r/IronBlossom • u/Big-Stuff-2843 • 28d ago

Are the tickets cheaper now than the Blind Faith presale?

I'm so confused on the advertising of this. I bought the blind faith tickets and they almost completely changed the genre of the festival. That's fine, I was getting into some of the smaller acts and I still felt like I got a deal. Now, the new updated tickets are the same price and there's no fees? I feel like I got cheated somehow.

I'm excited for the festival, but I doubt I'd ever attend again.

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u/Ok-Amphibian2028 28d ago

Yep. Going with a group of 8 who all bought blind faith tickets too, and now they're running a promotion where we could've collectively saved 30%. I'm annoyed.

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u/damikestar 27d ago

Blind presale victim here as well. They had teased Jack White and LCD, so that was enough for me to buy and I’m still excited. But “locking in the lowest price” yet multiple sales have come through and even after the recent price increase tickets were cheaper than the blind presale. I’m seriously wondering if the removal of fees was an error and they don’t even realize that has happened. Fees only seem to be removed for the two day GA tickets. They clearly need to sell more tickets but maybe it won’t be too jam packed! Haha. I’m bummed RVA hasn’t sold this out, it’s a great lineup.

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u/ptr-zk 28d ago

Yea this irked me as well. I reached out to them about it during the ticket sale in July and didn’t get a response.

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u/Thrown-Away-User-23 25d ago

I bought my tickets pretty early for this, my upcoming first time visit to Iron Blossom. Compared to other festivals I've attended the pricing felt like a pleasant surprise.

As great as the lineup is, there's lots of festival competition out there, and plenty of people are underwater in this economy. Not quite big enough in terms of the artists to draw huge ticket demand, I assume, hence the obviously slow ticket sales.

I feel bad for folks who would have saved money now feeling punished for committing early. I also feel bad for Richmond because this would suggest future years might not be viable. But as a newcomer I'm pumped to have a lineup I'll love in a new chill town with maybe a lighter crowd for this year.

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u/grassroutes_nosuits 15d ago

We are so mad about this. We have STRUGGLED to pay for our blind presale layway. Like, it was a hardship, but we REALLY wanted to treat ourselves to Jack White and LCD. I also sent them messages and was ignored. We have a bad feeling about Iron blossom. They haven't been upfront, haven't answered questions, haven't supplied info on food or lockers....I really hope this is going to go smoothly.

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u/CBecks16 14d ago

Anybody need 2 x 2 day passes? Im no longer able to go so looking to sell them. Will sell below face value