Jam in the Dam...JamCruise...Vegoose...(sorry gotta do it) Bonnaroo...
The jam scene certainly is supporting more and more mega-cost, elitist affairs that involve tons of money and huge corporate organizers. The whole deal is no secret anymore, that\'s for sure. We\'re still at a good point in terms of being able to see individual bands for reasonable costs, but there are more and more signs every day that things are headed in a bad direction.
Thank god most of the bands still aren\'t that popular. Imagine if most people actually liked jambands...$35 bucks a whack to see Brothers Past at Worcester Centrum, or $50-$100 face value on seats to see MMW at the FleetCenter. But you cannot actually get face value tickets because they sold out in 4 minutes and you didn\'t get through, so you pay stubhub $80 a whack for 400 level. Could it ever happen?
As far as Vegoose goes, it\'s definitely a cool concept. I would go if I were loaded.