ticket contests

We are delighted to have the chance to give away two pairs of tickets to attend Ghoulsfest 2010, a one day festival taking place in South Houston. On Saturday, October 30th, a day before Halloween, Tom Bass Park will transform into a dance-filled arena with two stages hosting the likes of Bad Brains, Macy Gray, We Are Scientists, Daniel Johnston, DJ sets from Hot Chip, CSS and Peanut Butter Wolf and a host of local and regional fare. It looks like a pretty strong day of music, and we have the opportunity let a handful of you into the event for free!

To enter, all you have to do is leave your name along with an e-mail address and/or telephone number in which you receive text messages in the comment form below. We will be announcing the winners on Wednesday, October 27th so keep an eye on your inbox to see if you've won. I want to thank The Messina Group for consistently hooking us up so we can hook you up! Feels good to be the middle man sometimes...

For more information about Ghoulsfest, visit http://www.ghoulsfest.com/.

We are excited to give away a pair of tickets to see The Smashing Pumpkins at Houston's Warehouse Live on Tuesday, September 21. All you have to do to win is leave a comment with both your full name and either an e-mail address or telephone number in which you receive text messages. We will be choosing the winner randomly on the day of the show, and announcing it through either e-mail or text.

This is a rare opportunity to catch The Smashing Pumpkins in such an intimate (for them at least) venue. The last time I saw the Pumpkins, which was headlining Voodoo a few years back, they performed in front of over ten thousand people. While it's not all of the original members, Billy Corgan does a great job at bringing his songs out with a newly established vigor that wasn't there many years back during their rockier times. I'm extremely excited for this show, and can't thank The Messina Group, AEG Live and Warehouse Live for allowing to let a couple lucky people also check it out. Tickets are still on sale for what will assuredly be a sold out show, so if you don't think you're gonna win, head on over to WHL's Frontgate ticketing site to pick up as many as you need.

We are pleased to give away 2 pairs of tickets to see Octopus Project at Warehouse Live in Houston, TX on Thursday, July 15th. All you have to do to win is leave a comment with your full name and either an e-mail address or phone number in which you can recieve texts. We will be announcing the winner Thursday afternoon via e-mail and/or text message.

This will be my third time seeing the Austin quartet, and I'm as excited as ever as it's been some time. The Studio at Warehouse Live should be quite packed for the ensuing dance party, so I'd recommend signing up to increase your chances of getting down with the rest of us.

As always, thanks to Warehouse Live and AEG Live for allowing us the opportunity to give away so many tickets on such a regular basis. You all kick a bunch of ass!

We are giving away 1 pair of tickets to see Passion Pit at Houston's Warehouse Live on Thursday, June 17th before a 2-night stand in the ATX. All you have to do to win is leave your full name and e-mail address or telephone number where you can receive text messages in the comment field below. It's pretty simple, but you must leave a way for us to get a hold of you in the body of the comment if you want to win. We will be choosing the winners randomly on Thursday at noon, and will announce them at the top of this post, and contact you through the e-mail address or telephone number you provided.

Check out a video of the band destroying Columbus below, get excited, and enter the contest and/or buy tickets. Don't forget your dancing shoes and glowsticks, this one's gonna be unabashedly FUN so lets all look like idiots on the floor. To guarantee admittance, you can pick up as many tickets as you need at Warehouse Live's official Frongate ticketing site. As always, thanks to The Messina Group, AEG Live and Warehouse Live for always giving us the opportunity to do these giveaways. See you on Thursday with a big smile on my face!

We are excited to be giving away 2 pairs of tickets to see Common and Biz Markie at Houston's Warehouse Live on Friday, May 28. All you have to do to win is leave a comment with your full name and either an e-mail address or phone number in which you can receive text messages. You must leave a way for us to get a hold of you in case you win the tickets, or else you'll be shit outta luck. The winners will be announced at noon on Friday, day of show, so be available around then to confirm if you win.

Both Common and Biz Markie are guaranteed to put on a good show, as they are some of the best at what they do, so these tickets are a pretty hot commodity. If you are down on your luck, or just have too many friends that these tickets can accommodate, feel free to pick up as many as you need at Warehouse Live's official Frontgate ticketing site before they sell out. As always, big thanks to Warehouse Live, The Messina Group and AEG Live for allowing us to give away these tickets.

