Avoid going to concerts at the Fogadó if you can.
Okay, this sentence may be a bit too forbidding, so I modify it a little bit: you may go there if you don't mind huge crowds and a terrible sound system, and you are okay with either having to sit through a Palya Bea concert or standing at the fringe of the crowd where you do not see anything. I may not be right about the sound system – it may be the just shape of the room. I am not a music expert – to be honest, I strive only for the 'conscious consumer' label in this field – but my experiences suggest that huge, rectangle-shaped rooms with very high ceiling are the worst places for listening to loud music. But it does not change the essential point.
Palya Bea definitely had a good time last Saturday, and she sings beautifully, but I mostly know it from her Youtube videos and not from this concert. I understood the text only when I knew the song and even then it was not easy. And I really feel sorry, but I left Rotfront in the middle of the concert, because I realised that if I had not known them before (I didn't), I would not learn how good or bad they are now. It took me three songs just to decide what language they were singing. But so many people liked them and came to their concert, they may worth a second try.
The only sad thing about what I have to say is that generally I like Millenáris: they have very good programs, I love the big open park, and the whole event was free – that explains the crowd. But I can't help saying that it was not a good experience at all.
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