Tickets and booking information

We are committed to making classical music accessible for everyone, that’s why we’ve reduced our lowest priced ticket to £10 for some concerts. The best seats in the house start at £65. There are plenty of options in between, from the choir stalls with a great view of the conductor to the Royal Festival Hall’s distinctive boxes.

Prices differ depending on the concert and, as with airline and train tickets, may change according to demand, but we will never change the lowest price. You can see all our ticket prices for each concert on our website.

Our Music of Today and Philharmonia Chamber Players concerts are free, but you will need to book a ticket in advance. Look out for our free Insights Talks, before some of our Royal Festival Hall concerts, throughout the season too.

LONDON SEASON

Book three or more Royal Festival Hall concerts, to take advantage of our Multibuy offer:

• Book 3 – 5 concerts and get 10% off
• Book 6 – 8 concerts and get 15% off
• Book 9 – 10 concerts and get 20% off
• Book 11 or more concerts and get 30% off

You can combine concerts in the first and second halves of the season in a multibuy. The discount applies to concerts booked in the same transaction.

The discount will be applied automatically when you book online.

BEDFORD SEASON

Book three or more Bedford Corn Exchange concerts to take advantage of our Multibuy offer:

• Book three or four concerts and get 10% off
• Book all five concerts and get 15% off

The discount will be applied automatically when you book online.

LEICESTER SEASON

Book three or more concerts at De Montfort Hall to take advantage of our Multibuy offer:

• Book three or more concerts and get 10% off

We offer group discounts on our London, Bedford and Leicester season concerts. For discounts on other concerts, please see the venue’s website.

LONDON

Adult groups

Groups of ten or more get a 25% discount, and one free ticket for every 20 purchased.

School groups

Groups of ten or more get a 50% discount, and one free ticket for every ten purchased.

You can make a reservation for your group, and confirm final numbers and pay one month before the concert.

Group discounts are available online, but to get your free ticket(s) you need to book by phone. Please call 0800 652 6717, 10am – 5pm, Monday to Friday.

For our Christmas concerts (4 December, 2.30pm and 7.30pm) co-promoted with Raymond Gubbay Ltd, all groups get 20% off, and no free tickets.

BEDFORD

School groups of ten or more get a 50% discount

LEICESTER

Groups of ten or more get £5 off per seat (excludes top price tickets)

The whole family can come to concerts with significant reductions in ticket prices for young people aged 18 years and under.

London’s Southbank Centre

Tickets for children and young people aged 18 and under are £10 (£8 in the lowest priced areas of the hall), excluding premium seats. A maximum of four 18-and-under tickets are available per concert per transaction (limited availability).

Please note that 18-and-under tickets are not available for subscription discounts. This discount does not apply to our Christmas concerts (9 & 12 December).

Bedford Corn Exchange

Each adult attending a concert can purchase up to 2 tickets for under-16s for half price.

Age recommendations

Philharmonia Orchestra concerts are usually suitable for children aged 7 and older. Children under 6 may not be admitted at the discretion of the orchestra and hall management. Please contact us if you need additional guidance. Family tickets are not available online.

Please telephone the Philharmonia Orchestra Box Office on FREEPHONE 0800 652 6717, or email us at boxoffice@philharmonia.co.uk for more information, and we will be happy to help.

Please note that discounts/concessions cannot be combined and are not available online. Please telephone the Philharmonia Orchestra Box Office on FREEPHONE 0800 652 6717, or email us at boxoffice@philharmonia.co.uk and we will be happy to help.

LONDON

A limited allocation of tickets is available with a 25% Discount for recipients of Jobseekers Allowance, Income Support, Pension Credit, under-18s and full-time students.
Appropriate proofs of eligibility are to be shown. Tickets are sold on a first-come-first-served basis.

Students

Please note that students can also book for most concerts for our London Season through the Student Pulse website. Tickets are £10 or less for best available seats. Student Pulse tickets are limited per concert.

BEDFORD

A limited allocation of half-price tickets is available for recipients of Universal Credit, Pension Credit, Under-18s and full-time students. Appropriate cards to be shown.

LEICESTER

Students and Under-25s can access £6 tickets (excluding top price seats)

Recipients of Universal Credit get 50% off tickets

It is important for us that everyone can access Philharmonia concerts.

LONDON SEASON

Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall offers world-class facilities for people with disabilities.

Visitors with a disability are invited to join Southbank Centre’s free Access List. By registering you may be eligible for tickets at concessionary prices, to bring a companion whose ticket is free who can assist you during your visit, and to receive information in alternative formats. For a form, visit Southbank: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/access-events. You can also email accesslist@southbankcentre.co.uk or call the Southbank Centre Ticket Office on 0203 879 9555.

For the hard of hearing, the auditorium is fitted with Sennheiser infra-red systems. Hearing enhancement equipment can be collected at the Royal Festival Hall Ticket Office, Level 5 Function Room and The Clore Ballroom.

Concessionary tickets for people with disabilities are not available online. Please telephone the Philharmonia Orchestra Box Office on FREEPHONE 0800 652 6717, or email us at boxoffice@philharmonia.co.uk and we will be happy to help.

Level Access and Booking for Wheelchair Users

There is level access throughout the Royal Festival Hall from the internal lifts (some of the lifts have a limited weight capacity; please call 0203 879 9555 to confirm), and there are wheelchair spaces in the boxes, choir seats, side and rear stalls of the auditorium. Tickets for wheelchair spaces can be booked by phone at the Philharmonia Orchestra Box Office, FREEPHONE 0800 652 6717.

Subscription discounts are also available for wheelchair users.

Southbank Centre has a number of wheelchairs for visitors to use, subject to availability. If one is required please request one on arrival at the Artist’s Entrance.

