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Live music and venues!

beachpopbaroquegirl

I love to go to gigs and watch local bands play great music. Does anyone else? 

Supporting your grassroots venue is important!

Got curious and want to know if any one else feels like venues could do better in accommodating neurodiverse music lovers - for example low sensory punk/rock/indie shows?!

Would such a thing encourage you to go watch more live music?

Would love to hear some more opinons as i've not really seen much discussion online about this  <3

  • Music and especially live music is a really important part of my life, I try to see a band at least once a month.

    I used to take my daughter, she is now an adult and an autist herself, she plays bass in an all girl heavy metal band, after studying music performance at university. 

    I have a favourite venue in Bristol, it’s big enough to develop great sound but small enough so I can find my favourite spot to stand. Usually to the front right of the stage, just beneath the monitor speakers. I wear earplugs but need to feel the vibration of the bass tones through my chest.
    tomorrow night I’m off to see Nirvana (uk)

    it’s not sold out if anyone want to come along. 

  • I love going to gigs. It's one of the only times I can be in a crowd without being unbearably anxious.

    I do find that it's easier to handle if I've got earplugs in- I use Loops personally but anything that helps make the noise manageable will do.

    Something that I find helpful about genres like prog and classical, which often have an older audience, is that they have seated concerts. Rather than getting bumped about in the mosh pit, you just sit down at a sensible distance from the musicians and from everyone else. I happen to LIKE the mosh pit, but I'm not always up to being in there, and I know a lot of autistic people would struggle with it far more than I do.

  • in reply to Dawn

    Would you enjoy the gig if the capacity was maybe cut by 10 or 15% of attendees, as well as having options to be seated or standing? 

  • I love live music too, I can tolerate or even enjoy some sensory stuff there that would in a supermarket have me fleeing asap.  But what I do find tough are crowds.  Don't like to be in physical contact with strangers - I stay well clear of the mosh pit.