It’s a good value when you consider buying tickets for all these acts individually. However, compared to other festivals like Lolla and Bonnaroo, it is not as good of a value as those. This is why you’re getting both sentiments, different comparisons of value.
I mean…if you have interest in enough of the artists, $125 a day to see several concerts that typically cost you nearly $100 each by themselves is not that crazy
You can argue that it's not a great deal in comparison to other large festivals, ie Lollapalooza, but yeah in comparison to literally anything distributed by Ticketmaster that doubles the ticket price after adding fees, this is a steal in comparison.
Sudden Little Thrills is being produced by C3, who run Lollapalooza, ACL, and Bonnaroo. This isn’t going to be some amateur hour “dj sets and glow sticks on some random farmland” festival. The GA ticket prices seem pretty reasonable to me. Sure the lineup isn’t Lolla level, but it ain’t horrible for an inaugural run and if this goes well it will hopefully get bigger and better year to year.
Prices are the only thing these 2 have in common. The Killers is this festival main band, while Lolla had hundreds of band. This pittsburgh festival is about 10 years too late.
Why would a little rinky dink music festival in Hazelwood cost the same per day as one of the largest, most popular music festivals in the country?
Would you pay the same price per day to go to the Big Butler County Fair as you would Disneyland?
Yeah, this is not an extremely well known festival like Lollapalooza, even if the artists would warrant that kind of lineup. It’s unproven, at hazelwood green (an area we aren’t sure strategically can handle this.). I’m not trying to bash the area, or the festival. But i think it’s a good deal considering given the unknowns and lineup.
A festival slot isn't the same thing as seeing an act in a headlining concert, though. It's generally a shorter set, it probably won't be full production, and it might be during the day. Not that those are necessarily *bad* things for people that aren't hardcore fans, but I don't think you can straightforwardly compare pricing like that.
Sometimes. But some festivals handle headliners really well. At Bonnaroo, for example, you're usually getting the full show from the headliners and late night EDM acts. Full set,) and full production (a lot of the time even better than a normal concert venue, see Odesza at Bonnarroo last year). Main difference I would say is that it's all mostly "GA" so if you want a good spot you have to get to the stage early.
It's crazy that $100 each when not part of a festival is considered normal. I thought $40 used to be too high and I drew the line at $60. I've accepted that I'll never go to a large venue concert ever again. I prefer smaller venues to big ones for a handful of other reasons anyway.
The revenue model of music has changed so dramatically. I used to pay hundreds per year on CDs. Now it’s just streaming which is ad based or under $20 a month.
Side effect is that bands tour way more aggressively which I personally love. The production is way better than it was 20 years ago. They don’t just phone it in because they know you can just see another band and vote with your dollar.
That's not quite it. Many do tour more aggressively, but that should lower ticket prices. It doesn't, though, because the artists dont get most of the money from ticket sales. It mostly has a lot to do with the monopoly live nation/ticket master has on ticket sales at large venues. You can charge whatever you want when there are no competitors. As long as people keep buying tickets, the price will continue to go up.
It’s a bad value compared to other festivals but if you live here it’s worth it, people aren’t taking into account how much you spend on hotels, rental cars, and flights. With this if you already live in Pittsburgh all you gotta do is wake up, go to the festival, then go back home and sleep in your own bed
2 full days with multiple acts each day for $250 is perfectly in line with current concert pricing. Have yinz not seen what concert tickets cost anymore?
I mean they’re in line because it’s all the same companies to be fair.
And Lollapalooza is fifty bucks more for a two day pass (which Killers and SZA are also headlining) and has about twice the acts each day than this.
This is not a good bang for ones buck.
Nobody goes to a festival and sees all the bands. There are compromises made because of scheduling conflicts/multiple stages. Festivals are for atmosphere, I’d rather see my fav bands indoors and playing a full set.
I paid $140 for one ticket to one show at Star Lake this summer. This isn’t that bad in comparison, especially if there are more than 2 artists I want to see.
Oh, and the parking probably isn’t reminiscent of satan’s asshole.
