Concert Night in Boston

Hello everyone! Last night was the first Dave Matthews Band concert at Fenway Park for the weekend, and being a member of the grounds crew, I worked the show. Now, you're probably wondering, what could the grounds crew possibly do during a concert that is taking place on the entire outfield? Well, we were there to be an extra presence along with the hired security and event staff, but mainly our job was to help protect the infield skin and playing turf from any fans who may try and get to close. There was a guardrail barrier set up around the infield, and there were grounds crew guys stationed about 5-10 yards apart along the perimeter. I feel like I was placed at the best station, as I was standing right on behind second base, so I was standing center stage and the acoustics were great. I've never been much of a Dave Matthews fan, but the guy really did put on a great show, and some songs were played that I like and am pretty familiar with, so in all, working this concert was a win-win situation. Oh, and DMB's opening act tonight was Willie Nelson, so he came out and played a great set with some familiar songs. He's definitely a good entertainer.

One of the best parts of the night was interacting with the random fans, drunk or sober, who would come up to me to talk about the field. They'd tell me how great the field looked, asking if the grass and dirt was real or fake, and of course, ask me to grab a blade of grass or handful of dirt for them. Doing this is prohibited, so, I said no every time. I was also asked to be in a few pictures with random fans, this one group of girls came over to me and offered me a drink, and another girl would tell me to smile every time she'd walk by. It's not like I was frowning or anything, but I was standing there working while enjoying the show, hahaha. It was also cool talking to some people who were genuinely interested in the job I have of being on the grounds crew. Some wanted to know if I was formally educated in the career field or what my career goals were, it was a lot of fun.

The show ended around 10:30, and after about a half hour of fans standing around taking pictures of the park and each other, they were asked to leave and then I was able to leave work for the night. There was a change in plans with the Red Sox organization, and I'm not sure if as many of us will be working the concert tonight, I know that most of us, including me, were given tonight off after a long night yesterday. We'll see how this day goes, if not tonight I'll be back at the Park tomorrow for the Phish concert.

Hope everyone is doing well, thanks for reading!