tough economic times hit the music festival industry: Langerado

sweetcell wrote:

num wrote:
I always wondered why bring kids to a rock festival if you are just going to hang out at the kids stage? Why not just go to Chuck-e cheese and save a few hundred bucks.

if both parents go to the festival, they can split the time spent at the kiddie stage so one can occasionally catch some of the other stages.  plus, at kidzapalloza, they had a few interesting acts that i wouldn't have minded catching.  jeff tweedy doing an acoustic set for kids?  might have been good!

i might already have posted this, but lolla'09 = 7-9 august.

awesome, i'll be away on the 1st-2nd and thought i would miss it.  I think we'll be attending again, esp if we can get those $45 tickets (and yes charlie, Lolla does/did have those)

Charlie wrote:
Are those supercheap tickets you speak of for Bumbershoot, or for Lolla? I know B-shoot has those, but didn't know Lolla did.

lolla has a VERY limited number of cheap presale tickets @ $60 each - i believe that less than 2000 were available last year.  they are known as "golden tickets".  they are very hard to come by: their exact time of onsale isn't announced, they sell out in a few minutes, the website often crashes as soon as they go on sale, etc.  i've been lucky and scored some for the last two years.  otherwise, last year they had early-bird tickets for $190.  i wonder if they'll drop ticket prices this year?  doesn't look like coachella did…

Do they have single day Lolla tickets? And do they only go onsale after a certain time if the three day passes don't sell out?

sweetcell wrote:

Charlie wrote:
Are those supercheap tickets you speak of for Bumbershoot, or for Lolla? I know B-shoot has those, but didn't know Lolla did.

lolla has a VERY limited number of cheap presale tickets @ $60 each - i believe that less than 2000 were available last year.  they are known as "golden tickets".  they are very hard to come by: their exact time of onsale isn't announced, they sell out in a few minutes, the website often crashes as soon as they go on sale, etc.  i've been lucky and scored some for the last two years.  otherwise, last year they had early-bird tickets for $190.  i wonder if they'll drop ticket prices this year?  doesn't look like coachella did…

Charlie wrote:
Do they have single day Lolla tickets? And do they only go onsale after a certain time if the three day passes don't sell out?

yes and yes… although i don't remember 3-day passes ever selling out before single-days going on sale.  single-days have sold out quickly (like last year's friday, b/c of radiohead) so if you do want a single-day, buy it as soon as they go on sale.  luckily the full line-up is public by then.

see you, celeste and the bundle in grant park this year?

Not this year, but maybe 2010.

sweetcell wrote:

Charlie wrote:
Do they have single day Lolla tickets? And do they only go onsale after a certain time if the three day passes don't sell out?

yes and yes… although i don't remember 3-day passes ever selling out before single-days going on sale.  single-days have sold out quickly (like last year's friday, b/c of radiohead) so if you do want a single-day, buy it as soon as they go on sale.  luckily the full line-up is public by then.

see you, celeste and the bundle in grant park this year?