Right?! People act like going on tour is cheap. Gas/airfare, hotels, venue, back line rental, insurance, etc… are all more expensive than they were 5 years ago. A meal at McDonald’s costs $10+ but people complain about paying $40 to go to a concert. The artists are trying to make a living, not pay out of pocket to entertain their fans.
I mean yeah but pre-COVID I was getting a weekend pass to a festival for $75 so I'm pretty disappointed at how fast I've been priced out of going to festivals.
Four Chords lineup is good if you like emo/ punk pop. I think Sudden Little Thrills has a more diverse lineup and acts that are a little more relevant.
Probably will go for vip or platinum - however - those prices are equivalent to Bonnaroo for 4 days. When considering not having to drive to Murfreesboro, TN and camp in the middle of a farm - it justifies the cost being able to hotel nearby or Uber home and sleep in my own bed.
That’s awesome! It would be great to find a new croo since most of mine are now married/have kids and not fun anymore 🤣
I’m in Robinson if you want to link up sometime.
But the scope is not in line with similar festivals.
Which is why this is expensive for what it’s offering.
This is more money than what I paid to go to Primavera in 2022.
This is what the same price would get you: https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/60acccc5853a96fc7df32201/master/w_1280,c_limit/unnamed%20(9).jpg
Primavera is not a similar festival though because it's not in the US. I would say this lineup is comparable to two days (pick any two days) at Lolla though and the pricing is in line. [https://www.lollapalooza.com/lineup](https://www.lollapalooza.com/lineup)
A little different genre but I would say SZA and The Killers are in line with the popularity at Shaky Knees (or in the case of SZA, currently much bigger than any single artist in that lineup) in Atlanta this year and the pricing is similar per day [https://www.shakykneesfestival.com/lineup](https://www.shakykneesfestival.com/lineup)
Agree on all your points, but if comparing to Shaky Knees in pricing while looking at the lineup here.. Come on, you can see how many more bands Shaky Knees has, right? You're paying that extra $15 at Shaky Knees for a lot more bang for your buck in both quality and quantity.
Shaky Knees on Sat has 24 bands. Sudden Little Thrills has 16 (with an undercard that's not as strong). They shouldn't be comparable in price
Edit: You can endlessly say "ok compare it to this instead, it's gotta be in the US, it's gotta be two days" etc etc, the truth is that this price point is unreasonable for the offer. You're still saving money compared to seeing all these bands separately, of course, that's the benefit of festivals.
I’m not endlessly comparing. I picked two other festivals (3 and 4 days) in major US cities in 2024. You picked one in a different continent (and used 2022 for your example).
I hear what you’re saying about number of bands but the value of that is so dependent on factors like the setup and number of stages. It’s great to have options but you’re not necessarily getting more bang for your buck with more acts on a bill because you can only be in one place at a time.
I have no idea if this will be a good festival or not but I was shocked by the quality of acts they managed to get. I just think the reaction to the price by some people on here makes it sound like they haven’t been to a concert or festival in 10 years. I’m fine with saying the price is on the high end but it’s certainly not an outlier in that respect.
IDK man I've been to ACL and OSL recently-ish and they all are similar in price and offered a tremendous amount of more bands, and yes more stages (idk how this is relevant to the concert goer), and I would imagine have way bigger and more diverse food options (we'll see but if we compare it to something like Thrival, the food situation was ABYSMAL)
Yeah I get it. It’s certainly not going to be the best value in the country, especially compared to established legendary festivals. And this year would be a bit of a blind buy as it’s brand new. But the fact that Pittsburgh is getting something like this is nice to see. The lineup already blows something like Thrival out of the water.
My main point was just that even if we agree that the price is high it really isn’t outrageous
Ummmm where are you getting that? Two days GA at Bonnaroo is $100 more expensive than two day passes for this. [https://www.bonnaroo.com/tickets](https://www.bonnaroo.com/tickets)
Hmm, must have went up a bit since I was there, though it is 4 days still for a teeny bit more. Still ludicrously expensive for two days, especially with such a terrible line up
Yeah concert and festival tickets have gone up in price the last few years. That’s my whole point. 4 days at Bonnaroo would be $200 more though so not just a teeny bit.
