Billy Gilman In Concert in Marion, IL Nov 13th!

November 13, 2009
Billy Gilman Live In Concert
Presented by SI Opry

Marion Cultural & Civic Center
7:00 pm
Towers Square Plaza, Marion, IL
Tickets are $15 / $20 / $30
To purchase tickets http://www.marionccc.org/
More info: 618-997-4030

Guys, if you haven't already, you MUST visit the SI Opry's myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/siopry99

Their myspace reads:
"Pricing for the November show featuring Billy Gilman in concert are: $15 for General Seating, $20 for Premium Seating, $30 for Limited Onstage Seating which Includes a VIP Meet n' Greet with Billy Gilman."

and their event for it reads:
"BIG NEWS FOR THIS SHOW! YEP......IT’S TRUE! THE SI OPRY WILL BE FEATURING BILLY GILMAN! ALL OF YOU REMEMBER THE HUGE HIT FROM BILLY GILMAN AT AGE 11 - "ONE VOICE".....RIGHT? WELL, DOUBLE PLATINUM SELLING ARTIST BILLY IS NOW 21 AND HIS VOICE AS POWERFUL AS EVER. BILLY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF HIS FANS HERE IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. NO LONGER ’BILLY, THE KID" BILLY IS MAKING ANOTHER MARK IN THE COUNTRY MUSIC INDUSTRY. OUR OWN HOUSE BAND LEADER, STEVE HORNBEAK, HAS BEEN WRITING WITH BILLY AS WELL. BILLY WILL BE DOING SOME OF HIS NEW MATERIAL AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OLDER FAVORITES YOU MAY REMEMBER HIM DOING BEFORE. AND TO ADD TO THIS SPECIAL NIGHT WITH BILLY....YOU CAN HAVE A PRIVATE MEET AND GREET WITH BILLY BACKSTAGE PRIOR TO THE SHOW. THERE WILL BE 20 SEATS ONSTAGE.......THATS RIGHT....ON THE STAGE......AND THE PEOPLE WHO PURCHASE THOSE TICKETS WILL BE THE ONES TO GET THE MEET AND GREET BACKSTAGE. THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO HAVE THEIR PICTURE TAKEN WITH BILLY AND TO GET ONE ITEM AUTOGRAPHED! THOSE SEATS WILL BE $30 EACH. THE REST OF THE TICKETS WILL BE PRICED AS FOLLOWS: PREMIUM SEATING WHICH INCLUDES CENTER SECTION (ROWS A-H), THE FIRST ROW OF THE BALCONY, AND THE GALLEY SEATING (CHAIR SEATING IN THE UPPER BALCONY AREA OVER THE STAGE) WILL ALL BE $20. ALL OTHER HOUSE TICKETS WILL BE $15. ASHLEY HATFIELD, MISS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 2007 AND ANNA NATIVE WILL BE OPENING JUST PRIOR TO BILLYS PERFORMANCE. WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING OTHER ARTISTS TO PERFORM THAT NIGHT SHORTLY AS PLANS DEVELOP. IF YOU HAVE CHECKED OUT OUR OTHER TWO SHOWS YOU MAY PURCHASE TICKETS TO ALL THREE SHOWS FOR A DISCOUNT. PRICING FOR ALL 3 SHOWS IS AS FOLLOWS: HOUSE SEATING: ALL 3 SHOWS - $30(ONE TICKET PER SHOW) PREMIUM SEATING $45 (ONE TICKET PER SHOW). YOU MUST CHOOSE EITHER HOUSE OR PREMIUM SEATING. SEATING CANNOT BE MIXED. THERE WILL BE NO DISCOUNT FOR THE STAGE SEATING AT THE BILLY GILMAN CONCERT. CALL THE CIVIC CENTER AT 618-997-4030 TO PURCHASE TICKETS ON THE PHONE VIA CREDIT CARD OR GO TO http://www.marionccc.org AND ORDER ONLINE. You may purchase them in person at the Marion Cultural and Civic Center from 8am to Noon and from 1pm to 5pm Mon. thru Fri. TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW! WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE TO SEE BILLY GILMAN!"


Here are some of the ads and banners from their site:

(This one is advertising all of their fall performers including Eli Tellor, Billy Gilman, Steve Hornbeak, and Ashley Hatfield)


(This one is basically advertising the same thing. It's headline reads: "Fall shows coming soon! Get your tickets today!")

AND THE BEST FOR LAST.....

....DRUM ROLE PLEASE....


(The banner that's strictly Billy!!!)

Only 5 of the $30 VIP backstage pass/ onstage seating tickets are left as of 8/17/09. Get 'em before they're gone!

man i wish i could go!

Guys, here's the main poster for the event:

Apparently the ticket sales for this show are really, really, really slow. So guys, if you can make the show, please go on and get your tickets. Don't we want this to be a sold-out show for Billy?!

The tickets still aren't selling too well. Come on guys, buy some! Billy deserves a sold out show!

how many have been sold?

All of the onstage ones and only a few of the $20 ones. Unfortunately, it does not look like this will be a sold-out show unless people really start buying up tickets within the next 3 weeks.

UPDATE ON THE CONCERT ADVERTISING

Two things:
-The SI Opry has a newspaper ad promoting the concert that just started rolling this week
-Billy and Steve will be doing a few radio interviews starting 2 days before the concert (on Nov 11th).

Stay tuned here on BGC for details. These details will not be announced on BGF until later.

Autum wrote:All of the onstage ones and only a few of the $20 ones. Unfortunately, it does not look like this will be a sold-out show unless people really start buying up tickets within the next 3 weeks.

Yes... Ever since the onstage tickets were sold out, the left over tickets seem to be dying... I took a quick glance at the website, there are still plenty of premium seats ($20) available. Too bad =(

Good news, everyone!

The $20 premium seats are sold out! This means that only the $15 house seats are left! Hopefully the remainder of the house seats will sell and this will be a sold-out show! Thankfully, though, the majority of seats have sold so the concert will definitely have a decent amount of attendees now.

Autum wrote:UPDATE ON THE CONCERT ADVERTISING

Two things:
-The SI Opry has a newspaper ad promoting the concert that just started rolling this week
-Billy and Steve will be doing a few radio interviews starting 2 days before the concert (on Nov 11th).

Stay tuned here on BGC for details. These details will not be announced on BGF until later.

Is there going to be any more information on this?

Autum wrote:Good news, everyone!

The $20 premium seats are sold out! This means that only the $15 house seats are left! Hopefully the remainder of the house seats will sell and this will be a sold-out show! Thankfully, though, the majority of seats have sold so the concert will definitely have a decent amount of attendees now.

Correction: I was insinformed by another fan. As of November 11, 2009 there are still 26 premium seats left. So, unfortunately, they are not sold out yet.

yeah i revied the wrong info from a worker at si opry

One word to describe "Awesome" !