Ticketing comes to an end for the Kentucky Derby and NBA first round playoffs during the week ending May 4, as compiled by TicketNews.
This weekend marks the 135th annual running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 2 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY. Fans can start the festivities early with tickets to the Kentucky Derby Eve party at Barnstable Brown, also in Louisville, or settle into the stands on May 1 for the 135th Kentucky Oaks.
The first round of this season’s NBA Playoffs is coming to a close this weekend with most teams, besides the Lakers and Cavaliers, still vying for a position in the semifinals. The Boston Celtics are still in the mix as they take on the Chicago Bulls at home tonight (April 28) at TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, MA, before the two teams face off again on April 30 at the United Center in Chicago, IL. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Hawks take on the Miami Heat on April 29 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, GA, before flying south on May 1 for a game at the American Airline Arena in Miami, FL.
The Clearwater Benefit Concert, celebrating Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday, hits Madison Square Garden in New York City on May 3. The one-off event includes headline performances by Bruce Springsteen and Dave Matthews Band, as well as Eddie Vedder, John Mellencamp and more. Proceeds for the event benefit the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, founded in the 1960s by Seeger.
This weekend also brings the Bamboozle Festival to the Meadowlands Complex in East Rutherford, NJ. Fall Out Boy headlines on May 2, and No Doubt takes top billing on May 3. A little further north, Britney Spears closes out her U.S. tour with a May 2-3 stand at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. She takes the stage for her final North American show on May 5 in Montreal, QC.
“Last Chance” information is compiled at the beginning of the week, based on touring acts whose current itineraries are closing over the course of that week. The availability of tickets for Last Chance events depends on primary and secondary seller inventory, and may vary as tickets are sold in the days leading up to each event.
THIS WEEK’S LAST CHANCE EVENTS
| Last Event Date | Event |
| April 28 | Chicago Bulls: Round 1 – Home Game 3 |
| April 28 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| April 28 | NHL Western Conference Quarterfinals: Vancouver Canucks |
| April 28 | New York Rangers: Round 2 – Home Game 1 |
| April 28 | Utah Jazz |
| April 28 | Calgary Flames |
| April 28 | Dallas Mavericks |
| April 28 | Quail Hollow Championship Golf – Tuesday Practice |
| April 28 | Carolina Hurricanes Playoff: Round 2 – Home Game 1 |
| April 28 | The AP Tour: 3 Oh! 3 |
| April 28 | Die Walkure |
| April 28 | NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinals: Washington Capitals |
| April 28 | J Geils Band |
| April 28 | Philadelphia Flyers |
| April 28 | NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinals: New Jersey Devils |
| April 28 | Michael W. Smith & Steven Curtis Chapman |
| April 28 | Mariza |
| April 28 | Cold War Kids |
| April 28 | Perpetual Groove |
