I've been looking for what's happening around Boston around the end of May / beginning of June, for some people coming in from out of town, and I happened to notice that Leonard Cohen is doing a couple of shows at the Wang Center.

Tickets in the mezzanine and back rows are about $100, and range up to $253 for the front sections.

Okay, he's good. But is an hour or two of Leonard Cohen really worth as much or more than, say, a full 4 days of the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival? (FRFF 4-day tickets were $100 in the super-early sale this year, but even at the gate tickets won't be over $200)

P.S. Molly Zenobia with Mali Sastri at the Lily Pad in Inman Square this evening 7-10pm, "From the Inside Out". Lily Pad at 1353 Cambridge Street, all ages, $10 (I think).

Falcon Ridge Folk Festival's special early pre-sale is on today (and tomorrow if there are still tickets left). Limited number of 4-day with camping for $100, 4-day without camping for $70 - both of those are $15 cheaper than the regular "early bird" advance ticket prices. 866-325-2744.

One extra ticket to Falcon Ridge, full festival + camping, at the early bird price of $110 (if you get one at the gate, it's $140), if you can pick up from me in Central Square this evening or tomorrow morning/midday, or if you're somewhere convenient I can drop it off on the way tomorrow (Cambridge, Somerville, Newton, Waltham, etc. on the way from here to Falcon Ridge).

I've also offerred this ticket elsewhere, so first comment here gets it if you provide enough information such that I can get the ticket to you and the money from you today/tomorrow, unless I get an email from someone claiming it first.

The special limited early early presale of Falcon Ridge 2008 tickets is this weekend, Feb 9-11, 11am-10pm or until tickets run out. Camping (400 tickets available) for $95 each, no camping (200 available) for $70 each. All-weekend tickets only, no day passes in this sale. 866-325-2744.

Oh, and Vance Gilbert is back!!

As always, the festival will be Thursday-Sunday on the fourth weekend of July, which this year is ... July 24-27. Are you coming?

If you're planning to go to Falcon Ridge 2007 (July 26-29), buy special pre-sales tickets this week. They're selling a limited number of 4-day tickets starting this Monday, until they run out, which will almost certainly be sometime this week. This limited batch of tickets are $90 each, or $65 without camping - thats $5 less than the earlybird prices (March-May) and $30 less than full price. Credit card only, 866-325-2744.

Falcon Ridge Folk Festival's annual winter special ticket sale is on. $85 for 3-day camping tickets, until they run out. They're only selling 400 at this price. Regular advance ticket sales start on March 15th (probably at around $100 for "early bird", though I'm not sure). If you know you're going to Falcon Ridge this year, get one now. If you think you're probably going, get one, and if you end up not going, you'll have an easy time selling it for this price if you remember to do it in advance.

[originally posted last week, but LiveJournal email posting was apparently down at the time]

Now is the time when Falcon Ridge Folk Festival has a limited batch of special discount tickets, $10 off the early bird rate. They started selling them today, and they expect to run out by the weekend. If you plan to go to Falcon Ridge this year, you can save a bit of money by buying tickets now - call 866-325-2744

Regular ticket sales start March 1st, and early bird prices end on May 15th (but even earlybird costs a little more than this week's special tickets).

If you're planning to go to Falcon Ridge Folk Festival and don't have a ticket yet, buy it now! Today, May 15th, is the "early bird" price deadline. 4 day passes all go up by $10 after today. You can still buy advance tickets until July 1st, if you miss that date, you'll have to buy them at the festival, where they're another $20 more. But if you know you're going, buy today and save $10 off the regular advance ticket rate. You can buy tickets by mail, phone, or web.

Among the artists performing at this year's Falcon Ridge are: Eddie From Ohio, Brave Combo, Vance Gilbert, the Nields sisters, Richard Shindell, Girlyman, Erin McKeown, Sonia / disappear fear, Ellis Paul, and Jake Armerding. The dance stage artists have not yet been announced, but I see Paul Rosenberg and Ralph Sweet on the performer schedule so I assume they'll also be calling dances.