How classy does this event look and how should I dress?

BlochWave

http://www.houstontheaterdistrict.org/en/cev/?1972

I'm not an artsy type, or rather, I just moved out on my own and figure I'll try, and I like piano(played it for years but sorta don't own one now)

Edit: Yes I know that specific one was yesterday, but they have those things throughout the winter it looks like

Goetterdaemmerung

BlochWave wrote: »

http://www.houstontheaterdistrict.org/en/cev/?1972

I'm not an artsy type, or rather, I just moved out on my own and figure I'll try, and I like piano(played it for years but sorta don't own one now)

That's an opening night gala; something I've never been to, but can be pretty fancy/a social event. You only need to care about how you dress if you go to classical concerts to socialize, or if people you know go. I go in jeans/tshirts because I don't go to socialize, and people I know don't go at all.

It also happened two days ago, so you're not going. 8-)

Edit: to reply to your edit, normal concerts are not galas, and I assume you wouldn't want a gala anyway (more expensive and more competitive seating). If you're concerned by how you look even when around strangers who you don't need to socialize with, you can dress as nicely (a tux might seem odd if you're by yourself) or as normally as you would when going to a cheap restaurant.

If you're new to this thing, a more interesting question to ask is how to get cheap tickets . If you're a student, or can get an ISIC (international student identity card), you can usually get steep discounts on less than amazing seats. If you get rush tickets (sometimes sold just before the performance), you can sometimes get unsold, *amazing* seats for $nothing. And sometimes you get nothing but a cold and lonely walk home.

BlochWave

haha I think my edit beat you calling me on the lateness

I'm kinda new in town and always looking to meet people, so I'd like to not run anyone off. I'm loaded with suits and nice shirts from my job, any event that needs a tux though would probably be a bit too much

Blake T

There is never anything wrong with overdressing to anywhere. Unless of course you are going swimming a nice suit and tie will always be welcome.

Goetterdaemmerung

In that case, based on a rough guess of your age: a nice suit, without the tie, topmost shirt button undone. Pretty standard by my experiences in sf, nyc and boston. But yeah, overdressing short of a tux won't seem odd.

Falx

Something sneaky you could try, with the abundance of photobuckets and flickrs, is to try google image searching the event. You might be lucky enough to find pictures of people attending and you could see what you're in for that way.