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by girlMom3x on 9/30/25Merriweather Post Pavilion - ColumbiaRating: 4 out of 5I took my daughter, as a gift for her 16th birthday. My daughter absolutely LOVED it and had the time of her life. Her favorite was being right up at the stage for the Wallows. As a 40 something mom, it was not bad, the bands were all pretty decent, food was yummy, the venue felt very safe especially when it was 4 women alone. I loved that my friend (took her daughter too) and I were able to pick a spot and watch every on the big screens. My only dislikes were the drink prices, they were a little high even for a concert venue, in my opinion. That didn't stop me from purchasing a few lol. My friend and I happened to be seated, on a blanket on the ground, next to another mom who had brought her daughter and as ladies of a certain age do, we began chatting. This mom had a brilliant idea and my friend and I agree 100%...it would be great if these things offered "Parent Tickets", a reduced price for those of us that do not actually WANT to be there but have to be for our children and/or "Parent SEATS", it is hard on us 40+ people to sit on the very hard ground for the entire day or God forbid the weekend, we're not going to pay for premium tickets just to sit down for something we have zero interest in. My friend almost got stepped on while sitting on our blanket in the spot we had been in for many hours when the crowd got bigger at the 2nd stage and the rude young people stood all around us. Honestly, we would be willing to pay a small fee for "parent seating", especially if we could get reduced tickets. I am just offering a suggestion, parents are always taking our kids to concerts that we have less than zero interest in, we do not want to pay extra for a ticket just to get a seat so we are not uncomfortable the entire time and bent over with a sore back the next morning because we love our kids. Or an easier option --let parents bring a chair in, give us a wristband or something so it's easy to tell that we are parents. If it was not for having to sit on the ground I probably would have given 5 ⭐s. But overall I enjoyed the time with my middle daughter and my friend and her daughter. We enjoyed the food and drinks and people watching. Also, I would have liked to have been able to purchase the bands merch online either prior to the event or afterwards, not just the All Things Go merch. Thank you for the event and I hope to be able to take my daughter or all 3 daughters again at some point.