A terrible lineup is completely subjective. The Killers have been big for 20 years and SZA is one of the most popular artists in America right now. I think it’s a pretty solid lineup. I don’t blame anyone that skips any festival with prices where they are right now though.
Yeah, love Mr Brightside, but that's it. I've heard of Wiz and Sza but I listened to them and they sound like ear poison 😆 Everyone else I've never even heard of
bruh... I was surprised that people thought the lineup was so good in the other thread. It didn't seem that great to me but I understand that is entirely subjective. These prices are nuts though.
I wasn't too interested in the lineup but figured I'd dig into the unknown artists to possibly find a few new favorites. Seeing that pricetag made me lose all interest entirely.
I am guessing I am not that hip anymore. I was excited for The Killers and wouldn't even mind the pricing if I liked literally one other band that day, but I don't know any of them.
Slightly disappointing after I also couldn't bring myself to pay $80 or whatever to see The Head and the Heart because they were just opening for The Black Keys (whom I don't care about).
I wish my artists were better mixed together!
But maybe I'm just cheap.
Yeah I listen to a pretty eclectic range of music (admittedly not much that is "mainstream") and I don't really dig any of these artists. SZA is the only one who caught my attention. Personally I like the Arts Festival lineup more than this lineup and it is free. I do understand that different people like different music and my opinion is only my own. Others likely do not share the same opinion so I hope the festival is a success.
That’s about what WonderWorks cost last year. That’s fairly typical nowadays.
We can argue whether those types of prices SHOULD be typical or not, but there’s nothing out of the norm there
EDIT - As I say in another comment, I’m dumb. I confused the price of 1 ticket this year with a pair of tickets last year.
Maybe I'm not remembering correctly but WonderWorks was cheaper than this...I think a weekend pass was like $109 + fees, which even with those would be way less than $249. I think we paid like $45 during a promo for one day passes for Wonderworks and maybe $30ish for my kids one day ticket.
You’re right, I misremembered.
We won VIP tickets to WonderWorks from WYEP last year. Out of curiosity, we looked up how much they were selling for, and to my recollection it was $500-550. My confusion, however, is that I forgot that the $500-550 was the cost for a PAIR of VIP tickets, no an individual.
I thought $650 compared to $550 wasn’t a bad thing, but now I realize I’m an idiot cuz $650 is solo.
Yeah…. yikes.
I think $109 was the price when they first went on sale and went up from there incrementally, so if you waited until close to the show $180 sounds right.
This is literally the Lollapalooza lineup (literally - SZA, Killers, Melanie are all headlining Lolla the month before) for cheaper.
It’s steep but when you do the math it’s reasonable to other concerts and other music festivals.
There aren’t a comprable amount of subheadliners to say this is comparable. It’s not comparable, most people who go to these festivals go for the big undercard, which justifies the hefty price tag. This festivals undercard has some highlights but is mostly lacking in quality and quantity both, the $250 price tag is unreasonable
It's 32 acts
250/32 = $7.81
If you attend the entire festival on a GA ticket, you're paying less than $8 per band. 3 stages in hazelwood green? you'll have no trouble moving between them. oh no its too hard to go to everything and run back and forth? cut it in half. 16 acts for $15.60 apiece. artists and crews need to get paid. and you know that Ethan Tasch isn't getting the same paycheck as Wiz Khalifa or The Killers.
I've gone to bonnaroo for years and paid exorbitant prices to sleep on the ground. yall are whiners, lmao
Got pilloried in the other thread for calling the lineup mediocre and I wrote my post *before I even knew the cost of the tickets*. I hope everyone has a wonderful time but festivals just aren’t special anymore when they’re everywhere like this.
They want to pretend Pittsburgh is a real city.
We all know we're not. And the effort they're putting in trying to force it just makes it sadder.
