Confused

One of my biggest pet peeves is going to a completely unorganized concert. I absolutely hate the feeling of going somewhere strange with absolutely no clue as to what is going on. Is it that hard for a promoter to just get their shit straight and let people know? Maybe it'd bring people out to your concert if they weren't afraid they were going to have to see a shitfest just to see their band for 40 minutes at best. Tonight's Hurt show is supposedly $12.50 for admission but if you go to Respectable Street Cafe's website it's an outdoor block party that is free. That doesn't matter to me since I am on the guest list for an opening band but what does matter is knowing it's going to be a giant clusterfuck full of socially awkward alcoholics who know nothing about music when I'm there with a task at hand and they'll just be a hindrance. It also is taking place from 7-4 which theoretically means I could wait until 3 in the morning to see the band I am getting there at 3 this afternoon to see. Shit is very annoying to say the least. It's kind of like venues that have no idea where you can purchase tickets and you have to go there on a prayer that you can get in. How the fuck do I know how many people are going to be there if it's three hours away? I fucking hate Ticketmaster and everything they stand for, however sometimes the security of having a ticket in hand is priceless when you have shows like today.