Small versus Festival versus Large Venues

I personally am not a huge fan of big venues at all. The Frank Irwin center does not appeal to me one bit. In big venues I don't feel like I can get the concert experience. The atmosphere of festivals is so fun to be around and you get MORE than your moneys worth of bands. Festivals bring in a lot of different genres whereas concerts have strictly one genre most of the time. Small venues are awesome because a lot of the artists personality comes out because they have more time to perform and talk to the crowd. Personally, I like general admission a lot better than assigned seats because it is a lot more exciting to wait for an artist to come on and know that you had the opportunity to be right in front of the performer.