Boston Calling Music Festival Tickets

While this is not my favourite outdoor event ever (the City plaza is a small, concrete jungle of a location) it is super accessible by T-line, super chill about in and out privileges so you can duck out for better food, better beer, better bathrooms and to find a place to sit and chat with friends when the not so interesting bands play (this place has no grassy or even decent chillout/lay down areas). On Saturday when we were there the lineups were not too bad but the published rules (no bags, etc) were either not followed or weren't updated on the website. We brought nothing in, as supposedly nothing but clear, small bags were allowed, but I saw lots of backpacks inside the venue and felt sadness about the sunscreen, hat, sunglasses, etc I left behind as I had no way to carry them. Its cool you are so chill Boston- just let the rest of us rule followers know! So venue is so-so (5/5 for accessibility but a 1/5 for places to sit or get away from the crowd), security vibe is 5/5 for visible but chill cops and calm pat-down crew, 5/5 for super fun beer service girl but 1/5 for cool beer choices (I know Sam Adams is a sponsor but I know there are good microbrews itching to showcase their beer at such an event) and 4/5 for music- if you pay more for the band do you give them a better sound check/sound guy? How could the Decemberists sound as crisp and clear as if listening to them on my headphones but Warpaint sounded like garbled garbage? Decent event.

We got there to see Jack Jonhson and we we'rent disapointed he delivered a solid perfomance ... as far as the festival goes , the site is quite small , not a lot of food or beer stand so the lines we're impossible ... On the other hand , we made a trip out of it , we came from Montreal , boston is a very nice city to visit add a great weekend

This was a terrific festival. It wasn't until late in the day on the first day (Saturday) that I found out it was the first time this event was organized. From my vantage point, it was seamless. With 2 stages, they had it organized so that as soon as one band played the other one started right away, so there was no dead time. It wasn't really convenient if you wanted to see both bands, because it meant you couldn't get a good spot close to the stage for one right after the other, but in my case, there was always a band playing in between the 2 I wanted to see, at the smaller stage. It must have been organized that way on purpose. The beer gardens were very well located so you could wander around and see either band. And they were close enough to the stage that you could get a good view from there.