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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Alone, without a parent, none.  With Covid, none.   With a parent and no Covid, all.  We have taken our kids to multiple venues no issue but I’d never let a 14 year go alone.  [/quote]

Thank you, this is very helpful and tracks with my gut feeling. Since you have taken kids to multiple venues, at what age would you allow them to go alone?[/quote]

Probably not till 16-18 and only in a group and you drive (the lots can be difficult to navigate).  We'd probably just get lawn seats at Jiffy Lube or Merriweather and sit near them and monitor things.  Merriweather is easier in terms of parking/meeting up.  Since they have multiple parking lots it spreads cars out more.  Jiffy Lube can be a nightmare to get out of the parking.

We have never had an issue and started taking ours regularly around age 8 (but not during covid) and we do 6+ concerts a summer, as many as we can at a reasonable price.  Even the security screeners are more flexible with kids so our experience is probably a bit different (they will allow an iPad or kindle for a kid despite saying no and extra food).  Everyone has been really supportive who sat around us surprisingly but there is a lot of drinking and drugs.  Even when we've bought seats, we worried a few times, once with the people in back of us and they were instead really nice.  Most people look out for each other.   The lawn has more families too.  We only had people (man really appropriate with the woman he was with) be inappropriate once at the Fillmore and their security dealt with it really quickly and monitored it.   Their security was really kid friendly - they gave us boxes/stools for the kids to stand on and got us up front.  And, offered hearing protection.   If going alone, I'd probably pick the Filmore as their security is excellent.  There are lots of nearby restaurants at the Filmore if you allow them alone.  Going to concerts is our family activity so I see us all going for a long time together.

But, go to an outdoor venue (especially with covid), get lawn seats, you sit much further back but were you can see them and have fun.  But, with covid, depending on the concert, most indoor venues are packed and people sit very closely tougher.  Same with the seats.  The lawn can get packed too but bring a big blanket and try to spread it out as much as you can and get some space.  We will not go to concerts till covid goes way down given how tightly people are packed.  Thankfully our tickets from last summer were refunded or extended to next year.[/quote]

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