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Wellcome to my webpage on live music in and around D.C. Here you can
find some links to places that regularly host live shows as well as a
calendar of shows I find interesting for summer 2008 (I don't know if
I will keep updating this after the summer but we'll see). Obviously
my taste in music might not match yours in which case the calendar
might not be useful to you. And that's why I have the list of links to
schedules of places, so you can find the shows you're interested in. So
if you find this website useful, tell your friends, and if you know of
a venue I forgot in the links below or a different calendar of shows
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Buying TicketsDisclaimer: the following text contains prices that are current as of November 4, 2008, (the day Obama was elected), but may change without notice (because or despite his election! :-p) Besides buying tickets from ticketmaster or some other website which will usually charge you a hefty convenience fee, there are sometimes other, perhaps less convenient but certainly cheaper ways to buy tickets. With venues where seats are assigned or are likely to sell out fast, what I propose might not be an option since it usually involves you going somewhere to pick-up tickets. Going to the box-office of the venue where the show is will probably be the cheapest way. But sometimes this is not very convenient if, for example, the show is in Baltimore (and you live in D.C.). Sometimes this will be your only alternative to ticketmaster, as in the case of shows at Sonar, other times you can call their box office and get your tickets at will-call for a fee that will usually be smaller than what ticketmaster would charge. For Ram's head live shows for example you can call their box-office. Also if you actually go to their box-office you can buy tickets with an additional flat-fee of $4 per transaction. Sonar doesn't charge you a fee for buying tickets at their box office but it's cash only (the ATM beside the box-office is convenient) and as far as I know you can't call them to buy tickets (might have something to do with their cash only policy). What's funny though is that I have seen small bands at Sonar that have a couple of friends of the band selling CDs and merchandise of the band which I bet they burned and printed themselves, who did accept credit cards!My personal favorite though is 930 Club. Besides the fact you can buy tickets for their shows in advance at their box office, you can also buy tickets to several other select shows (find them on their web site, under I.M.P shows). These include Merriweather Post Pavillion shows, the Virgin Mobile Festival and others. For Wolftrap you have the option of calling to get your tickets, in which case there is a per ticket and per transaction fee (according to their website), you can go to their box office in which case there is no fee, or you can go to a tickets.com ticket outlet. I did that once and if I remember correctly they charged me $4.50 per ticket, which is not much less than what you would pay at tickets.com online. For other venues I have no good alternative to buying your tickets online, or making the trip to their box office, so I will stop here for now.
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