CONCERTS!!!

They are so fun and one of my favorite hobbies! 

Last week my friend asked me how I always go to concerts, how I get those tickets, where I get the money to go to them, and more importantly how my parents let me go!  I laughed and could not tell if she was serious or sarcastic. Then it got me thinking of how I do it and my “concert journey”. 

I remember always wanting to go see my favorite artist growing up but my parents would not let me for a number of reasons. Then they finally did my freshmen year of high school, partially because it was only an hour away, I was going with my friend and the concert tickets were free. After that first concert, I knew that I would want to continue to go to more!

Fast forward to junior year of high school when I got my first job, I started splitting my paychecks, majority of my paycheck I would put into my savings account and the other part of it in my checkings. I am so glad that I did that because I started accumulating a good amount to start my concert fund.  

Throughout the years I have picked up a couple of tricks:

• Look out for any pre-sale information on your favorite artist 

• Make sure you have someone to go with and that you both have signed up for presale tickets/codes!! The more people you are going with the more chances you are of getting good seats

• Make sure you have transportation before you even buy a ticket 

• Have a job, it really helps!

• Always remember to set aside some money for concerts

• GET ON TICKETMASTER OR WHATEVER LINK THE PRESALE CODE SENDS YOU TO AT LEAST AN HOUR BEFORE SO YOU HAVE A BETTER SPOT IN THE QUEUE 

With these things, I have found it easier to get concert tickets and be sure that I am able to go. With regarding my parents….I think they understand that I am old enough to go to these things, especially since I always go with my older cousin. 

Part of the reason why I like going to them besides listening to my favorite artist live is that it makes me feel like I am a part of something bigger, it kind of gives me a sense of community. There are so many awesome memories that I have created like meeting new friends, making eye contact with my favorite artist, and the car rides there with my cousin when we are jamming out. 

I think another big reason why I love going to concerts is that it heals my inner child. Listening to music was always a kind of a safe space for me, I would just pop in my headphones when my parents were arguing, or when I was scared, or things like that. I would get transported to a happier place than the place I was actually at. 

With that said, I am happy to report that so far I will be going to five concerts so far this year! Hopefully more and please keep me in your thoughts so that I get Twice & Agust D tickets in these next few weeks. 😎