Gathering Information :

Chances Are That You Are Interested In A Rather Narrow Geographical Area, So Once You Define That, You Merely Have To Hunt Down The Web Site For Any Venues That Are In Your Area, As Well As The Ticketing Agency That Issues Tickets For Their Events!

This Can Be Easily Accomplished Using Google Searches. Start By Entering Your City Followed By "Venues". This Will Pull Up City Search Or Yellow Page Results That Will List Many Of The Venues In Your Area, And Will Likely Include Direct Links To The Venue's Web Site. Be Sure To Copy And Paste Those Links And Put Them Aside For The Moment. Next Try A Google Search With Your City And "Tickets".  Your Results Will Include A Ton Of Brokers Advertising Tickets For Sale In Your Area - Which Is Fine - Take A Look At Those As There May Be Newer Or More Obscure Venues That Didn't Show Up In Your Initial Search - Make A Note Of Those Venues And Google Them In Order To Find Their Web Sites.  Lastly, You Might Try An Ebay Search Under Tickets For Your Area ( See How To Search Ebay HERE ) Which May Include Even More Obscure Venues That Many Brokers Will Not Monitor.

Putting That Information To Work :

Start By Visiting The Venue's Specific Web Sites.  You Will Find Most Have A Ticketing Link Which Will Soon Disclose The Ticketing Agency That Issues Tickets For The Majority Of Events In Your Area.  You Should Also Note A Search Box That Will Allow You To Look For Specific Events, Hopefully An Area That Shows Events That Will Be Going On Sale Soon, And MOST IMPORTANTLY, An Offer To Sign Up For Their Email Alerts ( This Can Be Called A Wide Variety Of Things ).  You Absolutely Want To Use This Service - The Vast Majority Of Presale Passwords Are Offered Through This Service!

Many Of These Sites Will Direct You To A Major Ticketing Agency If You Search For Events Or Click The Buy Tickets Link. For Those That Do, You Can Narrow Down How Many Sources You Have To Monitor By Using The Ticketing Agency's Search As Opposed To The Individual Venues - Just Get Rid Of The Individual Links That Take You To The Ticketing Agency ( After Signing Up For The Email Alert! ) But Keep Those That Do Not.  This Should Leave You With A Rather Short - Easily Monitored List Of Sites To Visit On A Regular Basis - How Often Is Up To You!

The Ticketing Agency May Also Offer AN Email Alert For Shows In Your Area - Go Ahead And Sign Up For That Too, But Keep In Mind - These Are Rarely As Comprehensive As Individual Sites, And Rarely Offer Presale Information - Do Not Rely On The Ticketing Agency's Email - Be Sure To Hit Their Site And Look For Upcoming Events On A Regular Basis.