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This year’s Virgin Mobile Festival’s plan to give out tickets for free worked like a charm. The concert’s organizers say 35,000 free tickets were gobbled up in minutes when they went on “sale” this weekend.

If you had your heart set on seeing Public Enemy, Girl Talk, Wale, The National and St. Vincent on August 30 at Merriweather Post Pavilion, but didn’t get a ticket in time, there’s still a way for you to get in: volunteer. The Re*Generation Free I.P. program is giving out tickets in exchange for time devoted to community service at designated homeless youth shelters around the country.

The Virgin Mobile Freefest site is the organizing point for local volunteer activity in the DMV. Select homeless youth organizations have been aggregated together to accommodate volunteers. You’ll need to sign up to volunteer 13 hours in exchange for one Free I.P. ticket. This offer is good while supplies last, as there are a limited number of tickets still available. Volunteers can also participate in broader community service projects offered by Howard County for a general admission ticket.