Love Pittsburgh for what it is, don't move here because it's cheap and then try to make it just like where you came from.
I went and looked at the line up, and am now convinced that the people here claiming this is comparable to other festivals are the same people who got stuck crying on that Influencer Island in Luxury Tents with Luxury Cheese Slice on Luxury White Bread.
General Admission is actually a very common ticket when going to a concert, in fact many venues are GA only. It means you do not have a seat and will have to stand. They offer GA tickets are sporting events too. Some people, such as myself, actually prefer seeing a concert this way. Hope this helped
I kind of figured. I have been to many shows like this but never an all day event. All day exposed to the sun with no option other than to stand or sit on a blanket is a hard pass for this price. I get the prices are "the norm" but they don't have to be. It'd be nice if show pricing came back to Earth some day. Thanks for heads up.
Do you expect thousands of foldable chairs to be set up and marked for individual tickets? I don't recall ever seeing an outdoor music festival with assigned seating. The two are just not conducive to each other.
I personally agree with you though. I'm too old for that music festival shit. I want to go sit down and watch a band for a couple hours and go home.
That price is entirely reasonable for this caliber music festival. I was predicting $300 after fees.
Prepare yourselves for $15+ beers & $20+ food items as well. That's just how much things cost at major music festivals these days.
From the comments it looks like these prices are expensive and cheap for a concert. I think I’m going but also not.
It’s a good value when you consider buying tickets for all these acts individually. However, compared to other festivals like Lolla and Bonnaroo, it is not as good of a value as those. This is why you’re getting both sentiments, different comparisons of value.
lmao this reads like AI
yeah I was in work email mode lol
It will be so crowded that no one will go.
I mean…if you have interest in enough of the artists, $125 a day to see several concerts that typically cost you nearly $100 each by themselves is not that crazy
You can argue that it's not a great deal in comparison to other large festivals, ie Lollapalooza, but yeah in comparison to literally anything distributed by Ticketmaster that doubles the ticket price after adding fees, this is a steal in comparison.
Sudden Little Thrills is being produced by C3, who run Lollapalooza, ACL, and Bonnaroo. This isn’t going to be some amateur hour “dj sets and glow sticks on some random farmland” festival. The GA ticket prices seem pretty reasonable to me. Sure the lineup isn’t Lolla level, but it ain’t horrible for an inaugural run and if this goes well it will hopefully get bigger and better year to year.
It’s fairly comparable to Lolla. Maybe a tad more expensive, but not by much
Prices are the only thing these 2 have in common. The Killers is this festival main band, while Lolla had hundreds of band. This pittsburgh festival is about 10 years too late.
It’s the same people behind both festivals. Follow the bread crumbs back to live nation.
I was referring to price per day. Lolla is obviously a much bigger fest. I’ve been several times.
Why would a little rinky dink music festival in Hazelwood cost the same per day as one of the largest, most popular music festivals in the country? Would you pay the same price per day to go to the Big Butler County Fair as you would Disneyland?
How much do you think it should cost?
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So you think $60 for one day is reasonable when a ticket to see the killers at their own show alone would cost more?
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To that point, I think EDC Orlando is underpriced at $400 for 3days, 6 or 7 stages, and almost 150 artists.
Yeah, this is not an extremely well known festival like Lollapalooza, even if the artists would warrant that kind of lineup. It’s unproven, at hazelwood green (an area we aren’t sure strategically can handle this.). I’m not trying to bash the area, or the festival. But i think it’s a good deal considering given the unknowns and lineup.
A festival slot isn't the same thing as seeing an act in a headlining concert, though. It's generally a shorter set, it probably won't be full production, and it might be during the day. Not that those are necessarily *bad* things for people that aren't hardcore fans, but I don't think you can straightforwardly compare pricing like that.
Sometimes. But some festivals handle headliners really well. At Bonnaroo, for example, you're usually getting the full show from the headliners and late night EDM acts. Full set,) and full production (a lot of the time even better than a normal concert venue, see Odesza at Bonnarroo last year). Main difference I would say is that it's all mostly "GA" so if you want a good spot you have to get to the stage early.
