What's it like to attend a phone-free concert? Here's what you told us
Readers shared mixed feedback on phone-free concert policies, noting that while the locked-bag systems can cause entry delays, they often improve the overall performance experience.
We asked readers to tell us about attending concerts and other performances where they were required to be phone-free. Here's what you told us, lightly edited for clarity:"Jill Scott, August 2026 [at The Chicago Theatre]. They put phones in a locked bag that you could hold onto."— Tim Thomas"Jack White in 2022 at UIC. It slowed down things getting in and out, but in general no phones once you were in was good. I could see it being problematic though. If my parents needed to reach us about a…
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