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In response to "Death of the music festival, record numbers of festivals of all music genres are cancelling, normally sold out ones are struggling.... -- (link)" by zeitgeist

There are just way too many of them. I also think, general concert prices have eaten into people going to festivals and I think there's validity to

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Sep 17 '24, 13:54

the arguments about streaming algorithms affecting how people listen to music (and get exposed to it), that may not translate well to larger festivals with more diverse styles of music.

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I feel like I've been an outlier for the reasons listed in that article: - JD Sep 17, 14:48
i remember going to festivals in my 20s, when i was broke, and it's wasn't really a worry, so they must have been so much cheaper, relative to every - Andie Sep 17, 13:59 8
- I know the price has certainly changed for the returning HFStival. - the wrong element Sep 17, 16:24
- Heatwave! one day fest. Mosport Park (just outside of T.O.) Aug. 1980: $20 -- (pic) - mud Sep 17, 14:15 [Attachment] 1
  - wiki: -- (link) - mud Sep 17, 14:17
- i went to a couple Lollas (91/94) and one of the Tibetan Concerts at RFK. generally the juice isn't worth the squeeze (imo) -- nm - mr mooch Sep 17, 14:09
- the rolling stones were $5-7 55 years ago, but you could live off minimum wage then. I got 110 from the GI bill rent was 40 -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 17, 14:06 1
  - The advance tickets to the first woodstock was $18 for 3 days of biggest bands, so about $200 today, which wouldn't cover ONE day now -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 17, 14:22
- Prices have risen substantially over the years and costs are much higher now than they were just a few years ago. -- nm - pmb Sep 17, 14:01 1
  - we've been shedding festivals for years now, the jazz fest, gray skies fest before the pandemic, the old town blues just has a few local bands -- nm - that rotate through local dive bars Sep 17, 14:18

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