so far they appear to aim for a ceratin crowd demographic with the linuep they have at the moment. I live some 6 mins away from it, so it was news when LN announced it would book some shows there.
That's a big jump. Justin played the Vets, what - a year or two ago?
I would have guessed Agganis. But we're about to find out.
I went to the Vets show and it was just him solo with very minimal production. I imagine this will be full band/lights/etc. That being said, I was also really surprised it was the Garden and would've expected Agganis. Feels like they'd have to add another big name opener to come close to selling out 17k seats, but what do i know.
That's a big jump. Justin played the Vets, what - a year or two ago?
I would have guessed Agganis. But we're about to find out.
I went to the Vets show and it was just him solo with very minimal production. I imagine this will be full band/lights/etc. That being said, I was also really surprised it was the Garden and would've expected Agganis. Feels like they'd have to add another big name opener to come close to selling out 17k seats, but what do i know.
Agreed, if it was Bon Iver / The National coheadline I could see this selling out but not just Justin.
according to the td garden website, Bon Iver tickets start at 30 before fees. prices go as high as 150.
I'm guessing that this won't be close to a sellout and you could probably go down to the Garden box office whenever it's convenient for you and save some money. Years ago, I picked up a fee-free $27 balcony seat for Coldplay there.
Solid Sound Festival tickets must be selling very, very well for Wilco to announce two nights at the Wang Theatre on October 10 and 11. I believe that this is the first time they've played Boston in a Solid Sound year.
Needless to say, I'm incredibly happy about this (as long as I get tickets to both shows before they sell out, of course).
Ticketmaster pulled trickery and didn’t release the floor seats right away for Bon Iver. But I waited and scored!
As much as i love me some Bon Iver, I just couldn't justify $150+fees for the good floor seats for this. I retreated back to Loge 2 (row 2) for $70+fees.
