First Ever Concert & Festival You Went To.

First concert I went to was probably Elton John while I was still living in Montreal. I was too young to remember and I don't think I was actually that interested in music at the time.

First festival I went to was the 2nd night of the Virgin Festival at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto on August 30, 2009. It was supposed to be at a Burl's Creek Park in Orillia, but it got moved to Toronto due to slow ticket sales and complaints from fans. I didn't buy a ticket back then because it was too far but when they moved to Toronto, I was able to go. I only really cared about Nine Inch Nails that day (their last Toronto show until their Tension Tour this Fall), though I did enjoy Our Lady Peace, Pet Shop Boys and N.E.R.D (only band there that I saw once before as they opened for Kanye West in 2008, which I did attend). I did reserved seats as the 100L (GA Floor) was already filled-up. It was actually quite cold that day and I was wearing a hoodie because of it. It was also only the 2nd show I attended at Molson Canadian Amphitheatre where it ended at 11:30 PM. The other one was Kanye West in 2008. There is a 11:00 PM curfew so bands had to finish early as a result. Most recently, this July, Bruno Mars had to finish his 2nd Toronto show after 11:30 PM because he was supposed to take the stage at 9:15 PM, but took the stage over an hour later due to the pit (100L) being flooded. While waiting, Bruno Mars actually apologized on Twitter about this. I wasn't at the show, but I heard about it.

Back to the main topic: the first real open field festival I attended was the Orion Music and More at Belle Isle in Detroit this Summer, where Metallica (creators) and Red Hot Chili Peppers co-headlined the festival.

1st Concert: Ozzy Osbourne Vancouver '96

1st Festival: Ozzfest '99 (Black Sabbath, Rob Zombie, Slayer, Deftones, Godsmack, System Of a Down, Fear Factory, Slipknot...) :twisted:

First Concert (with my parents) Paul McCartney-Skydome 1989
First Concert (without my parents) Oasis-Maple Leaf Gardens 2000
First Festival-Stones/AC/DC/Rush/Guess Who-Sars Benefit Concert Downsview Park 2002

iammine16 wrote:

1st Concert: Ozzy Osbourne Vancouver '96

1st Festival: Ozzfest '99 (Black Sabbath, Rob Zombie, Slayer, Deftones, Godsmack, System Of a Down, Fear Factory, Slipknot...) :twisted:

Great fest

kwdaley wrote:

First Festival : Ottawa's Bluesfest 2010 (Went to see Iron Maiden / Dream Theater)

nothin' says blues like iron maiden and dream theater!

First concert: Brooks and Dunn in 2000? when I was 9? or 10? :oops: :fp:

First Festival: Some Bluegrass festival near Albany NY in 2002 when I was 11. :fp:

1rst concert- Beach Boys
1rst Festival- Buzzfest 1998 featuring, Foo fighters, Our lady Peace, Creed, Black Lab, Big wreck, space hog, and a few more on a side stage.

First concert was Jimmy Barnes ( Australian rock legend),1988 - Barnestorming Tour, which I was taken to by a family member.

First concert by myself was Poison, 1989 - Open up and say Aah tour. Can't stand them now- but in 89 they were a hot ticket.

First concert I ever attended WAS a festival:
107.7 The End's Endfest 1997
Lineup -
Main Stage: The Offspring, Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Candlebox, Super Deluxe, Brad, Matchbox 20, Voodoo Glow Skulls.
Second Stage: Folk Implosion, The Dandy Warhols, Buck-O-Nine, The Cunninghams, Me First and the Gimmee Gimmees.
Electronic Stage: Sky Cries Mary, GusGus, Lamb, Cirrus, The Crystal Method, Lion Rock, BT.

It's amazing to see the collection of artists that played that day for a RADIO STATION festival. Granted, at that time, The End was one of the premier alt stations in the nation. Still it's a crazy lineup.

Interesting note about this show - Radiohead played a 4 song set and swore off performing at ANY radio station festivals afterwards due to the delays caused from the set changes of the bands preceding them.

First Concert: Pink Floyd (Division Bell tour. It was awesome)

First festival: Another Roadside Attraction 1995 (Tragically Hip headlined of course, also featured Ziggy Marley, Spirit of the West, Blues Traveller, Rheostatics, Matthew Sweet, I think some others. It wasn't a stellar line up to say the least, aside from the Trag...and it's hard to remember it all, as it was also the first time I ever did shrooms. I ended up freaking out and hiding in a fucking porta-potty for at least one full set. )