• Save big processing fees (screw you Ticketmaster and your 40% service fees) by purchasing hard tickets from Soundscapes or Rotate This.
• Look for last minute tickets on Facebook
  • Don't be dumb - creep the person selling you the ticket for other social media presence. If someone just created an account this month and has 10 friends, then it's probably a scammer.
• Last minute tickets on StubHub or SeatGeek
• Join Jukely - you pay $25/month and can go to last minute concerts (up to 4/month) in the next 3 day window.

i've heard it's popular to look on the facebook events page for people selling tickets due to last minute changes in their plans

Best way to get concert tickets at the lowest price is waiting till 30 minutes after the show started. People just looking to get rid of the tickets at that point. I did this for Bruno Mars a couple years ago. I can see why some people wouldn't want to do this though

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I will say if you wait until the week or day of the show ticket prices on StubHub went down drastically. At that point everyone just wants to get as much back as they can. I even saw a floor seat for $80-$90 day of the show and was tempted to upgrade my 100s seat.

Cash or Trade all the way!

I still saw a good number of tickets on Ticketmaster day-of for Seattle, but if you want resell then I've had good experiences with TickPick (both shows in Canada & US). Prices are only in USD. I've had no issues getting in to the venues.

Depends entirely on the venue and who they use to broker their remote sales. It's usually the least expensive method to buy them in person at the box office, not online or over the phone. Doing either of the latter may incur plentiful tacked-on fees for "processing" the transaction.

Buying tickets from a scalper after the show has started.

Depends on the venue, depends on the band/artist, depends on the vanue set-up for a particular show, depends on whether general-admission or assigned seating, etc.

depends on the concert and venue.

Some tickets i have bought were like $25, meanwhile another concert at that same venue was $250

Depends on the show and where your going to see it.

Assuming Ticketmaster is handling sales keep checking their site. Additional tickets are often released 2 to 3 days before the show.

Everyone reselling tickets is by definition a scalper. If you don't mind paying extra most of the resale sites are reasonably safe.

Production holds are often released in the days leading up to, or even day of, shows. Often really good seats at reasonable prices, too.

Check out Vivid Seats or Gametime

Keep checking Ticketmaster. I once got 2nd row to a sold-out Earth Wind & Fire show, 24 hours before the show started, for face value. (Mike Damone was no help!)

Cash Or Trade

It's a very sad time for live music because all the artists "people have heard of" are crazy expensive. I can't afford to go to bands I like as a grown adult, I can't even imagine being a teenager these days. There's no work-around that I've ever heard of besides sneaking in.

I don't think it's possible to get Taylor Swift tickets without being financially irresponsible...

I always go to the artist’s website to buy tickets. If they don’t sell them or direct me to their preferred vendor, I go to the venue’s website and follow the same procedure. I figure that if I go through the artist or the venue for ticket purchase, more of my money might end up going to the people most involved in making the performance happen.

It all depends who you wanna see. I use ticket master usually if you go to the bands website that's were you get directed. And each band usually has dates and location where they go. So it's up to you if you'd travel to see them

Sign up for pre-sales on various ticket websites so you can give yourself the best chance to get tickets. Most sites will let you favourite an artist so you get alerts when they’re touring.

Stick to known vendors like Live Nation or Ticketmaster etc so you don’t get scammed.

I live in a regional area so no big concerts happen here, it always involves travelling to the city. Which I find to be a good excuse for a holiday.

I’m usually the guy who decides to go to a concert the same day, so I’ve learned the hard way that last-minute tickets can be ridiculously overpriced. StubHub and similar apps tend to jack up prices the closer it gets to the event. What’s worked for me recently is using apps where you can buy directly from other fans instead of scalpers. On Portalys, for example, you can actually place a bid on a ticket instead of paying whatever price someone sets. I got into a sold-out show two weeks ago for $40 less just by bidding. It doesn’t always guarantee a ticket, but if you're flexible and quick, it’s probably the best way to avoid those crazy markups.

Buying directly at the box office at the venue is always the best option. All venues are legally required to allow in-person sales with no service/convenience fees.

Any way other than third party sellers

Or the cheapest way excluding third party sellers

Unfortunately, most venues sells exclusively through Ticket Master. So, you're likely out of luck there.

I call the venue day of show and ask if there will be tickets at the door. If yes. i go to the venue about an hour before the show and buy my ticket

Go to the venue's website, they will have an official link. Don't buy from a reseller. But if the show is sold out a reseller might be the only option.

Whatever the official vendor is, which will be linked on the venue website. You might also be able to call the box office and buy them there. Fees are just the nature of the beast.

Seatgeek.com is usually my go to. They aggregate all of the online sellers and show you which ones are giving the best deal.

Ever try seeing local bands or go to smaller venues?

Really your only option. Big names are expensive unless you're getting lawn seats.

Every convert I’ve been to only has 1 official ticketing company and that’s where I always buy from. I either am willing to pay the total price or I’m not. I don’t risk buying from any of these 3rd party sites.

Venues generally have designated official sellers which almost always have fees. There's no way around it, resellers are obviously going to need to recoup the cost of fees as well even if they aren't charging a few directly. 

Some small venues sell tickets directly without fees but Green Day ain't playing those places. When it comes to big shows, Ticketmaster and AXS are more or less the only options. 

Go to the box office, thats the only way

You beat me to this.

Really you need to go back to 1994. That’s the year the Eagles reunion caused the future insanity.