| April 28 | Joe Buck Yourself |
| April 28 | Mates of State & Black Kids |
| April 29 | NHL Western Conference Quarterfinals: Chicago Blackhawks |
| April 29 | NHL Western Conference Quarterfinals: San Jose Sharks |
| April 29 | NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinals: Boston Bruins |
| April 29 | NHL Western Conference Quarterfinals: Detroit Red Wings |
| April 29 | Quail Hollow Championship Golf – Wednesday Practice |
| April 29 | Sunfest: 311 |
| April 29 | Cirque Eloize – Nebbia |
| April 29 | Simply Ballroom |
| April 29 | Denis Leary |
| April 30 | NBA Western Conference First Round Playoffs: Houston Rockets |
| April 30 | Quail Hollow Championship Golf – Thursday Round 1 |
| April 30 | Kentucky Derby Breakfast |
| April 30 | New Orleans Jazz Fest |
| April 30 | Sunfest: James Taylor |
| April 30 | Neil Young |
| April 30 | Matt Costa |
| April 30 | Amel Larrieux |
| April 30 | Bloodhound Gang |
| April 30 | Mary Mary |
| April 30 | Tinted Windows |
| April 30 | Fantasy |
| May 1 | NBA Western Conference First Round Playoffs: New Orleans Hornets |
| May 1 | Umphreys McGee |
| May 1 | Quail Hollow Championship Golf – Friday Round 2 |
| May 1 | Kentucky Oaks |
| May 1 | King Tut Exhibit – Tutankhamun And The Golden Age Of Pharaohs |
| May 1 | The Hoodwink Festival |
| May 1 | The Bamboozle Festival |
| May 1 | Tommy James & Peter Noone |
| May 1 | Trace Bundy |
| May 1 | The Godz |
| May 1 | Sing It Loud & The Morning Light |
| May 1 | Dangerous New Addiction |
| May 1 | Kentucky Derby Eve Party -Barnstable/Brown |
| May 1 | NASCAR Nationwide Series: Lipton Tea 250 |
| May 1 | The Devil Wears Prada |
| May 1 | Gucci Mane & Jim Jones |
| May 1 | Cornell Dupree |
| May 1 | LBC – Sublime Tribute |
| May 1 | Parkway Drive |
| May 1 | Rey Fresco |
| May 1 | Infusoria |
| May 1 | All Star Classic Rock Concert Camel Kids Wrestling Benefit |
| May 1 | Marie-Mai |
| May 1 | Little Ed And The Blues Imperials |
| May 1 | Cheryl Wheeler |
| May 1 | Raphael |
| May 1 | Placido Domingo: From My Latin Soul |
| May 1 | David Cook & Ryan Star |
| May 1 | Killswitch Engage |
| May 1 | Road Recovery Benefit |
| May 1 | Hatebreed |
| May 1 | Starsailor |
| May 1 | Pitbull |
| May 1 | Willy Porter |
| May 1 | Noah And The Whale |
| May 1 | Alvin Ailey American Dance |
| May 1 | R & B Explosion |
| May 1 | Ohio Players |
| May 1 | Ram In Concert |
| May 1 | The Rockabilly Legends |
| May 1 | Nervous But Excited |
| May 1 | Cage The Elephant |
| May 1 | Sinister Urge |
| May 1 | Soul Full Party |
| May 1 | Anything Goes |
| May 1 | Shaman’s Harvest |
| May 1 | Brian Stewart |
| May 1 | Nichole Halleen & The Projects |
| May 1 | Avris & Onyxred |
| May 1 | The Best of Momix |
| May 1 | Daniel Bernard Roumain |
| May 1 | Michael Kaeshammer |
| May 1 | Natalie MacMaster |
| May 1 | Manhattan Comedy Night |
| May 1 | New Pleasures |
| May 1 | The Duprees |
| May 1 | Oj Da Juiceman |
| May 1 | Absent |
| May 1 | Little John |
| May 1 | Pomeroy |
| May 1 | Ambrose |
| May 1 | Cory Morrow & Roger Creager |
| May 1 | High Gloss Black |
| May 1 | The Get Up Kids |
| May 1 | Mr. Greengenes |
| May 1 | Mike Hale |
| May 1 | Who’s Bad |
| May 2 | Detroit Red Wings NHL Playoff: Round 2 – Home Game 2 |
