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$15 GovBall Tickets?!

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The Governor’s Ball Music Festival is an awesome and fairly new addition to the New York City area music festival circuit.   Last year, a variety of musical acts (Mac Miller, Empire of the Sun, Pretty Lights, and Das Racist to name a few) entertained the crowd. The festival highlights all kinds of music with the one condition that you can dance to every act. Kid Cudi was just added to this year’s lineup of big names like Modest Mouse, Passion Pit, Santigold, and Beck, as well as up-and-coming acts like Cults . There are no overlapping sets, so one of the good things about Gov Ball is that concert-goers intent on seeing more than one of these great artists don’t have to make any tough decisions. Two-day passes are $190, a pretty good value when you look at the full lineup. Personally, though, I think the best way to go is to volunteer and pay just a $15 processing fee for entry to the show. It’s something I did last year and plan to again because it was a great expe