Met someone at a concert and lost them in the crowd? Get in touch
Your eyes met during the encore, you talked in the queue for the cloakroom, danced next to each other for an hour, and then the crowd took them away. No name, no number. WaveSign is a free notice board for exactly this: the venue, the night and a short description, and the other person finds it and writes to you. No account, your e-mail address stays hidden.
You want to find them
- Check the map first: open the search at the venue, set the date of the concert and look for an entry that describes you.
- Nothing there? Leave a WaveSign: the venue, the night, where you stood ("front left at the barrier", "the bar on the balcony") and what the other person looked like. Add a line about yourself, so they recognise you.
- Confirm your e-mail address with the link we send you. When they write, the mail reaches you; your address stays hidden until you reply.
Someone is looking for you
- On the way home you wondered whether that was a wave? Search the venue and the date. Entries stay visible for 30 days.
- Found it? Reply from the card and mention a detail only the two of you know: the song, the drink, the T-shirt.
- Nothing yet? Leave your own entry. Maybe they are searching this very moment.
Where it happens
The moments a concert night produces, and what to write so that the other person recognises the entry:
Questions about concerts and festivals
I do not know their name. Does that matter?
No. A WaveSign is about place, time and a description. The name comes with the reply, if the other person wants that.
How precise does the place have to be?
The venue is enough. Put the detail in the description: the stage, the bar, the block in the stands.
The concert was two weeks ago. Too late?
No. You can enter any moment up to 30 days back, and the entry stays visible for 30 days from that moment.
What do other people see?
The place, the time and the descriptions. Never your e-mail address. It only carries the reply to you.
May I describe the person in detail?
Describe what helps them recognise themselves: hair, jacket, where they stood, what you talked about. No full names, no photos of other people, nothing you would not say to their face.
And the wave?
WaveSign started with a gesture. You wave at someone you can no longer reach, say "wavesign.me", and you both know where to look. A wave across the crowd when the lights come up is exactly that gesture. Now that you have found your way here, you know it for the next time.