KATSEYE at UBS Arena (Oct 24–25): A Long Island Parent's Guide to Getting There and Home

KATSEYE brings The WILDWORLD Tour to UBS Arena in Elmont for two nights, Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October 25, 2026. If you have a teenager on Long Island, you probably already know this. The KATSEYE UBS Arena shows are a big deal, and for a lot of families the hard part is not getting the tickets anymore. It is figuring out how the kids get to Belmont Park and, more to the point, how they get home.

I have been driving Nassau and Suffolk since 2005. UBS Arena is the closest major venue to most of the towns we serve, and a concert where most of the crowd is too young to drive is a different kind of night than a hockey game. This guide is written for the parent, not the fan.

Why These Two Nights Are So Crowded

The WILDWORLD Tour sold out in under 48 hours, according to amNY, and a second Long Island night was added on Sunday, October 25. Long Island is one of only a handful of two-night stops on the whole tour, alongside London, Los Angeles and Mexico City. The North American leg opens October 13 in Miami.

If you are newer to this group than your kids are, here is the short version. KATSEYE came out of the HYBE and Geffen Records Dream Academy, which Netflix followed in Pop Star Academy. They picked up two Grammy nominations, Best New Artist and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Gabriela." Their 2025 EP BEAUTIFUL CHAOS debuted in the top five of the Billboard 200, and the WILD EP came out August 14 of this year. When they played the TODAY show at Rockefeller Plaza in August, thousands of fans packed the plaza and some lined up more than 24 hours early. The fans call themselves EYEKONS, and your kid will correct you if you get it wrong.

Both are evening shows. The Sunday show starts at 8:00 PM. Check your ticket for the exact Saturday time.

The Parent Problem

Most of the people in that building will be teenagers and young adults, and most of the ones under 18 are depending on a parent to make the night work. Usually it comes down to a few options, and none of them are great.

You drive, park, and wait. You buy parking, find your way to the right lot, and then sit in the car or wander Elmont for the length of a concert. Then you join everyone else leaving at once.

You drive in twice. Drop-off, go home, come back. That means you fight the arrival traffic on the way in, and then you head back toward the Cross Island Parkway right when the arena is about to empty.

The kids take the train. The Elmont-UBS Arena LIRR station serves the arena, and for some adults it is a perfectly good way to go. For a group of 14-year-olds coming home late at night, a lot of parents are not comfortable with it. If you live out in Suffolk, it also usually means a connection on the way and a parent waiting at the home station anyway.

There is a fourth option, and it is why I am writing this.

How a Chauffeur Run Works for a Concert Night

We pick the kids up at your door. Before the night, you get the driver's name, the vehicle, and the plate, so you know exactly which car is pulling into your driveway. We agree on a specific pickup point near the arena ahead of time, and the kids know where to walk when the show ends. The driver texts you when the kids are picked up after the show and again when they are dropped off at home.

To be clear about what we do and do not do: the driver handles the drive, both ways. He drops off, waits nearby or stages off-site, and is at the agreed spot when the show lets out. He is not a chaperone and does not go into the venue. What you get is a professional driver, a known car, and a plan everybody knows in advance. You shouldn't have to think about this on a Sunday night when you have work in the morning.

If you want the car to stay in the area for the whole show instead of leaving and coming back, hourly service is built for that.

The Friend Group Booking

The most common request we get for a show like this is a group of four to six friends from the same school. Without a plan, that is several cars, several parking passes, and a group text at 11 PM about who is driving whom.

One vehicle fixes most of that. A Suburban handles a small group, and a Sprinter van takes a bigger one. One pickup run around the neighborhood, one drop-off at the arena, one meeting point after the show, and every kid dropped back at their own house. The parents split it, and nobody spends the evening in a parking lot. If you have younger kids too, our piece on traveling with kids covers how we handle family trips in general.

UBS Arena Parking: What to Know

UBS Arena is not a building where you pull up and find a spot. General paid event parking is in the Emerald lot, reached from Cross Island Parkway Exit 26D. The other lots are reached from Exits 26A and 26B, and some of them are not sold as general parking at all. Live Nation is selling a parking upgrade for this show, which tells you parking here is something you plan for, not something you find.

Many of the residential streets around the arena prohibit parking, so the idea of leaving the car a few blocks away in Elmont and walking in does not usually work out. We went through the exit and lot setup in more detail in our Islanders home opener guide, and the same layout applies on a concert night.

Getting Out After the Show

This is the part people underestimate. When a sold-out arena lets out, everyone leaves at the same time, and they all head for the same two roads: the Cross Island Parkway and Hempstead Turnpike. Expect a slow crawl out of the lots and heavy traffic on both.

It matters more on Sunday. The October 25 show starts at 8:00 PM on a school night. By the time the encore ends and the kids find their way out, it is late, and the goal is getting everyone home and in bed. A car already staged near the agreed pickup point, with a driver who knows the kids are coming, beats circling Hempstead Turnpike trying to spot your daughter in a crowd of thousands of kids wearing the same merch.

Some fans are going both nights. If that is your household, book both runs at once and we will keep the same plan for each.

Coming from Nassau and from Suffolk

Elmont sits right on the Queens and Nassau line. From most of Nassau County it feels close, and it is, until the parkway backs up. From Suffolk County, Huntington, Dix Hills, Commack and farther east, it is a real drive each way, which is exactly why doing it twice in one evening wears parents out. We cover the run from anywhere on Long Island.

It is a busy stretch of the calendar, too. The following weekend has Halloween and the NYC Marathon, and we keep a running list of what is coming up on our NYC events page.

A Few Practical Notes for Parents

Tickets for this tour went fast. If you are still looking, stick to official or verified resale channels. Make sure your kids know the pickup point before they walk in, because phones die at concerts. Pick a backup spot just in case. And send the driver's name and plate to the other parents in the group so everyone knows which car to look for.

We are not affiliated with UBS Arena, Live Nation or the tour. We just drive a lot of Long Island families to Elmont.

Book Your Ride for KATSEYE Weekend

A tour that sold out in two days, a building where parking is a product, and a Sunday show on a school night. The car will be there, and you will know exactly which one it is.

Request a quote and tell us which night, your pickup town, and how many kids are going. We will send you the driver details ahead of time and handle both legs.