With Covid restrictions becoming more lenient, and the introduction of a vaccine, concerts have resumed more and more in person concerts have resumed according to Ticketmaster with everyone from Gladys Knight to Playboi Carti with lights, background musicians, and props.

Concert experiences for some have had the effect of imparting on their audiences a sense of thrill, such as 11^th grade student athlete Justin Brueck be one who saw Lil Baby. Brueck said “There were light rigs that would change colors, all colors, blue, green, and stuff. It was a flat stage with bars, and pillars. A big screen [LED]. It was so intense… I left, I needed water, people were excited. They played mostly hits. At one point they had everyone put their lights on and got someone on stage.”

Some students have seen plenty of different artists such as Junior Lauren Licause in 11^th grade who can’t even think of how many concerts they’ve seen said of their own experience that “There were lots of laser beams, like green ones going in circles y’know.  A lot of it was reliant on stage presence, and tended to last an hour and a half, sometimes two. The music had a lot of sound effects, sometimes they would have brass and instruments behind them. Heavily relied on bass too. Most artists experimented a lot.”

Not all acts may be like these, but there has been a constant insofar as the lighting which according to Sweetwater’s “Stage Lighting 101” consists of PARs which cover most of the stage area to Moving Heads which produce beams and spots. The importance of lights is to give drama, emotion, and flair to the affair as Sweetwater’s “Lighting Essentials” puts it.

Each student is different so their experience might be peculiar to them depending on what they see and hear, but if it fits their taste they could have an amazing time wherever they are.