Music venues should be accessible to all ages

How many times has your favorite band finally come within a fifty mile radius, and you get really excited and get that moment of "Huzzah I finally go see The Flying Dunder Muffins in concert?"

Then you almost instantaneously feel like nothing is right with the world when you discover that the band is playing at a bar.

Even though it is through no fault of your own, you are unable to go because you don't meet the age requirement and lack a fake I.D.  

At this point, my count for that awful and soul-sucking moment is up to 23. My question, then, is who should be held responsible for my inability to go see one of my favorite bands just because it is in an establishment that carries a forbidden fruit behind the counter?

Am I saying there should be anarchy to overthrow the institution that is controlling the consumption of liquor? Or that we should get rid of all the regulations and let 15-year-old Suzie come to a concert in a bar?

No, but I am saying there has got to be some middle ground that allows me to see my favorite band and allows a bar to maintain it's ability to cater to those who are of age.

Some states, like Illinois, have laws that allow you to be in a bar if you are 18. Sometimes, they require you get an ugly stamp that takes 3 days to come off or some other form of easy identifier that makes it easy for bartenders to tell who is allowed a drink and who isn't without having to guess.  

It allows for the band to get more money in the cover charges and the bar to get more money in non-alcoholic drinks being served to said minors. It still keeps those who aren't considered adults from being exposed to the bar atmosphere and the behavior that goes with it while allowing individuals who are considered adults to see the band I have been waiting to see for years.  

I know there are other opportunities to see the band that will probably arise, and if I don't get to see Radiohead for the third time, it is not a giant travesty to the institution of music.

However, I feel like music is something that is universal and thus should be as accessible as possible in every form.  There is nothing better than the feeling you get at a concert when the band is phenomenal and people who are just as into the music and the atmosphere as you are surround you.

That experience should be made more open without the bars having to worry about losing their liquor license for serving to a minor. The logic being that if they don't have to sneak in, they will be more likely to go through proper channels making it easier to identify those patrons and take away just as much liability as they may gain from allowing the younger crowd in.