Goldstar

There is an online ticket selling service called Goldstar. As opposed to sites like Stub Hub that resell you tickets above face value, Goldstar sells tickets at a discount. The site gets tickets from venues such as theaters, sporting events, and concert venues. Then they sell them at a cheaper rate. The goal of the site is to get people to go to events that normally wouldn't.

For example, over the summer I went to see Brian Wilson (of Beach Boys fame) at Foxwoods. The face value of the seats I sat in ranged from $45-50. However, through Goldstar I got the tickets for $26. https://southernnewenglandoutdoors.blogspot.com/search?q=brian+wilson 
I had no plans to go to Foxwoods, but when I got an email for twenty six dollar tickets to a musical genius, I was not passing that up.

Once you sign up, you will be bombarded with a couple of emails a day. I guess some people would consider this frustrating. I figure I get enough spam crap anyway, I may as well get fun ideas. When you sign up, you choose the city you are closest to. Then you can see what is going on in and around that city. For me, that is Boston. Although I'm not going to drive into Boston very often, they list a lot to do outside the city.  Like other ticket brokers, there is a "convenience charge". They usually add five dollars or so to a ticket. However, when you get a fifty dollar ticket for twenty dollars plus a five dollar fee, it doesn't feel too bad.

Believe it or not, they also have comp tickets. Yes that's right, free tickets. They are not completely free because of the added fee, however I've seen tickets that were comp (roughly five dollars) that have a face value of over forty dollars.

The reason I'm writing this post is a show Laurie and I went to on Friday night. I had gotten an email from Goldstar with upcoming events. One of those events was "The Buddy Holly Story" at the Hanover Theater in Worcester. I had wanted to go to it anyway, but never asked  Laurie. I bought two tickets from Goldstar for $20 each plus a $5.75 fee. So I got tickets to a Broadway show for twenty six dollars! The face value of our tickets was forty nine dollars (plus convenience charge).

Of course, with the discounted tickets you are not going to sit in the front row. You usually pick up the tickets at the Will Call window so you don't know where you will be sitting. At the Hanover I expected to be sitting in the balcony. This did happen. However, I was pleasantly surprised to be only five rows up. We were about as close to the stage as we were for Jersey Boys and I paid $71 for those tickets.

The Buddy Holly story was awesome. As much as I enjoyed Jersey Boys, I liked Buddy Holly better! The guy that played Buddy was awesome.  He was an unbelievable musician. I never would have gone if it weren't for Goldstar. I had a great night at a Broadway show for twenty six dollars a ticket.

Author's note- No I do not work for nor am I sponsored by Goldstar. It is free to sign up. You can look and browse events never buy anything. I wrote the post because I preach about having fun and getting off of the couch. I would feel guilty knowing a place that sells tickets at a discounted rate and keeping it to myself