{"id":2417,"date":"2023-05-15T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T00:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/?p=2417"},"modified":"2023-05-09T16:37:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T16:37:09","slug":"sofar-show-can-surprise-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/sofar-show-can-surprise-you","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s How a Sofar Show Can Surprise You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You never know what a Sofar night will look like. It could be an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/living-rooms-for-intimate-shows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">intimate house show in front of a fireplace<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an evening surrounded by paintings and sculptures <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/museums-for-live-music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in a museum gallery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or maybe a high-energy night in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/7-of-sofar-interesting-spaces-live-music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an amusement park<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 But we can tell you, it\u2019s going to be a new experience every time. Here are a few of the ways a Sofar show can surprise you.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>You\u2019ve got the location reveal.<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You don\u2019t know where your Sofar show is going to be until hours before it\u2019s time. That means you pick the neighborhood, and get ready to step into a unique space, whether it\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/sofar-venue-goldsworthys-backyard-denver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a lush backyard full of friendly faces<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/sofar-venue-aviator-nation-austin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that cute clothing spot you\u2019ve been eyeing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but haven\u2019t gotten to visit yet. All you have to do is be up for the adventure.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Of course, the artists who will blow you away.<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the last decade, we continued to be blown away by the incredible, jaw-dropping performances <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/6-performances-that-leave-us-speechless\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that can leave us speechless<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You never know where an artist might head after they play these intimate spaces, sometimes they go on to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/well-known-artists-who-have-played-sofar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">become chart-toppers, Oscar winners, or superhero movie stars<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You really never know who you\u2019ll see, or how a Sofar show can surprise you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Welcome to Sofar Sounds\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qijKmo96ejk?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><b>Then, there are all your new, music-loving friends.<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s discovering new music, and a unique space, but there\u2019s also the discovery of community, whether it\u2019s meeting new people in your own city, or in Sofar cities around the world (there are more than 400 of them). Feeling a little shy? We\u2019ve got a few tips for how to get the convo going to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/5-ways-make-a-friend-at-a-sofar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">make a few new friends<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Best of all, there\u2019s another adventure waiting for you.<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New artists, another unknown location, and a room full of folks\u2014that\u2019s the next show.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ready to experience how a Sofar show can surprise you? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explore shows near you<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Words by Sofar Editorial Team<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You never know what a Sofar night will look like. It could be an intimate house show in front of a fireplace, an evening surrounded by paintings and sculptures in a museum gallery, or maybe a high-energy night in an amusement park.\u00a0 But we can tell you, it\u2019s going to be a new experience every [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":2418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}