Reader Request – Crashing the Show
January 23rd, 2008 - by Eddie
As you may have noticed on the blog, we’re pretty pissed off that no one has offered to give us free passes to Coachella OR SXSW. That’s just rude. And mean.
Because the world of concerts is against us, I’m planning to invade SXSW with only a bottle of whiskey and my wits as ammo. Who’s with me? You know you want to…
In honor of my insane(but awesome) plan, I want to know if any of our readers (and I’m speaking to all five of you) has ever infiltrated a concert/festival/bar-b-q and lived to tell the tale. Or if you have any tips in crashing such things. That would be welcome information as well.
And if you haven’t, offer up an insane idea of how to get into a show for free.
In Arizona, there was a certain venue (and I won’t say which one) that would allow people in for free after the headliner had played 2-3 songs. So if you didn’t mind missing the beginning, you were welcomed to crash (and this was a decent place that got acts like Snow Patrol, Jurassic 5, Death Cab for Cutie and…I think I may have said too much).
As for the insane idea, and this only pertains to an outdoor festival, I would use a slip’n slide and slide my way to concert-watching freedom.
January 31st, 2008 at 1:53 am
at SXSW im part of the band works best
there so many bands nobody knows who is in what band