If I've understood you mate.....I go to the events which suit my musical taste, not bothering too much about distance.
Although the top 500 is not my scene, what I don't do is try to impose my taste on others or knock those who attend/promote events of a different nature, as some do with a rather sickening air of superiority!
I think we sometimes forget on this site that a majority on the scene are happy with the top 500.