This past Friday, May 9th...were there alot of good shows going on?
The reason I ask, could be cause for one heated debate that I know I've had with other friends that go to alot of shows, but I'm not sure has been discussed here on these message boards (correct me if I'm wrong).
My point is that I was at the Caitlin Cary (from Whiskeytown)/Bush League AllStars show on Friday and there was MAYBE 40-50 people there, of which I think about 10 were people waiting around for the techno to start next door so they could shake their rumps. My question about other good shows going on around town would answer why there wasn't a ton of people at such a great show. It was my first time seeing BLA and they were superb, enjoyed their set immensely (Sub-question: all of them looked familiar, were they all in Greenhorn at one point?)
If there weren't other good shows going on in town....perhaps I can now answer one of my own bigger complaints. I was one of those folks who was consistently disappointed about some of the indie & mid-sized acts that would skip over Columbus in booking tours, but as of late, we seem to keep getting more and more of these acts in Columbus which I thought was awesome! But, maybe the reason they stopped coming to Columbus in the first place was because of poor turn-out.
Was it just a fluke with Friday's show or is the bigger problem that it takes a helluva line-up to get Columbus' fair-weather concert go-ers out to see a show?
Sidenote: I know there are other factors that play into concert attendance such as weather, ticket price, venue, other shows/events going on in town, advertising/promoting done for the show, etc. I just thought 40-50 people was awfully, awfully low attendance for this concert. Its a trend I've kind of been watching with a few shows of late and I'm really thinking perhaps this town is just lazy & apathetic to it all... (this is of course a generalization and doesn't include all concert go-ers) just an observation... I'm going to add to my research with the Detachment Kit show tonight & the Mayday show Tuesday... I've just walked out of a ton of shows lately thinking to myself, 'man, i feel bad for that band, they were amazing and there was barely anybody here to see them...' has anyone felt the same?
what do you guys think? Are you seeing the same thing or not? Is it a generalization that can be made or is it one of things that has to be taken case by case, or rather, concert by concert?
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