Yup, money and time. That's what it takes. Hard to have both at once. I've been known to travel 700 miles or so (1-way) for a weekend event, but it has to be something pretty special for me to go that far for a weekend. You spend too much of the time getting there and back and not enough of it singing or jamming or dancing or whatever. Most times I'd consider 4 hours' drive, give or take a bit, my limit for a weekend, and 1 hour for an evening, since I don't like driving alone late at night.

Cheers, Nancy