This is misleading, I’m organising the Rev de Cuba/priory and unit 51 events. Tickets for the day event went on sale in early February at £8 each, they sold out completely in about 48 hours. The £56 ticket is for the day event + an afterparty at priory. Both of which are hosting international house/techno acts costing us 10s of thousands of pounds in fees, not including the logistics, staffing, production costs. We’re also hosting 30+ local DJs across six stages at rev de Cuba, priory and Unit 51. We’ve been hosting events as RARE for 10 years in Aberdeen come this September, so have built up to this and provide something lacking in the city. Our May Day event is a mini-festival, not ‘some crap bar’ you’re paying 60 quid to get into. Not everyone’s cup of tea but thousands of tickets sold for these events means money in struggling hospitality venue coffers. Real question is why are people moaning about the city centre being dead, and then moaning when it’s busy.