What to expect

[donwin4]

I am about to wear my new kilt for the first time at a concert. What am I to expect? What will others say? What questions might I be asked. Signed: Anxious

[Mikilt]

Expect to be treated as just another concert goer, because that is what you are. Expect others (Especially pretty girls) to look at you with smiles of admiration. Expect compliments. Most of all, expect to have a good time.

[jason10mm]

Wear it with pride. If you are skittish or fidgety it will show and attract more negative attention. Don't pick at the kilt. Walk with your head up, look others in the eye. Lots of folks will initially smirk and giggle, but if you look confident they quickly stifle their amusement and it turns into admiration because a kilt looks DAMNED GOOD!

It helps to have a nasty scar on your face, be really muscular, and carry a broadsword :P

You may get asked if you are scottish, what clan it is, and what you wear under it. Have ready answers specific to the questioner, particularly if you are looking for companionship.

[fluter]

A lot depends on what kind of concert and venue, I suppose! For instance, is it the Tampa Bay Symphony, or Kenny Chesney, or Mos Def, or the choir at your local house of worship?

The good news is that positive reactions are overwhelmingly in the majority.

[Father Bill]

Agreed with the above posts. Behave as if you're dressed just like everybody else, and be mildly bemused when you get any comments. If they're negative... You can't legislate intelligence.

[Chas]

Learn the "pleat sweep" before you go! Then you can expect to be sitting comfortably.

Regards

Chas

[MacMillans son]

And following Fluter's comment, it depends on the type of kilt/level of fomality. It will help if it matches the overall level of dress at the event.

Words of advise, don't wear any kilt of value to an event where beer/wine sloshing is a common occurance.

[auld argonian]

Let's see...first, it'd help to know who's playing...(I'd say "Who's on first? but we all know where that's headed...)...obviously there's a difference between the Judy Collins crowd, the Black Keys crowd and the Dokken crowd...(yeah...they're still out there...can't find the umlaut key on the computer just now).

So, expect some "That is SO F-in' cool, dude!", some "Hey, man...ya' freeballin' under there?", some Braveheart comments, some "Oooh, I love a guy in a kilt..." (I'm too old to get that one anymore...especially from Mrs. Argonian)...

Generally, you should get a good reception...we do go on around here about some of the flak we catch when we go out kilted but it's overwhelmingly positive; it's just that the negative experiences make better stories and we air them here just to get some validation...just keep yer head up and proceed with confidence. Mob scene concert situation, I'd expect some dil will try to lift the kilt...don't be surprised, don't react physically, maybe have a witty rejoinder ready although it'd probably be wasted on some wasted screw-up but that's the way it goes...

All in all, I can assure you that you will get a better reception at some head banging concert than I get when I show up at my predominantly Italian-American staffed barber shop...geez, those guys are ridiculous but they give a good haircut.

Hey,,party on...you wouldn't be wearing the kilt to the show if you weren't trying to make a statement (hopefully, that statement is, "I am a proud Celtic Warrior here to party hearty and raise hell!" and not "...all my pants were in the laundry..."...I am sure that you're feeling the former and not the latter). Enjoy the kilted buzz.....

Best

AA

[Nighthawk]

Iron Maiden with my family last summer:



I had a great time.

So- what to expect: I go to metal and Celtic shows primarily, so I get an almost universally good reception. Expect people to ask silly questions like "Why are you wearing a skirt?" Expect some drunk moron to think he should pull it up to your ears. But also expect to get lot's of girls smiling at you... When I went to see Nightwish, a guy asked me "Why the hell are you wearing that?" What he didn't realize was that his girl was looking at me like a piece of meat. I answered "Because your girl looks at me like that, and it confuses you." Which made his girl blush very deeply... Mainly, you should expect to get mostly compliments, and maybe even a free drink or two!

And frankly, nothing makes your day like going to the grocery store and catching a lovely, classy looking woman looking at you, who blushes and smiles when she notices that you have noticed her looking!