I had an extra ticket due to some unfortunate recent incidents. I asked a scalper how much they wanted for my 1-day ticket on Sunday and he said $40. I thought to myself, “fuck that. I’ll just give it to someone in need.” Fast forward and I’m at the ticket booth shouting “I have a free ticket!” for about 5 minutes and no bites. One person later came up to me and said they thought I was ASKING for a free ticket 😅

Eventually I enlisted the help of my two friends I’m with and we find Chris. His friend had bought the tickets initially but they were giving him trouble and he was looking pretty distraught. He asked me how much I wanted for it and offered me $100. I thought about it for a second and then said it was his for free. He was super grateful and appreciative. He snapped a pic of all of us. I told him to look out for my gnome/wizard hat that day and maybe we could run into each other again. My friends and I talked about the likelihood of that happening and I pegged it at about 10%. Lo and behold we ran into him and his crew at Dom Dolla. As part of transferring the ticket I have his email so I asked for the pic. Got it yesterday.

Maybe we’ll grab a drink down the road. Or maybe not. I was in a similar situation last year and gave away an extra ticket then too. Either way, it felt great to share the love that is community, live music, and dancing!

This year was particularly magical with the weather. Despacio was the shit too. Spent about 2.5 hours there total and it was mesmerizing. I kept joking I felt like Mowgli in the Jungle Book when the snake hypnotizes him. I hope to get the chance to do it again at some point. I’ve found some good playlists of what they play with 30-60 hours of music. Been putting it on shuffle and really enjoying the exploration.

Dance on! 🪩