| May 2 | NBA Western Conference First Round Playoffs: Los Angeles Lakers |
| May 2 | NBA Eastern Conference First Round Playoffs: Boston Celtics |
| May 2 | NBA Eastern Conference First Round Playoffs: Chicago Bulls |
| May 2 | NBA Eastern Conference First Round Playoffs: Orlando Magic |
| May 2 | NBA Eastern Conference First Round Playoffs: Miami Heat |
| May 2 | NBA Eastern Conference First Round Playoffs: Philadelphia 76ers |
| May 2 | NBA Western Conference First Round Playoffs: Dallas Mavericks |
| May 2 | NBA Western Conference First Round Playoffs: Portland Trail Blazers |
| May 2 | NBA Western Conference First Round Playoffs: Utah Jazz |
| May 2 | NBA Eastern Conference First Round Playoffs: Detroit Pistons |
| May 2 | New Orleans Hornets |
| May 2 | Detroit Red Wings: Round 2 – Home Game 2 |
| May 2 | San Jose Sharks Playoffs: Round 2 – Home Game 2 |
| May 2 | San Antonio Spurs |
| May 2 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| May 2 | Buffalo Bandits |
| May 2 | Quail Hollow Championship Golf – Saturday Round 3 |
| May 2 | Cinco De Mayo |
| May 2 | Bamboozle Festival: Fall Out Boy |
| May 2 | WSJT Smooth Jazz Fest |
| May 2 | Sunfest: David Cook |
| May 2 | Detroit Red Wings Playoff Round 2 Home Game 2 (date May Change) |
| May 2 | The Great Alphabet Adventure |
| May 2 | Acoustic Afternoon Show |
| May 2 | Phantom Gourmet Wine And Food Phest |
| May 2 | Miller Lite Crawfish Boil |
| May 2 | Manny Pacquiao |
| May 2 | Dare 2 Dream Benefit: Talib Kweli |
| May 2 | Third Day |
| May 2 | Office & Loyal Divide |
| May 2 | Kentucky Derby |
| May 2 | Darren Styles |
| May 2 | Santa Cruz Roman Catholic Repair Fund |
| May 2 | The Betrayal |
| May 2 | Tesla |
| May 2 | NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Crown Royal Presents The Your Name Here 400 |
| May 2 | AMA Supercross |
| May 2 | Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me |
| May 2 | The Black Lips |
| May 2 | Fear Of Drowning |
| May 2 | Amanda Overmyer |
| May 2 | Hollywood Undead |
| May 2 | Ou812- Dazed & Confused & Dust ‘n Bones |
| May 2 | Mae, Barcelona, Personl, Tokyo |
| May 2 | Coronation of Poppea |
| May 2 | Mike Super Magic & Illusion |
| May 2 | The Greencards |
| May 2 | Amon Amarth |
| May 2 | Powder |
| May 2 | Split Lip/Chamberlain |
| May 2 | Orchestra New England |
| May 2 | Jesus Christ Superstar |
| May 2 | Bill Engvall & Frank Caliendo |
| May 2 | Peter Bjorn & John |
| May 2 | Adam Ferrara |
| May 2 | Kenny Loggins |
| May 2 | Los Temerarios |
| May 2 | Jagjit Singh |
| May 2 | Sho’ Nuff Gospel Music |
| May 2 | Uc Irvine Symphony Orchestra |
| May 2 | Brazilian Voices Night & Dinner |
| May 2 | De Repertory Dance Company Annual Dance Event |
| May 2 | Cash’d Out |
| May 2 | Ruined |
| May 2 | Ballet Preljocaj |
| May 2 | Crack The Sky |
| May 2 | Seldom Scene |
| May 2 | Monique & Adele Givins |
| May 2 | Josh White Jr. |
| May 2 | Yann Tiersen |
| May 2 | The 3rd Jam Part II |
| May 2 | Calexico |
| May 2 | Maia Sharp |
| May 2 | The Gourds |
| May 2 | Kyle Jennings |
| May 2 | The Cult |
| May 2 | Unknown Hinson |
| May 2 | The Indobox, M J Project, The Water And Soihadto |
| May 2 | Nektar |
| May 2 | Peelander Z |
| May 2 | The Tempations |
| May 2 | Richard Buckner |
