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Cake day: July 8th, 2023

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  • There’s some variation. I just got tickets to Mumford and Sons during their presale last month. I’m in Seattle, and the closest they’re coming to me on this tour is in Vancouver. The tickets were actually pretty reasonable. I got floor seats for just over $100 US. Part of that might be because it’s on a Tuesday night, though, LOL.

    I do agree that prices have gotten out of control, and I have limits for how much I’m willing to spend. It has very much become a cost/benefit analysis every time I go looking for tickets. But sometimes I’m pleasantly surprised.


  • My experience in recent years is that if you see ticket prices that seem outrageous, it’s probably because all the available tickets have already been bought and what you’re seeing are “resale” prices. Scalpers. If you search for tickets, their sites are the first ones that come up, too, because they pay for priority on google searches. Your best bet is to track the bands you want to see, know when tickets are going to go on sale, and get them as early as possible. Often you can register for a fan presale event where you get a code to get tickets before they are available to the general public. Scalpers will be doing that, too, but the number of tickets they can buy is limited per account, which slows them down a little. But even with all that, you’re not going to see a popular band for $50. That’s just not a realistic price anymore. It hasn’t been for a long time.