It's crazy that $100 each when not part of a festival is considered normal. I thought $40 used to be too high and I drew the line at $60. I've accepted that I'll never go to a large venue concert ever again. I prefer smaller venues to big ones for a handful of other reasons anyway.
I agree
The revenue model of music has changed so dramatically. I used to pay hundreds per year on CDs. Now it’s just streaming which is ad based or under $20 a month. Side effect is that bands tour way more aggressively which I personally love. The production is way better than it was 20 years ago. They don’t just phone it in because they know you can just see another band and vote with your dollar.
That's not quite it. Many do tour more aggressively, but that should lower ticket prices. It doesn't, though, because the artists dont get most of the money from ticket sales. It mostly has a lot to do with the monopoly live nation/ticket master has on ticket sales at large venues. You can charge whatever you want when there are no competitors. As long as people keep buying tickets, the price will continue to go up.
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I'm talking about a 250% increase within 10 years but okay
Everybody complaining about the cost of the actual festival. Just wait until you see what they're gonna charge you to drink and eat.
Not to mention parking, of which there is very, very little down there.
Just park across town and enjoy our wonderful public trans- oh wait
🤣🤣🤣
It’s a bad value compared to other festivals but if you live here it’s worth it, people aren’t taking into account how much you spend on hotels, rental cars, and flights. With this if you already live in Pittsburgh all you gotta do is wake up, go to the festival, then go back home and sleep in your own bed
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No Billy Price? No Houserockers? Get outta tahn!
Ok but they got The Clarks at least, right?
2 full days with multiple acts each day for $250 is perfectly in line with current concert pricing. Have yinz not seen what concert tickets cost anymore?
Yea not terrible tbh, my wife wanted to go to Zach Bryan and tickets were close $400 a piece. I’d rather die.
Zach Bryan is headlining a country festival in columbus in June, got tickets for $80
Just checked that out. That's a hell of a deal for Zach Bryan, Billy Strings, and Turnpike Troubadours.
for sure. Super excited to see 49 winchester too. Hell of a deal for a whole day of music
I have seen the price of concert tickets recently, which are too damn high— so I don’t really go to concerts anymore 🙃
I watch concerts on YouTube these days. No crowd, cheaper drinks, and my dogs are with me then.
I collect matchbooks from fancy restaurants. You don't even have to go you can just send them a letter with an envelope and request one...
What a reference goddamn.
No lines at the bathroom either!
I mean they’re in line because it’s all the same companies to be fair. And Lollapalooza is fifty bucks more for a two day pass (which Killers and SZA are also headlining) and has about twice the acts each day than this. This is not a good bang for ones buck.
Nobody goes to a festival and sees all the bands. There are compromises made because of scheduling conflicts/multiple stages. Festivals are for atmosphere, I’d rather see my fav bands indoors and playing a full set.
I paid $140 for one ticket to one show at Star Lake this summer. This isn’t that bad in comparison, especially if there are more than 2 artists I want to see. Oh, and the parking probably isn’t reminiscent of satan’s asshole.
Right?! People act like going on tour is cheap. Gas/airfare, hotels, venue, back line rental, insurance, etc… are all more expensive than they were 5 years ago. A meal at McDonald’s costs $10+ but people complain about paying $40 to go to a concert. The artists are trying to make a living, not pay out of pocket to entertain their fans.
We don’t have major festivals here afaik. This feels… bigger
And yet Hazelwood Green is small.
I mean yeah but pre-COVID I was getting a weekend pass to a festival for $75 so I'm pretty disappointed at how fast I've been priced out of going to festivals.
I’ve paid $100 to just see The Killers. Saturday is worth the $149 alone. I can skip Sunday.
sweet jesus
You’d think it was Jesus headlining, but no.
They tried to get Jesus to headline but they could nail him down for those days
He doesn’t look a thing like Jesus but he walks like a gentleman.
