Last Updated: April 23, 2026
Live Nation Concert Week is your chance to buy cheap concert tickets each spring. This year, Concert Week or “Summer of Live” starts April 29, 2026 and runs until May 5, 2026. Live Nation Concert Week Early access starts Tuesday April 23, 2026. Concert week offers “all-in” pricing for $30 tickets (previously $25). And no extra fees for 4,000 concert across the US. You will find shows like Weezer, Beck, 311 and more. The shows that are offered at this amazing discount are big name shows at various venues that haven’t sold as quickly as anticipated. So while you’re obviously not going to score a ticket to a sold out show, you will find deals on tickets that were $100+ more!
Here’s everything you need to know about getting cheap concert tickets during Live Nation Concert Week!
When is Live Nation Concert Week?
Live Nation Concert Week 2026 runs April 29 – May 5, 2026.
You can get early access through concert pre-sale by signing up for Live Nation, through Rakuten and for T-Mobile customers. Live Nation Concert Week Early access starts Tuesday April 23, 2026.
Live Nation has been doing Concert Week for over ten years. The exact dates and offers have varied over the years. Yet, its still a great opportunity to snag cheap tickets! Although at $30 a piece, instead of $25, we won’t be snagging as many tickets as previous years.
How to Get $30 Concert Tickets from Live Nation:
We’ll post the 2026 exact details as soon as we find out!
Concert Week officially starts Wednesday April 29, 2026 at 10am EST through May 5, 2026 at 11:59pm local time. However, you can get early access through concert pre-sale by signing up for Live Nation, through Rakuten and for T-Mobile customers. Early access starts Tuesday April 23, 2026.
After you click on the concert from the sale list, it will take you to Ticketmaster. And if there are still tickets avaailable for the $30 price you will see one marked “Live Nation Summer of Live Early Access”. When you click UNLOCK, it will sync with Live Nation and then show as buyable. Good luck!
UPDATE: As of Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 10am local time there were very a concerts available at the $30 price for my location. Their website says “Sold out. Tickets to some shows may be added later”. Last year, Live Nation did release some inventory in waves. I did keep checking throughout the day and they had released more tickets for a few shows. So we bought tickets to one concert this summer, versus previous summers we have purchased 5 or 6 during Concert Week!
When the deal is live, go to livenation.com/concertweek to browse the full list of concerts for your area. Select your quantity of tickets. Then in the “Type” area you should see an option for “Concert Week” or Presale via Rakuten or T-Mobile customers. Then you will need to enter your pre-sale “offer code.” Make sure you sign up for Rakuten before Concert Week. Then you just have to navigate to your Rakuten “My Account” area. You should see an offer code to use on the Live Nation site. You’ll also earn some “cash back” rewards on the Rakuten site, so win win!
Warning: the first morning of Concert Week, the Live Nation site gets slammed with traffic so browsing can be slow going. When you do get access, snag the tickets you want. Some shows have a more limited offering of discounted tickets than others!
What Tickets are Offered for Concert Week 2026?
For 2026, some of the tickets that are offered were:
- 311
- Goo Goo Dolls
- Riley Green
- Chicago
- Empire of the Sun
- Goose
- Kid Cudi
- Lil Wayne
- Lindsey Stirling
- Mt Joy
- OAR
- They Pussycat Dolls
- Young the Giant
- AND TONS MORE!
Previous years have included shows like: Beck, 311, Weezer, Bush, Walker Hayes, Megadeth, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Beach Boys etc.
What if I missed Concert Week?!
If you miss the May Concert Week, there’s still hope for a deal. Some Live Nation venues offer 4 tickets for $80 starting in mid July. And have included concerts like Bush, Walker Hayes, Megadeth, Michael Franti & Spearhead, 311, Beach Boys etc
Last year, to unlock the offer, you simply selected the quantity “4 tickets”. Then looked for the “Live Nation Summer 4 Pack” under Type. Click “Unlock” and enter code: 24SUMMER.
Another option is to check SeatGeek as it gets closer to a concert you want to see. We got $20 tickets for 311 last summer on SeatGeek. The ticket was $9 and fees were $11. So sometimes people will buy too many tickets and then resell them on SeatGeek. You can also sometimes find SeatGeek promo codes to make it an even better deal!
Concert Week for Kids
If you live near an outdoor venue, concert week can be a great time to snag affordable summer concert tickets. Getting $25 tickets during Concert Week is also an awesome way to introduce kids to concerts. Not only are the tickets way cheaper, outdoor concerts with general admission / lawn seating are an easier way to take kids to their first concerts. Even if they don’t know the band, we usually pick something fun like 80s or 90s, pop or rock and they’ve had a blast. We picked 311 last year and Cold War Kids the year before.
One year, we got tickets to 5-6 shows (Lord Huron, Blues Traveler, Tears for Fears, Father John Misty & Head and The Heart, Weezer, and Pink Martini). Most of the concerts ended up being in August, so by the end of the month, we were a little concerted-out. What a fun problem to have! $150 for 6 concerts!
If you’re trying to take kids to a concert on a budget, just remember to eat dinner before you go, as most venues don’t allow outside food and food/drinks are super spendy! Then if you decide to spring from some ice cream or a snack it feels fun and yes spendy but not more than your concert tickets vs if you buy food and drinks your bill will be higher than the tickets themselves! We love deals around here, and Concert Week is one of our favorite summer deals.
I hope this post about Live Nation Concert Week helps you snag some tickets for an awesome summer concert! Enjoy!
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