Thanks to the ever-generous management at the Granada, we are thrilled to be giving away a pair of tickets to see one of the best bands from the Northwest - Minus the Bear. They are playing Dallas’ best live venue next Saturday, May 15th. Don't miss your chance to check out one of indie rock's finest prog-influenced bands that employs incredibly affecting and personal lyrics. Check out one of their better tunes below, and enter the ticket contest (winners selected randomly on Thursday, May 13th) by leaving a comment with YOUR NAME and CONTACT INFORMATION (EITHER AN EMAIL OR PHONE NUMBER) in THE BODY OF THE COMMENT. If you don’t give us a way to contact you, YOU CANNOT WIN. And if you don’t want to risk getting shut out, head over to the Granada website to pick up tickets to the show. Red wine with every meal...

Dr. Dog at SXSW 2010

We are excited to be giving away two pairs of tickets to see Dr. Dog and Deer Tick at Houston's Warehouse Live on Sunday, May 2nd. All you have to do to win is leave a comment with your full name and either an e-mail address or a phone number in which you can receive text messages. We will be announcing the winner at noon on Sunday, and will be listing the names at the top of this post as well as contacting the winners through either e-mail or text message.

If you are a regular to our site, you assuredly know our obsession with the Philadelphia indie-rockers, so this show has been on our radar for quite some time. Dr. Dog put on one of the best live shows I've seen, so to finally catch them in my hometown is a nice little treat. Deer Tick are just the cherry on top! This will probably sell out, so if you are worried you won't win the give-away, you can pick up as many tickets as needed at Warehouse Live's official Frontgate site.

As always, big thanks to The Messina Group, AEG Live and Warehouse Live for always allowing us to put on these ticket contests. Cheers!

We are giving away 3 pairs of tickets to see Pretty Lights at Houston's Warehouse Live on Thursday, April 29th. All you have to do to win is leave your full name and e-mail address or telephone number in which you can receive text messages in the comment field below. It's pretty simple, but you must leave a way for us to get a hold of you if you want to win. We will be choosing the winners randomly on Thursday at noon, and will announce them at the top of this post, and through the e-mail address or telephone number you provided.

I've seen Pretty Lights on a few occasions, and he always puts on a spectacular show, so I'd highly recommend being in attendance. To guarantee admittance, you can pick up as many tickets as you need at Warehouse Live's official Frongate ticketing site. As always, thanks to The Messina Group, AEG Live and Warehouse Live for always giving us the opportunity to do these give-away's. We wouldn't be nearly as cool without you all!

Congratulations to Brenda Mora and Marty Lewallen who were chosen at random to win a pair of tickets each to see Ani DiFranco tonight at Warehouse Live. Tickets will be waiting under your name at will call, so please bring a valid ID with you. Thanks to everyone else who signed up, but didn't win. We have plenty of opportunities to win free tickets coming up, so stay tuned!

We are giving away 2 pairs of tickets to see Ani DiFranco with support from Buddy Wakefield at Houston's Warehouse Live this Thursday, April 8th. This is a real treat for us to be giving away these tickets, as Ani is such a unique and talented performer. All you have to do to win is leave a comment with your full name and either your e-mail address or your telephone number in which you can receive text messages. We MUST have a way to contact you for you to win, so if you fail to leave one, your entry will be immediately disqualified. We will be choosing the winner at 12 pm day of show, and will announce the winner shortly thereafter at the top of this post and through e-mail or text message.

This show should be quite busy, if not sell out, so if you're scared you won't win or need more tickets than this contest can sustain, pick up as many as you need here. As always, thanks to AEG Live, The Messina Group and Warehouse Live for allowing us to give so many tickets away. Love you guys!

Congratulations to Corey Deiterman and Eric Brantner for winning a pair of tickets each! We will continue to feature give away's on a regular basis, so for those of you that didn't win, there will be plenty of opportunities for free tickets in the near future. Thanks for supporting BOT!

We are giving away two pairs of tickets to see Alkaline Trio, Cursive and The Dear & Departed at Houston's Warehouse Live on Friday, March 26th. To win, all you have to do is leave a comment with your full name and e-mail address or phone number in which you receive texts. We will need to get a hold of you when we choose the winners, and be able to give your full name to our press contact, so without those things, you can't win. We will be choosing the winners on Thursday, March 25th at 3 PM, so get your comments in quick! We will quickly notify the winner via e-mail or text, as well as at the top of this post shortly after the 3 PM deadline. This should be a pretty amazing showcase of road-tested indie rock from all three bands, and I can't think of a better way to see it when you don't have to pay for it!

If you don't feel like entering this simple contest, or have too much money lying around, you can hop on over to Warehouse Live's ticketing page and pick up as many as you need for a pretty cheap $18 ($6 a band...). As always, thanks to The Messina Group, AEG Live and Warehouse Live for allowing us the chance to give away all of these tickets. You guys kick ass!