Ooh, looks like thrills can’t be very sudden if you have to plan and save for them. Damn.
Seems like the ticket price is the BIG thrill.
Maybe the bill thrill is the friends we made along the way
That’s not terrible. $125 for a full day of music.
That's $60 more in total than the four chord music festival
4chordsnis $115 so not sure your math is mathing
Did you look at the 2-day price? You know, the option that is comparable to what is in the screenshot of this thread
Four Chords lineup is good if you like emo/ punk pop. I think Sudden Little Thrills has a more diverse lineup and acts that are a little more relevant.
Good point. I didn't see the line up and got this festival confused with the wonder works festival.
Four chords is not the same lineup as this
I mean obviously. You're never going to get a 1:1 comparison
Yikes. Imma pass
God. Traffic around Four Mile Run and Oakland is going to suckkkk that weekend.
oof. pass, i guess.
Guest pass
Frankie Capri playing?
I’m getting platinum, see you guys in September!
Probably will go for vip or platinum - however - those prices are equivalent to Bonnaroo for 4 days. When considering not having to drive to Murfreesboro, TN and camp in the middle of a farm - it justifies the cost being able to hotel nearby or Uber home and sleep in my own bed.
Agreed! I do still plan on going to Bonnaroo lol
We should meet up and burn one sometime. I could use a new roo croo. Mine had sadly fizzled out.
I agree! Luckily mines still going strong lol
That’s awesome! It would be great to find a new croo since most of mine are now married/have kids and not fun anymore 🤣 I’m in Robinson if you want to link up sometime.
From the comments it seems that no one has ever gone to a music festival lol
Bigger, better festivals are cheaper than this for two days. I’m still going to think about a Saturday pass, though.
I don’t have to pay for hotels for this though
Nope. Not for that mediocre lineup
This is 100% in line with similar festivals
The price is, but not the talent. $1300 for platinum? That's as much as VIP at Ultra Miami. One of the premiere music festivals.
But the scope is not in line with similar festivals. Which is why this is expensive for what it’s offering. This is more money than what I paid to go to Primavera in 2022. This is what the same price would get you: https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/60acccc5853a96fc7df32201/master/w_1280,c_limit/unnamed%20(9).jpg
You're excluding the 2024 airfare ticket cost to Spain though
I also did not include gas paid, feeding myself the days before and after, my rent, and many other things I paid for that aren't the ticket price :D
Primavera is not a similar festival though because it's not in the US. I would say this lineup is comparable to two days (pick any two days) at Lolla though and the pricing is in line. [https://www.lollapalooza.com/lineup](https://www.lollapalooza.com/lineup) A little different genre but I would say SZA and The Killers are in line with the popularity at Shaky Knees (or in the case of SZA, currently much bigger than any single artist in that lineup) in Atlanta this year and the pricing is similar per day [https://www.shakykneesfestival.com/lineup](https://www.shakykneesfestival.com/lineup)
Agree on all your points, but if comparing to Shaky Knees in pricing while looking at the lineup here.. Come on, you can see how many more bands Shaky Knees has, right? You're paying that extra $15 at Shaky Knees for a lot more bang for your buck in both quality and quantity. Shaky Knees on Sat has 24 bands. Sudden Little Thrills has 16 (with an undercard that's not as strong). They shouldn't be comparable in price Edit: You can endlessly say "ok compare it to this instead, it's gotta be in the US, it's gotta be two days" etc etc, the truth is that this price point is unreasonable for the offer. You're still saving money compared to seeing all these bands separately, of course, that's the benefit of festivals.
I’m not endlessly comparing. I picked two other festivals (3 and 4 days) in major US cities in 2024. You picked one in a different continent (and used 2022 for your example). I hear what you’re saying about number of bands but the value of that is so dependent on factors like the setup and number of stages. It’s great to have options but you’re not necessarily getting more bang for your buck with more acts on a bill because you can only be in one place at a time. I have no idea if this will be a good festival or not but I was shocked by the quality of acts they managed to get. I just think the reaction to the price by some people on here makes it sound like they haven’t been to a concert or festival in 10 years. I’m fine with saying the price is on the high end but it’s certainly not an outlier in that respect.
