How long is a music concert?

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1. All concerts are 42:43 by law.

2. a 4 hour round trip sounds miserable, just get a hotel

3. Is it in Lenox? Guessing it is at Tanglewood?

   His show will be about 2 hours but might not start right at 7. After getting out of the parking lot it could be almost 11 at night before you are really on your way.

   There’s a basic Quality in in Lee that’s close by and towards home. It’s like 200 bucks. Just stay.

   On the way there on Sunday, you could go early and go to the 3 county fair in Northampton – or walk around Northampton. Great spot for lunch and an ice cream at Herrells.

4. 2 to 3 hours. Taylor Swift plays for 7 days without a break

5. You can look up recent set lists on [setlist.fm](https://setlist.fm).

6. Most concerts I’ve been to were give or take two hours.

   I’d get a hotel. If you’re anything like me, you’ll probably be exhausted and not in the mood to make the drive back. At least with a hotel you could get to bed at a reasonable time and wake up early enough to make the drive home.

7. Depends. It varies by artist venue and event.

   I would say on average most concerts I’ve been to have been between 2-3 hours.

8. Getting a room is safer. Night driving for hours and exhaustion (expecially after a concert) are not a good combination. Any energy you’d have left will be spent navigating post-concert traffic.

9. Generally speaking for a major show:

   – Doors will open to start letting people in 1-1.5hrs before the first/opening act goes on.

   – Assuming there is an opener:

   – If there’s one opener on the bill they’ll probably have a 30-45min set, if there’s two they’ll be shorter – especially the first.

   – Likely at least a half-hour after the opener ends before the main act starts.

   – Most main acts playing large(r) shows are going to play >90min, some going far beyond – at least a few artists regularly close in on or occasionally pass 3 hours, but they’re the exception. I’d put 1.5-2hrs as the window most popular shows fall in.

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   So, a “sample” night for a generic show:

   7pm doors, 8-8:30 opener, 8:30-9pm getting rid of the opener’s gear + setup for the main, 9-10:45pm main act.

10. When are doors? How many openers? What sort of music is it? I usually assume the concert will end about 4 hours after doors. I’d get a hotel room for the night.

11. Yeah, get a hotel room! A few months ago I turned a one-night show (not a concert, but a live podcast recording) into an overnight outing. Got to the hotel early so I went to a museum, went to the show, went to a cocktail bar in the hotel, slept in, had breakfast. good times. Like a tiny little vacation.

12. Most I’ve been to have been between 2 and 4 hours.

    2 hours isn’t that long a drive, but it’s going to be pretty long after going to a concert. Just get a hotel.

    Next time, plan ahead a bit, and you can usually find a hotel that has a shuttle to the concert and back. That saves you all the trouble with parking and then finding your car and getting back out of the lot, and then finding your hotel again. Also, you can not worry about getting a bit intoxicated at the concert.

13. 2 ish hours. just get a hotel room. it makes it easier

14. Varies wildly depending on venue size, time of day, day of week, and number of acts playing

    I dunno anything about the show you’re going to see (who is John Legend?) but if there’s no opening act and no other artists playing then 1.5 to 3 hours is probably a safe bet

15. You’ll have a better time if you get a hotel room near the venue. You can drink if you want and catch an Uber to the hotel.

16. You have to also factor in the opening act. If I were you I would not plan on driving two hours after a concert. Find a hotel nearby. It’s the safer option than driving two hours late at night when you’re going to be tired. Enjoy! Tanglewood is beautiful.

17. Most concerts (at least the ones I go to) will be about 4-ish hours depending on several factors. The main artist usually has some form of support by other artists or bands who play before the marquee artist to warm up the crowd (and to justify outrageous ticket prices.) A usual set is considered to be about 17-20 songs, which lasts approximately 90 minutes.

    You can be at a concert from very small local bands to huge mainstream artists for several hours.

    The only exception I’ve seen to this is musical artists whose average fanbase would be over the age of 65.

18. Get the hotel room, that way you can go early, have a nice meal, couple of drinks. Enjoy!

19. 75-90 minutes generally.

20. Big name concert like John Legend will usually be about a good hour to an hour and a half wait time after doors open, a half hour to an hour of an opening act, another half hour to an hour of wait time, and be 2-3 hours of the artist themselves.

    Lesser known artists tend to do a big longer at 3-4, or at least are usually advised to do so by their handlers to deepen their fanbase.

21. At least a minute long.

22. Pretty much every concert I’ve ever been to has been 2-4 hours long (maybe a little longer if there are multiple openers/those openers have longer sets for openers but in most cases they don’t exceed four hours), but I’ve never seen John Legend. I did see Bob Dylan in high school about 9-10 years ago though, and he was a maniac; basically played for three hours straight himself.

    Honestly though I’d just spring for the hotel, especially considering how late some concerts go.

23. isn’t there info about that on his website or something