Queue etiquette (gigs/festivals)

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Not a very seasonal post obviously! Just interested in opinions. Let's say a gig is taking place in a large tent. Does queue etiquette still apply once the "doors" have been opened? For example, if you arrived later than most, but it would be cheeky to sit down at the front?

I don't have a firm opinion myself, so am curious to know what Mumsnet thinks.

I sit where I want if there's space. Don't usually want to be right at the front but if I did I'd sit there.

@TigerDroveAgain Thanks for replying ☺️ Not optimistic about getting many more 😂

At a gig / festival the crowd around the stage won’t be in a set structure.
If there was an entry queue there will be those who headed for the absolute front and those who spread around
Concentrations will form at the front and working back from centre, with less along the sides

If you’re a late arrival wanting to get up front then head to one side and work your way forwards - often right up to the stage

But it’s still possible to walk through the centre of a crowd - it won’t be a straight line as you work your way through

At a festival there will be other stages and activities, people will be coming and going between stages - some go for a specific group/genre and focus on one point, others for the varied festival experience and head in and out of the stages

Etiquette does apply to chairs, sitting in the ground, mosh pits, general dancing space etc

Good post @tommika. I am interested by the sitting down comment – I guess that could make a difference x

Bumping as the boards are a bit quieter now.

Depends if you're pushing. Last gig I went to we got there early, went straight to the front, had a great view, ended up getting repeatedly pushed out of the way by late comers trying to muscle their way to the front. Yes this is absolutely part and parcel of gigs but I'm old now and it annoyed me a lot 😂

A tent at a festival? Sit/dance wherever there's space (but don't sit in the middle of the dancefloor!) If you want to be at the front make your way there. It really is every person for themselves despite what Gen Z (who really need to be taught gig etiquette) think! Just don't hurt people, don't piss people off and be prepared for people to be annoyed if you barge through. Be gentle and smart about making your way through a crowd.

@YesThatsATurdOnTheRug Can understand that would be annoying!
@SatanClaws I'm not quite sure when Gen Z begins but think I'm a millennial 😁

Perhaps you’re a Xennial / Zennial?
(AKA a made up term for those who fail to match the generalised generation definitions)

All generations cross over and are defined by the changing societies they grow up in rather than just the dates

Baby boom - born mid 40s to mid 60s
Defined by the post war surge in births, had childhoods through social change, and lived through the cold war

X - mid 60s to late 70s
The latchkey generation as children, with mothers no longer sat at home being ‘50s wives’, and more single parent families with rising divorce rates
Growing up to the MTV generation, computer gaming, seeing the final stages of the Cold War
Economic booms etc

Y Millenial - 80s to mid or late 90s
Grown up with the rise of the internet, easy access to global knowledge & culture
Economic falls, recession

Z - mid/late 90s to early 2010s
Access to the internet as soon as parents handover a screen, particularly mobile

Xenials are millennial X cross overs, I don’t know if anyone has come up with a Millenial to Z definition yet

It's a Zennial. I got told off by my Gen Zer for calling myself a Xennial. Out loud they sound the same. Gen Z don't like it when they think us millennials have appropriated stuff.

I'm a Millennial then. Have to admit this has taken an unexpected turn 😁

Bloody millenials - not knowing how to act at a gig ……… and not being Z enough to be arrogant / selfish enough to not care how to act at a gig

Good one 😁 Actually, should have said, this thread was inspired by an anecdote someone told me a few days ago, but wanted to make it more general.