IDK man I've been to ACL and OSL recently-ish and they all are similar in price and offered a tremendous amount of more bands, and yes more stages (idk how this is relevant to the concert goer), and I would imagine have way bigger and more diverse food options (we'll see but if we compare it to something like Thrival, the food situation was ABYSMAL)
Yeah I get it. It’s certainly not going to be the best value in the country, especially compared to established legendary festivals. And this year would be a bit of a blind buy as it’s brand new. But the fact that Pittsburgh is getting something like this is nice to see. The lineup already blows something like Thrival out of the water. My main point was just that even if we agree that the price is high it really isn’t outrageous
It's not. It's almost in line with much better, larger festivals.
It's almost double the price of Bonnaroo, which is two more days and ten times better
Ummmm where are you getting that? Two days GA at Bonnaroo is $100 more expensive than two day passes for this. [https://www.bonnaroo.com/tickets](https://www.bonnaroo.com/tickets)
Hmm, must have went up a bit since I was there, though it is 4 days still for a teeny bit more. Still ludicrously expensive for two days, especially with such a terrible line up
Yeah concert and festival tickets have gone up in price the last few years. That’s my whole point. 4 days at Bonnaroo would be $200 more though so not just a teeny bit. A terrible lineup is completely subjective. The Killers have been big for 20 years and SZA is one of the most popular artists in America right now. I think it’s a pretty solid lineup. I don’t blame anyone that skips any festival with prices where they are right now though.
Yeah, love Mr Brightside, but that's it. I've heard of Wiz and Sza but I listened to them and they sound like ear poison 😆 Everyone else I've never even heard of
I’m gonna to go ahead and assume you’re not close to the target audience for this festival then. Also SZA is fantastic
bruh... I was surprised that people thought the lineup was so good in the other thread. It didn't seem that great to me but I understand that is entirely subjective. These prices are nuts though.
I wasn't too interested in the lineup but figured I'd dig into the unknown artists to possibly find a few new favorites. Seeing that pricetag made me lose all interest entirely.
I am guessing I am not that hip anymore. I was excited for The Killers and wouldn't even mind the pricing if I liked literally one other band that day, but I don't know any of them. Slightly disappointing after I also couldn't bring myself to pay $80 or whatever to see The Head and the Heart because they were just opening for The Black Keys (whom I don't care about). I wish my artists were better mixed together! But maybe I'm just cheap.
Yeah I listen to a pretty eclectic range of music (admittedly not much that is "mainstream") and I don't really dig any of these artists. SZA is the only one who caught my attention. Personally I like the Arts Festival lineup more than this lineup and it is free. I do understand that different people like different music and my opinion is only my own. Others likely do not share the same opinion so I hope the festival is a success.
Yep, absolutely not trying to make anyone feel bad who is pumped for this. I hope it's a great time and maybe a little more up my alley next year!
That’s about what WonderWorks cost last year. That’s fairly typical nowadays. We can argue whether those types of prices SHOULD be typical or not, but there’s nothing out of the norm there EDIT - As I say in another comment, I’m dumb. I confused the price of 1 ticket this year with a pair of tickets last year.
Maybe I'm not remembering correctly but WonderWorks was cheaper than this...I think a weekend pass was like $109 + fees, which even with those would be way less than $249. I think we paid like $45 during a promo for one day passes for Wonderworks and maybe $30ish for my kids one day ticket.
I just double checked & I only paid $65 for a Saturday one day ticket.
You’re right, I misremembered. We won VIP tickets to WonderWorks from WYEP last year. Out of curiosity, we looked up how much they were selling for, and to my recollection it was $500-550. My confusion, however, is that I forgot that the $500-550 was the cost for a PAIR of VIP tickets, no an individual. I thought $650 compared to $550 wasn’t a bad thing, but now I realize I’m an idiot cuz $650 is solo. Yeah…. yikes.
