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How Far Would You Go For GoogaMooga Tickets?

The best things in life are free. Or are they?

Only one more week until the Great GoogaMooga descends upon the grasses of Prospect Park like a giant organic space ship—a space ship built out of lobster rolls, fueled by artisanal cocktails and piloted by Daryl Hall and John Oates, that is. 

Though general admission tickets to the two-day spectacle were available online for free, technical problems left many would-be Mooga-goers with nothing but unfettered scorn for the festival's organizers. following the announcement of the , but even those were snapped up in less than 15 minutes.

That people would be driven to pay for the formerly free tickets was inevitable—and luckily, offers abound. A search on Craigslist yields nearly 50 results for those looking to sell or barter tickets.

Some sellers are asking up to $75 per ticket for just one day of the festivities. Others are a bit more creative. One ticketholder booked a trip to Japan shortly after acquiring the GoogaMooga tickets, and is asking for payment either in Yen or, better still, an "interesting trade."

We want to know: What are you willing to do for GoogaMooga tickets? Would you pay? If so, how much? Would you trade the use of your bathroom? Or, failing to get tickets for free, have you just given up? Tell us in the comments.

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