Live music is a popular way for people, especially teens, to enjoy their favorite artists and have an amazing experience but has it become too expensive?
Music festivals used to be a place where people of all sorts came together to share their love of music. Today, festivals are more about privilege and VIP experiences rather than the passion for music.
With prices increasing each year, people are searching for inexpensive tickets on a variety of websites,making it a growing struggle. The ticket prices have become out of touch for many of the artist’s fan base. This forces people, like students and young fans, into missing out on major events they have been dreaming about attending.
Popular artists like Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, and Kendrick Lamar average their ticket prices around $200 for one. This makes it difficult for these artists’ main audiences to experience their live events.
Chicago’s most famous festival Lollapalooza costs $189 for a basic general admission, one day ticket,, this is up $40 from the previous year. This price doesn’t include the overpriced concessions, for example, a $5 can of soda, $4 bottle of water, and $10 snow cone. You can actually buy roundtrip airfare to New York City from Chicago for the price of a one day pass to Lollapalooza.
For young adults, the fear of missing out centers around concerts and live events. The need to be at the place and take pictures can sometimes take away from the actual experience itself. As the tickets of these events skyrocket, it allows people who are willing to spend lots money to attend, but it eliminates their true fanbase and varieties of cultures.