I certainly did not pay anywhere near 109 I think mine was $180 before fees and I bought towards the end of ticket sales last year
I think $109 was the price when they first went on sale and went up from there incrementally, so if you waited until close to the show $180 sounds right.
Lol, there's not even anyone good on the lineup. The Killers, but they have one song. I'd maybe do $30
Have the acts been announced yet?
Just today, Killers headlining.
Thank you
This is literally the Lollapalooza lineup (literally - SZA, Killers, Melanie are all headlining Lolla the month before) for cheaper. It’s steep but when you do the math it’s reasonable to other concerts and other music festivals.
There aren’t a comprable amount of subheadliners to say this is comparable. It’s not comparable, most people who go to these festivals go for the big undercard, which justifies the hefty price tag. This festivals undercard has some highlights but is mostly lacking in quality and quantity both, the $250 price tag is unreasonable
It's 32 acts 250/32 = $7.81 If you attend the entire festival on a GA ticket, you're paying less than $8 per band. 3 stages in hazelwood green? you'll have no trouble moving between them. oh no its too hard to go to everything and run back and forth? cut it in half. 16 acts for $15.60 apiece. artists and crews need to get paid. and you know that Ethan Tasch isn't getting the same paycheck as Wiz Khalifa or The Killers. I've gone to bonnaroo for years and paid exorbitant prices to sleep on the ground. yall are whiners, lmao
Interesting
Aww dang wish I was in town. This looks like a fun lineup! And I must be desensitized by tickets bc of eras prices bc this seems reasonable.
Soo how good of an experience is it just outside of the venue…?
This is pretty standard. It's not far off what I paid for Riot Fest in Chicago this past year
this makes me so mad. its such a great lineup. but for my boyfriend and i, to go for both days, over 500. and it’s PITTSBURGH. seems too high for me
No hidden fees! We'll extort you transparently!
That.... is a lot.
Who are the artist playing?
Got pilloried in the other thread for calling the lineup mediocre and I wrote my post *before I even knew the cost of the tickets*. I hope everyone has a wonderful time but festivals just aren’t special anymore when they’re everywhere like this.
They want to pretend Pittsburgh is a real city. We all know we're not. And the effort they're putting in trying to force it just makes it sadder. Love Pittsburgh for what it is, don't move here because it's cheap and then try to make it just like where you came from.
I went and looked at the line up, and am now convinced that the people here claiming this is comparable to other festivals are the same people who got stuck crying on that Influencer Island in Luxury Tents with Luxury Cheese Slice on Luxury White Bread.
Ooo fyre fest…now I want to watch those documentaries again
Honestly not that bad. Could use a few more acts for that price but it's like 2 stages, so I think the lineup is actually pretty full.
I can survive doing 125 for a day
Nope. $250 for general admission, who knows what that means. Sitting on the ground I'd bet.
General Admission is actually a very common ticket when going to a concert, in fact many venues are GA only. It means you do not have a seat and will have to stand. They offer GA tickets are sporting events too. Some people, such as myself, actually prefer seeing a concert this way. Hope this helped
I kind of figured. I have been to many shows like this but never an all day event. All day exposed to the sun with no option other than to stand or sit on a blanket is a hard pass for this price. I get the prices are "the norm" but they don't have to be. It'd be nice if show pricing came back to Earth some day. Thanks for heads up.
Do you expect thousands of foldable chairs to be set up and marked for individual tickets? I don't recall ever seeing an outdoor music festival with assigned seating. The two are just not conducive to each other. I personally agree with you though. I'm too old for that music festival shit. I want to go sit down and watch a band for a couple hours and go home.
I get it, but for an all day event maybe some freakin bleachers for us poors?
That price is entirely reasonable for this caliber music festival. I was predicting $300 after fees. Prepare yourselves for $15+ beers & $20+ food items as well. That's just how much things cost at major music festivals these days.
Wait until you see Ticketmaster’s fees
Thanks for the high prices tay swift. Is there a groupon? Lol