Had a great time!
by Ksilver01 on 12/11/24Family Arena - Saint CharlesRating: 5 out of 5Had a great experience everything was reasonably priced. The bands were awesome. I’ll go again and I like the family arena.

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Had a great experience everything was reasonably priced. The bands were awesome. I’ll go again and I like the family arena.
The acts would have been great, but everyone I talked to agreed that the sound was really poor. We couldn’t understand what the singers were saying. We have been to at least 8 Jinglefest concerts and that was the first time the sound was so bad.
This was my second year at jingle fest and it was better than last year.
Don't let the name Jinglefest fool you. There were no holiday decorations and no holiday music at all. I expected at least a little of both. Even though I like the country artists who performed, all of the artists changed up some of their best songs to where it sounded like we were at a heavy metal concert. The middle artist -- although very talented -- should have read the crowd better. Many of his never-ending songs drove the crowds to the restroom or concession stands. The girl in front of us was actually sleeping. The lively vibe of the audience was squashed. Overall, not worth the price I paid for tickets.
St Charles Family Arena excellent venue with excellent concessions. Great singers/entertainers Lee Brice, Randy Houser and Priscilla Block.
I was so excited to see Lee Brice!!! I convinced my family to go and a friend of mine. Patricia Block was really good. Randy Houser seemed good…I don’t really know a lot of his, but his voice sounded good. Then it came time for the guy I was dying to see again. Last time I saw him was right after Covid and it was GREAT!!! So he comes out and started singing and it was a new song so I didn’t know it well, but I thought I could probably like this song. Then he started singing one of his number one songs, which I know he has 8 of. He forgot the words, not just a little, a lot! Still hey I get it they perform all the time. Except he then started singing other songs and the tune did even match the song. He was screaming and sorta rapping the song. In between songs he rambled on so long people were getting up and leaving and coming back before he ever started a song. Then it got so bad with the songs not even matching the way they were supposed to sound that the crowd started leaving in droves. He ended it and still had 3 number ones left so we knew it wasn’t over. We is me and the couple in front of us who were laughing with me at how ridiculous he sounded. So he comes out to sing the last 3 songs and there were probably a quarter of the crowd left. So disappointed!!!
Jingle Fest 2023 was awesome! Great line up. Love doing this every year!
Priscilla Block and Randy Houser were awesome Lee Brice was terrible he couldn't remember words and mumbled when he did sing not sure what was going on with him. The only real complaint I have is that we went out to get t-shirts after Randy Houser and they were already packing up and wouldn't get a shirt for my 10yr old.
It was great my husband took me there for my birthday it was our first ever to go to jingle fest and had a great time
Fabulous. What a fun night !! Great seats !! Lee Brice was amazing ❤️