Back in March I was gifted a ticket to see Jill Scott down in Macon. I did some research in this venue so I knew it was aged. I prefer smaller venues for concerts. They just hit differently. We had front row seats in the balcony right. Section 202/Row A Seat 5 and 6.
Now let me just say this. If you are handicap or have mobility challenges be prepared to walk. There are no elevators or escalators available in this venue. If you have a seat in the balcony you have to walk up a set of steps. Also there is an entrance just for handicap. I used the entrance but I really didn't see where it made much of a difference. Another thing is knowing where your seat is and which door to use. We use the set of steps to the left of the venue not knowing that our seats were to the right of the venue.
With that being said we walked up all those steps got to the balcony, and then we realized that our seats were all the way on the opposite side. We had to walk around the top of the balcony all the way around to the other side. I was out of breath honestly but the ushers were nice enough to let me sit down here and there on my way to my seat.
Also if you are a height challenged or have some extra fluff y seats are tight. We chose the balcony front row thinking that we would have more leg room. Negative. You will not have more leg room just because you have the front row. As the night went on I noticed that there were no people on the end seats so I got up and moved to the end where there was no restrictions with legroom. That also allowed me to see the stage very clearly on the right hand side.
I saw every movement just Jill Scott made very clearly. I will say the acoustics in this place were pretty good. I saw other reviews where people didn't like the sound but the sound was on point on this particular night. It was also very easy to get out of this place even though there was a crowd. I definitely would not choose floor seats because I saw where those seats some of them were zip tied together especially on the front row. You have no room to move around.
This place is old and tattered and smell old but it was a good show regardless. read more