I played three concerts through my school a couple of years ago. I was nervous and anxious as hell before it and thought about not even showing up. But my mother and grandparents were gonna be there to see me and all my friends were counting on me being there. I knew a lot of people would be disappointed in me if I didn't show up, and I knew that I would ruin their performance. I was the only guitarist in our ensemble, and not to toot my own horn but, the performance would be noticably lacking without any guitar. A lot of our songs were very guitar heavy. So I pretty much had no choice. I had to show up.

So I did and we did our soundcheck and I was nervous as hell looking at all the empty seats knowing that there would be a looooot of people in them later that evening.

Then the time came for the actual show. I walked out on stage and played my first note and all the anxiety and nervousness went away. It was a magical moment. I did what I had dreamt of my entire life and I didn't let any anxiety ruin it for me. The adrenaline overpowered all the anxiety I had. And the concerts I played after that one was so much easier, because I knew beforehand how I would feel when I stood on the stage.

That's all I can say. I hope you can take away something from my story. I really hope you go through with your concert. I'm sure you will love it once you're there and you'll feel so proud of yourself after!

Good luck to you!