BEDFORD SEASON

There are four spaces available for wheelchair users. They cost £14 and include a free ticket for a companion. Disabled patrons who do not require a wheelchair space are eligible for an additional free ticket if they require a companion to assist them during their visit.

Bedford Corn Exchange is equipped with an induction loop system, designated wheelchair seats for performances, a disabled lift from ground level to the interval bar and disabled toilets. Please indicate at the time of booking whether you require a designated wheelchair space. Guide dogs permitted with prior notification. Please call 01234 718044 if you require further information about the venue.

Returns policy

If you are no longer able to attend a concert, you may return your tickets up to two working days before the event. We can exchange them for either a Credit Voucher (valid for one year), or tickets for another concert. Please telephone the Philharmonia Orchestra Box Office on FREEPHONE 0800 652 6717. You can also contact us by email at boxoffice@philharmonia.co.uk. The Box Office is open from 10am – 5pm, Monday to Friday. There is an administration fee of £1 for each returned ticket.

No. We only sell tickets directly for our seasons at London’s Southbank Centre and Bedford’s Corn Exchange. All other ticket purchases can be made through our partner venues, and links are provided on each event page.

Yes. A transaction fees is charged for each transaction and not per ticket.

For the London Season, the fees are:

• £2 for online bookings
• £3 for telephone, email and postal bookings

For the Bedford Season, the fees are:

• £1.75 for online bookings
• £2.75 for telephone, email and postal bookings.

Philharmonia Friends do not pay transaction fees when booking through the Philharmonia for London and Bedford concerts. Find out more and join here.

We accept American Express, Mastercard, Visa, debit and credit cards.

If you normally receive your credit or debit card statement in a currency other than UK Pounds, your credit card company will convert the transaction into your own currency on your statement.

Yes, this is a 24 hour booking system. Please note that online booking closes 90 minutes before the start of a concert. After that time, bookings can still be made on the telephone on +44 (0)20 7960 4200 (for Royal Festival Hall) or +44 (0)1234 718 044 (Bedford Corn Exchange) and in person up to the start of the concert at respective venues.

The Philharmonia box office (FREEPHONE 0800 652 6717) is open on weekdays from 10am – 5pm.

When you have selected the concert or concerts you would like to book, you will be asked to log in. If you have never booked for anything on the Philharmonia Orchestra website before you will need to register as a new user. Follow the easy steps.

If you have used the Philharmonia Orchestra website to book tickets before enter the email address and password you used last time. If you cannot remember your password you can choose to have a new one sent to you via email.

If you have used the Southbank Centre website (www.southbankcentre.co.uk) before, enter the email address and Southbank Centre website password you last used.

Please send us an email including the following information

1. Where you are using your computer? (eg at home, at work, in college)?
2. The operating system you are using. (eg Mac OS X, Windows XP, Windows Vista)
3. The browser you are using. (eg Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari)
4. If known, the version of the browser you are using. (eg Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3)
5. A description of what happened when you tried to use online booking.
6. Details of any error messages you received (and a screenshot if you know how to do this).

Send your email to boxoffice@philharmonia.co.uk. If you feel more comfortable speaking to us on the phone, then you are of course welcome to telephone our box office.

Making bookings or donations or renewing your membership on this website is easy and secure. There are no documented cases of credit card fraud using our website.

Yes. Select the Buy/Stream menu at the top of the home page. You can purchase The Orchestra app via the Apple App Store, and downloads of our recordings via iTunes. Philharmonia Orchestra CDs, DVDs, and blu-ray discs are also available through this site by using the links to buy from amazon.co.uk. These links take you directly to our shop pages on amazon.co.uk, so your order is fulfilled directly by the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Yes. You can find out more and become a Friend online here, and you can also call the Friends Team on 020 7921 3906 or email friends@philharmonia.co.uk. We’d love to hear from you.

Yes. you can by going to our renew page, you will need to be logged in to renew your membership. You can also renew by calling the Friends Team on 020 7921 3906. You can find out more about the Friends of the Philharmonia Orchestra here.

Yes

• Ticket holders will comply with all statutes, regulations, safety announcements and venue requirements.
• For ticketed events every member of the audience or exhibition visitor must have a valid ticket.
• We do not take any responsibility for any ticket that is lost, stolen or destroyed.
• The Philharmonia Orchestra and event promoters are not liable for any personal travel, accommodation or hospitality arrangements made relating to an event or the cancellation of an event.
• Latecomers – admission is not guaranteed although offered wherever possible.
• Ticket holders consent to the recording and filming of themselves as members of the audience.
• The Philharmonia Orchestra reserves the right to refuse admission or attendance to any patron.
• The Philharmonia Orchestra and event promoter reserves the right to make any alterations to an advertised programme rendered necessary by unavoidable causes.
• For concerts at Southbank Centre and the Bedford Corn Exchange, tickets may be returned for a Credit Voucher valid for 1 year or exchanged if received by the Philharmonia Ticket Office up to 48hrs before the performance. Refunds are only available if you are unable to attend because you are isolating due to Covid.
• An administration charge will apply. For other promotions, no refunds are available.
• Tickets must not be re-sold for profit or commercial gain or by any outlet other than the Philharmonia Orchestra, our partners venues or a recognised ticket agent. Failure to comply will make this ticket void.
• Cameras and recording equipment are not allowed in the auditorium. You may bring in a bottle of water with a lid, but no other food or drink may be consumed in the auditorium. Drinks from the bar are allowed in Music of Today concerts.
• Babes in arms cannot be admitted to Philharmonia Orchestra concerts, unless expressly advertised.
• Mobile phones and watches should be silenced before entering the auditorium.