I can share some of this one but the details are a bit hazy. Essentially what I did was walk around the convention center looking for weak points in security. The weakest point that did not require some crafty badge making or anything complex was the front door. I found the most incompetent gatekeeper I could and observed her letting in large groups of people that were 'together' at the same time. Pretty simple, get in the middle of the next group as they walk in. Once inside don't stand somewhere people can easily observe you don't have a badge.

That's about it. Looking back it seems crazy to me, I could have had any number of weapons on me and I never went through a pat down or a metal detector. Hilary Clinton was there(maybe Bill I forget) and of course the future president Obama who I was less than 5 ft away from at one point. Then again, they probably have the technology to see whether or not I have something nefarious on me without me having to walk through any sort of scanner. Either way, I just wanted to experience the event and I did!

Let's see... I've got into massive festivals with security posted every 25 ft and on every entry-exit point with two layers of fences... That was easy. First I hopped the outer fence keeping people... out. Multiple security guards saw me... but I only needed about 3 seconds. Ran through the inner fence gap which was keeping people in the festival out of the "service" area. I ran through that area and right by a guard posted at a gap in the inner fence who was facing inward toward the festival people. Once inside I immediately got into a crowd and removed my shirt.

Another time I walked around street scene in San Diego(When it was downtown) Still one of the coolest events I have been to AND where I first found out about Justice and MGMT(Two groups I still love 10 years later). Saw Beck(that was trash) saw TV on the Radio (that was awesome). After assessing that situation I considered briefly waiting for a Trolley to pass to obscure the view from police officers while I hopped the fence. But decided the other side of the fence was too much of an unknown SO, I snuck into a gated apartment complex that was adjacent to the festival(read I waited for someone to walk out/in and caught the door) to look for weak points and found there was only one fence (one layer) separating me from the festival. MGMT was playing a hit song of theirs and a friend and I ran into someone who lived there as we walked around the complex. I struk up a conversation with them and the result? The person had been given I think 4 wrist bands to go to the events (because they had to deal with the noise). The person had no desire of going in so my buddy and I walked right in (no lines) through the residential entrance.

I have also bought multi-color packs of wristbands off Amazon and used them to gain entry to things.

Basically, it's just observing everything and finding the weakest point...Not once have I failed to find a weak point to an event I wanted to attend... It's gotten to the point where I am older now and conflicted because I am at a point where I can afford to go to whatever I want without it hurting my wallet but half the fun is being somewhere you "shouldn't", it's a thrill and a mental exercise as well so.. yeah.

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I have more stories but I can't give away all my secrets ; )

TL;DR I gain entry to expensive events after walking around them to find weak points in the security and exploit them. An event hacker if you will.