"experience the event" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to participate in or witness a particular event. Example: "Don't just read about the concert, come and experience the event for yourself!".
People have travelled from all over the world to experience the event, which lasts just 17 minutes.
When you see and experience the event first-hand, you can see where the investment has gone.
After all, it only takes one disgruntled fan to influence the opinions of those who didn't experience the event first-hand.
My trip was planned long before the general election was called, and it was frustrating to experience the event from 9,000 miles away.
In San Francisco, Tory Pallman, 35, an information technology project manager for Disney, attended a rally so that her daughter could experience the event firsthand.
It is part of a major deal by BBC Worldwide Music, the corporation's commercial arm, which will enable fans to experience the event in digital surround sound.
She said, "We try to unite the emotion with the memory so the child can experience the event as an unfortunate thing that happened and be able to talk about it without becoming distressed to the point of becoming dysfunctional".
The message continued, "Along with that, the bigger idea is for people to experience the event with their own eyes and not watch an entire show through a tiny screen in their hand".
Giant television screens and state-of-the-art amplification should make it possible, according to the organizer, for tens of thousands of others to experience the event at a distance.
Years ago, I wrote a piece called "I Go to a Sixth Grade Play" in which I discussed the parents so anxiously video-recording their children in the play that they didn't experience the event until the next day.
"I hope the plans announced today will encourage even more people to experience the event next year," she said.
