Child's age at first real concert and what was the concert?

[Anonymous]

OP here, Imagine Dragons for a 12 year old sounds cool. Did they like it? I was considering taking my 12 year old to the twenty-one pilots concert (his and my current favorite band) but after seeing reviews, I'm afraid it might be a little too much, pushy crowds, crowd surfing, mosh pit. I don't think so, darn, cause I wanted to go but wouldn't be able to get away with going without him. Anyone here seen this show?

Just don't go down to the floor. Get some reserved seats, and have a good time. (Assuming it's a reserved seat venue. I don't know this show. If it's at a 9:30-like place, go upstairs.)

[Anonymous]

Bruuuuuuuuuce! Nine years old.

[Anonymous]

I think I was 12 or 13 when I went to my first rock concert (with a friend, I think, no parents -- we were dropped off. In a pre-cell phone world!). Reserved seats, Beach Boys when they were already super old so it was a super tame crowd! (Sort of like going to an Elton John concert nowadays, I think). I also remember seeing Billy Joel (again, a drop off with a couple friends) when I had just turned 14. Again, a tame-ish concert, and a performer that my parents had heard of and weren't really concerned that it was going to be like a rave or something (not that they or I knew what a rave was).

My almost-10 year old has not yet been to a concert (other than the kids concerts at Jammin Java and the Discovery Theater, etc.), but I can imagine taking her in the next couple years if there was a band we liked. I wish I was that mom that knew the cool bands -- I have a coworker like that who is very into the local DC music scene and always took her kids to the 9:30 club. I'm just not that mom--in a parallel universe, maybe I am.

[Anonymous]

We saw a concert at Jiffy Lube Live when she was 2. It wasn't the Doobie Brothers, but it was something along those lines. She saw the Wiggles a few times, some smaller acts and some boy bands in her tweens. We saw Wiz Khalifa and Fall Out Boy last summer. She sees 5SOS again in a few months.

The only show I told her she couldn't see was Serj Tankian at a club in Baltimore. She was 8 at the time and I think that's too young for a club show.

She finally noticed the smell of pot at the last show and asked what it was. I told her the truth.

[Anonymous]

Do the Wiggles Count? 2 and 5. And Dan Zanes same year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bruuuuuuuuuce! Nine years old.

GREAT PARENTING!

[Anonymous]

DD was at at Jimmy Buffet when she was at about 8 weeks (from conception).

[Anonymous]

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DC1 - 2, Nutcracker at Kennedy.
DC2 - 4, Carmen at Wolf Trap, in which DC1 was singing.
A year later, 9th symphony at Wolf Trap.
And somewhere in there, Saint-Saens' s Carnival of the Animals.

I may be way off the mark here, but I'm pretty sure the Nutcracker isn't a concert. Unless the sarcasm went way over my head. Which is entirely possible.

I didn't mean to be sarcastic, but if OP meant a contemporary music concert, then she should have said so. I am well aware of the differences between concerts, ballets and operas.

Just wanted to fly my lone little classical flag here

Nope. You just wanted to advertise that you think your kids are more cultured that our kids.

Based on your response, it's safe to assume PP's kids are more cultured than you.

[Anonymous]

wow. My kid is 13 and she hasn't been to a contemporary concert yet.

[Anonymous]

I didn't take DS to Imagine Dragons. He went with a group of boys and two Dads. They had a blast!

[Anonymous]

DD -- 6, Maroon 5. A lot of profanity, but I don't care.

DS -- 9, Imagine Dragons.

[Anonymous]

DD -- First concert Age 2 Robyn Hitchcock

Then, age 9 The Hives at 9:30 Club

[Anonymous]

Pretty sure they saw the Wiggles as toddlers.

[Anonymous]

Really wanted 8yo DD's first concert to be Adele (her absolute favourite). But that's not going to happen

[Anonymous]

Miley Cyrus (right as she was transitioning out of the Hannah Montana stage) - DD age 13