Winter Jam is a Christian music concert featuring what seems like dozens and dozens of bands at the Civic Center. I’ve been two times with varying levels of success.
We went several years ago with the entire family, but our younger kids really had trouble with the extremely loud music. So until they are teenagers and wanting to go, they probably won’t go.
There are pros and cons to attending, the major cons for me being the super loud music, and the late night ending on a Sunday night (I think we got out after 10 p.m. last year, but anyone can certainly leave early--we left very early our first year attending).
Here is the line-up for this year--an impressive group of acts, many of which you've heard on WCIC.
http://www.jamtour.com/shows/peoria-il
Last year, I went as a chaperone with my teen and the student council group from grade school, and we had a great time. We went very early to wait in line and get a good seat, and I brought earplugs along to save my hearing (and could hear the music great, without getting a headache. Genius!) We also discovered the excellent group Group 1 Crew, and some other bands we were only dimly aware of.
This year, we discovered there is something called “jam nation,” where you can pay an additional fee ($30 versus the $10 at the door) to have reserved seating and get in ahead of others. There are other perks listed on this website. You have to have 10 people in a group.
http://www.jamtour.com/jam_nation (note there are other “levels” of this, but it didn’t seem worthwhile to add on those, as I’m not interested in the t-shirt)
I consider this an excellent value for getting to see this many top-notch acts, as well as the perk of getting to go in early and have the Q&A with one or more of the acts. I also prize getting to pick a relatively decent seat without having to wait in line for hours.
As I mentioned in my e-mail to you, if you are interested in this, please leave a comment here on this post. I will NOT publish any of the comments; it's just a way to keep track of who would be interested in being part of a group so we can get the perks. You'll get a message that "your comment is awaiting moderation" but it won't show up here.
Since keeping track of e-mails regarding this would be more complicated and I'd be concerned that I wouldn't I would like, this seems the best way to capture the names in one place. In your comment, please let me know how many Jam Nation tickets you would want for parent(s) or teens in your family.
I would like to wrap this up this week if possible, so please leave a comment before Wednesday, January 9. I will let any commenters know via personal e-mail (as a group) what the status of this is by Thursday or Friday.
Thanks for considering it!
