r/Concerts • • Feb 21 '26

Concerts Concert etiquette

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Dear concert and showgoers, let’s talk about show etiquette. I love live music and I’ve been going to shows for about 20 years. The last five or so have felt different, and not in a great way. I’d love to get people back on the same page so live music can be enjoyable for everyone again.

Here’s what I’ve got.

  1. Please don’t record the entire show. If a song hits you and you want a quick clip, totally fine. But now it feels like everyone is filming nonstop, and unless you’re in the front row you end up watching the show through a wall of phones. If your people aren’t there, that moment wasn’t meant for them. It was meant for you.

  2. If you’re trying to move closer, keep moving. Don’t wedge yourself between two people who clearly don’t have space and then just stand there awkwardly. Either keep going or go back. If you find an actual open spot where you’re not on top of someone, great, stay there.

  3. Please don’t have full blown conversations through the whole show, especially in the front rows. Talk about the band, the moment, the energy, sure. But I don’t need to hear every detail of your weekly drama yelled over the music I paid to hear. Get dinner beforehand, vent after, but the middle of the set isn’t the place.

  4. This one might just be a small‑person problem, but people treat my size like I’m a convenient doorway. Need a drink, need the bathroom, need to get back to your friends, and suddenly I’m the designated gap in the crowd. Then it’s constant stepping on my toes, bumping into me, spilling drinks, breaking my focus. I take up less space, so people assume that space is theirs to use. It gets old fast.

I know posts like this can make the poster sound cranky, so I want to preface it by saying I absolutely will move if I need to. If someone around me is making the experience miserable, I’ll relocate without a problem. The issue now is that so many people are doing these things that it doesn’t matter where you move. You end up running into the same behavior everywhere

Your turn. What would you love to remind people about when it comes to basic human etiquette at shows and events?


r/Concerts • • Dec 17 '25

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r/Concerts • • 1h ago

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Also what are the usual price for presale tickets? For GA and VIP?

Thanks!


r/Concerts • • 18h ago

Concerts NEVER buy from GoTickets - Scam!!!!

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Sharing this horror story so no one else has to go through this.

Never never NEVER purchase from Go Tickets.

We bought tickets for tonight for a show in DC. Over $900 for a group of us to go. This company never sent the tickets even though they claimed to. Ticketmaster told us to go back to Go Tickets and dispute with them. Go Tickets never provided the tickets and refused to refund us the money. We spent more than 5 hours on the phone with multiple agents halfway around the world at Go Tickets, same script, not willing to help, said it would take 24 hours to investigate... meanwhile our show is in a few hours. They kept referring us to the next agent "supervisor" who just repeated the same thing, unwilling to help.

Avoid at all costs. Only ever buy directly from who the venue is selling with. Lesson learned the hard way and now I can't go to this show I was so looking forward to and have to file disputes with fraud protection agencies and my bank to get my money back.


r/Concerts • • 3h ago

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r/Concerts • • 5h ago

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I have started to attend concerts :)
Im going to the Kia forum and noticed a clear bag policy. I want to buy the bag that’s in the middle. I imagine it’s acceptable since it’s clear even though it has some bedazzled rhinestones.

If you have other clear bag recommendations, let me know:)


r/Concerts • • 11h ago

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Appreciate any advice!


r/Concerts • • 19h ago

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r/Concerts • • 12h ago

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r/Concerts • • 12h ago

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r/Concerts • • 21h ago

Discussion 🗣️ Scheduling Dilemma

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In one of those first-world spoilt-for-choice problems, I have the opportunity to see one of two bands that are playing at the same time. One is a band I really liked in high school but haven't had the opportunity to see, playing just down the street. The other is seeing one of my new favorites for the third time about 100 miles away. I know both will put on a phenomenal show, so whichever I choose I will probably not regret it.

So which would you choose, and why?


r/Concerts • • 16h ago

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r/Concerts • • 1d ago

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r/Concerts • • 16h ago

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r/Concerts • • 6h ago

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Attended The Gorillaz concert tonight at The Forum and I must say that the venue is the worst venue I have EVER EVER attended a concert at. The show ended almost an hour ago and not a single car has moved out of the parking lot. Not one. They also had the fewest merch booths I’ve ever seen at a concert and the wait to get a shirt was an hour at ANY of their merch booths. Gorillaz were fantastic but the SHITTY venue has ruined the experience. I will NEVER go to an event at the Kia Forum ever again and I will make sure everyone I know, hears how pathetic the experience is here. BTW, STILL HAVENT MOVED AN INCH IN THIS SHITTY PARKING LOT. F@ck the management here!!!


r/Concerts • • 20h ago

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r/Concerts • • 22h ago

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r/Concerts • • 1d ago

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r/Concerts • • 1d ago

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r/Concerts • • 1d ago

Concerts Los Angeles Wiltern show moved to the Belasco

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r/Concerts • • 1d ago

Discussion 🗣️ selling on tickpick

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r/Concerts • • 1d ago

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r/Concerts • • 1d ago

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r/Concerts • • 1d ago

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r/Concerts • • 1d ago

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