Day of show ticket purchases?

[Dudeman1967]

Is that still a thing?

Used to be extra tickets released day of show from unused artist and promotions allocations. They were usually great seats. I'm thinking now I don't have a busy schedule but don't like to block out a night months in the future, Now that I'm old there is a decent chance that I'm not going to feel like going to a show due to some medical condition.
So my solution seems to be buying day of show. I haven't tried it in the modern electronic ticket era to get great seats. I don't doubt I can buy shitty tickets day of show.

Many years ago I got tickets in the 7th row for Rush about three hours before the show. I had already seen them earlier on that tour in the hockey barn. In the amphitheater 100F heat and 90% humidity Alex nailed his parts with sweat pouring out of every pore. It was an impressive performance. I noticed in a few parts he would travel the scale in the multi-string form rather than sliding up (and down) the same string as he was known to do.

 

[Coralkong1]

It was as of a few years ago.
I went to see Joe Satriani on a whim and walked up to the box office at the venu about 2 hours before the show started. Got a great seat (about the 10th row center), and if memory serves, the ticket cost face value. No hidden fees, charges, etc....I think it was $22.50 (or something like that).

Unfortunately the show sucked and I left about half-way through, but I didn't feel too bad about it considering how cheap the ticket was.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

There have been lots of last-minute “drops” for the RUSH shows.

Some folks have gotten some deals, or just managed to get tickets at all for what was a sold out show.

Even resale tickets went at reasonable prices. Some sellers even sold at less than face value.

 

[jrockbridge]

During their early years, CU officials cancelled a Pearl Jam concert that was scheduled for Batch Fieldhouse, Nov 28, 1993, CU Boulder, because Eddie Vedder had been encouraging fans to confront venue security during a previous show. lol! IIRC ticket holders for the cancelled show were given first rights to Denver shows scheduled for March 6 and 7, 1994, at The Paramount Theatre. Some people did not take advantage of it.

The morning of one of those dates, I cant recall which, they announced on the radio that tickets were still available for the concert that night. As soon as I heard the announcement, I called and bought 4 tickets, Will Call, face value. My friend and I took 2 girls from work. Great show!

 

[jp_nyc]

They still exist. But lots of people buy tickets at the last minute to catch deals from scalpers dumping unsold tickets or bands trying to squeeze out more sales of an overpriced show. So a show that’s 1/3 empty the day before might be sold out at 100am day of show.