| May 2 | Dave Koz, Joe Sample And Randy Crawford |
| May 2 | Va International Tattoo |
| May 2 | Joe Stickley’s Blueprint & The Hipnecks |
| May 2 | Antonello Venditti |
| May 2 | Aaron Neville |
| May 2 | Young Jeezy |
| May 2 | Buraka Som Sistema |
| May 2 | The Nadas |
| May 2 | Katchafire |
| May 2 | Willy Porter & His Band |
| May 2 | Keegan Smith & The Fam |
| May 2 | Broken Bottles- Reno Divorce |
| May 2 | Company Of Thieves |
| May 2 | Band of Brotherz |
| May 2 | Dallas Purple Party |
| May 2 | Jazz Meets Hip Hop |
| May 2 | Shpongle |
| May 2 | Left Alone |
| May 2 | Black Taxi |
| May 2 | Chuchito Valdes |
| May 2 | Race The Ghost |
| May 2 | El Ten Eleven |
| May 3 | NBA Western Conference First Round Playoffs: Denver Nuggets |
| May 3 | NBA Eastern Conference First Round Playoffs: Atlanta Hawks |
| May 3 | Boston Bruins Round 2 Home Game 2 |
| May 3 | NBA Western Conference First Round Playoffs: San Antonio Spurs |
| May 3 | NBA Eastern Conference First Round Playoffs: Cleveland Cavaliers |
| May 3 | Chicago Blackhawks |
| May 3 | San Jose Sharks |
| May 3 | Houston Rockets |
| May 3 | Detroit Red Wings |
| May 3 | New Jersey Devils |
| May 3 | Quail Hollow Championship Golf – Sunday Round 4 |
| May 3 | New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival |
| May 3 | Chicago Bulls @ Boston Celtics |
| May 3 | Bamboozle Festival: No Doubt |
| May 3 | Sunfest: The Steve Miller Band |
| May 3 | Anaheim Ducks Playoff Round 2 Home Game 1 |
| May 3 | Chicago Blackhawks Playoff Round 2 Home Game 2 |
| May 3 | Le Grande Cirque |
| May 3 | Proof |
| May 3 | Disney On Ice: A Disneyland Adventure |
| May 3 | Charles Aznavour |
| May 3 | New York City Ballet: Coppelia |
| May 3 | Tyler Perrys The Marriage Counselor |
| May 3 | Peter Richard Conte |
| May 3 | Festival Chorus |
| May 3 | Jazz-o-matic |
| May 3 | Doo Wop Hall Of Fame |
| May 3 | The Clearwater Benefit Concert: Pete Seeger’s 90th Birthday – Bruce Springsteen & Dave Matthews |
| May 3 | Josh Kelley |
| May 3 | Mantis Music Showcase |
| May 3 | Michael Knight |
| May 3 | Gun Click |
| May 3 | Ximena Sarinana |
| May 3 | Tyler Perry’s The Marriage Counselor |
| May 3 | Extraordinary Ladies & Gentlemen Cotillion |
| May 3 | Saint Diablo |
| May 3 | Sonny Rollins |
| May 3 | Vetiver |
| May 3 | Zapp & Whodini |
| May 3 | Eric Bibb |
| May 3 | Irvine Chinese Chorus – The Journey |
| May 3 | Jerry Blavat |
| May 3 | Bob Marley Comedian |
| May 3 | Robin Williams: Weapons of Self-Destruction |
| May 3 | Chris Cornell |
| May 3 | Dark Was The Night |
| May 3 | Fire And Rain: The Music of James Taylor – Dave Binder |
| May 3 | The Kennedy Center Spring Gala |
| May 3 | Natiruts |
| May 3 | Branford Marsalis |
| May 3 | Maria Taylor |
| May 3 | Eddie And The Hot Rods |
| May 3 | DJ Little Louie Vega & DJ Ron Trent |
| May 4 | Paganfest Amerika Part II |
| May 4 | Mickey Avalon & Shwayze |
| May 4 | Gliss & The Takeover Uk |
| May 4 | kd Lang |
| May 4 | Ricardo Iznaola |
| May 4 | Chuck Loeb- Brian Bromberg- & Dave Weckl |
| May 4 | Isabella Rossellini |
| May 4 | 7th Annual Gala Concert |
| May 4 | Rita Dove |
| May 4 | Bloc Party |
| May 4 | Sevendust |
| May 4 | Pat McGee |
| May 4 | Bob Log 111 |
| May 4 | Nightmare Of You |
