NearFest Newbie Questions - please help

[NorCalKurt]

Ken, in years past it was safe to wait on tickets. 2012 may be different. Things normally wrap up around 11 to 11:30 on Sunday. Once again 2012 could be different. Glad to see you are going, it should be outstanding.

[tobytanzer]

Originally Posted by NorCalKurt

Ken, in years past it was safe to wait on tickets. 2012 may be different. Things normally wrap up around 11 to 11:30 on Sunday. Once again 2012 could be different. Glad to see you are going, it should be outstanding.

My experience has been different, Ken.
In 2008 I hit redial for 2 hours before I got the box office. In 2010 , I bought 4 tickets 40 minutes after the opening bell - got last row balcony. Froze our asses right under the AC vents.
I'm going Patron this year for the first time.
Looking forward to meeting you. You won't regret going.

[cumquott]

I'm lucky enough to be able to go to the venue box office (at 5am or something) and get in line. If you can swing the trip, that's always worked reasonably well for us. I might show up the night before and get bad karma from the drunken college children again. What a hoot (it must've been "short black skirt night"). But watch out for Lehigh's Drunk-Swat Track-Suit At-the-Ready Stealth Pistol-Whip team. I thought they were gonna take us to a padded FBI cell for interrogation.

Tix could be interesting this year.

[dangerboy]

There's also the after show party at the hotel on all three nights. That's usually pretty fun. The last time Keneally played NF, he also played in the hotel ballroom. And, he's gonna be there again for 2012. The guy is a walking jukebox.

Coincidentally, I met Bryan Bellar (Mike's bassist) at a brewpub Friday night. Turns out we were both going to the Belew/Levin show a couple of blocks away.