What a load of garbage!

1. Costs of food and drink at venues are of secondary consideration at best.


2. Entrance prices to performances will be pitched at a price that people are prepared to pay. Too high prices means no one turns up result: big loss, so no more concerts. Nothing elitist about that.


3. Size of audience depends on the nature of the event. There is a place for both large and small audience events.


4. You seem to be confusing concerts and similar type events with workshops. Again there is a place for both.


5. Of course quality of performance matters. Whether you are a professional being paid to perform or an amateur singing in turn at your local singaround, you should always strive to give of your best. That is not in the least bit elitist or exclusive.

I fail to see how any of this is elitist or exclusive. If I don't go to a concert it is because I choose not to, not because someone says I can't come in. I have plenty of opportunity to go to events that are comfortably within my budget and to which I can go simply by paying the admission fee, so I am not being excluded. The price of food and drink will not play any part in my decision to go to a particular event, though I decent pint may well be a bonus.

I notice WAV has weighed in with an irrelevance. I can't say I understand what he is getting at and how it fits in with the thread topic.