What's cheapest way to buy a concert or theater ticket??

xiuzhen

New to Dublin, wanna watch concert or theater.

What's cheapest way to buy a concert or theater ticket??

Anyone want to spill bean, please?

January

ticketmaster.ie or directly from the venue's box office if it's not sold out. There's not much in the way of "cheap" though, there's no discounts given if you buy on the night as opposed to months before the gig/show.

Mr_Spaceman

If possible, buy at the relevant venue box office. Pay in cash.

It's the only way you won't get stiffed with a booking fee.

K.Flyer

Mr_Spaceman wrote: »

If possible, buy at the relevant venue box office. Pay in cash.

It's the only way you won't get stiffed with a booking fee.

+1 on this, also gives you a better chance of picking a good seat.

emilyjmc

The odd time http://www.rewardingtimes.ie/ do cheap tickets to theatre, there was one for the Gaeity a couple of weeks back - nothing regular though....

electrogrimey

Go straight to the promoter, find their Facebook page, and/or their website. They'll often have a discounted members price, or will be running competitions from their Facebook page. More established ones will have a webstore where you can buy online from their site.

Ticketmaster add on €2.50 or so so it's definitely not the cheapest way...

scudzilla

Dublin seriously needs a reduced price booth in Temple Bar.

How many shows every night are not sold out, be it in The Point, Grand Canal Theatre or smaller venues like The Academy and Whelans.

If they had a booth they could sell tickets for that nights performance on a 2 for 1 basis or something, works well in London

snappieT

The Lotto booth in Stephen's Green Shopping Centre (but notably not the similar looking one in Jervis) has lower charges for tickets bought in cash.

If you go to a lot of concerts, uFirst accounts offer 25% off the costs.

miamee

I thought I had replied to this previously but perhaps not...

Regarding theatre tickets you will often get a less expensive ticket for a matinee, preview nights or in some places they will do a special for the first night or two or on a certain day of the week (e.g. Mondays). Unfortunately there is no central place to buy theatre tickets as you buy them direct from the venue in most cases. Any special offers would be on the websites or on their own Facebook pages/Twitter accounts.

schemingbohemia

Sound Cellar sell them with minimal expense on top - only 50c or €1 but you don't get the choice of seats. Olympia are great as their office is open all week and you can choose your seats with no additional charges.

www.toutless.com for face value tickets but sometimes particularly close to the day of the show you might get tickets at a good bit less than face value. Comparing Dublin to London is foolish, we have between 2 to 5 shows (at max) on a day whereas London would have dozens of shows on.