How to Book
How to Book
Festival 09
Friday 14 August - Sunday 6 September
Wednesday 25 March 2009
Programme announced and priority booking opens for Festival Patrons and Muses, fax, postal and online.
Saturday 4 April 2009
Public booking opens, telephone, postal, in person and online.
How to Book
Online - use the event search facility above.
Telephone 0131 473 2000
Overseas +44 131 473 2000
Hub Tickets, The Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh EH1 2NE
Hub Tickets Opening Hours Saturday 12 April to Friday 25 July
Monday to Saturday 10.00am to 5.00pm
Saturday 26 July to Saturday 30 August
Monday to Saturday 9.00am to 7.30pm
Sunday 10.00am to 7.30pm
Sunday 31 August 1.00pm to 6.00pm
Ticket Sales At Venues
During the Festival, tickets are available during the day to personal callers at Festival venues except King's Theatre, St Giles' Cathedral and Greyfriars Kirk. Any unsold tickets go on sale at those venues an hour before the performance.
The Edinburgh Playhouse
Tickets for all Festival events are available to personal callers to the Box Office of the Edinburgh Playhouse from Thursday 1 May.
Ticket Collection
If you do not ask for your tickets to be posted to you, or if you book too close to the performance date, you can collect them from the venue one hour before the performance starts. Prior to that, tickets held are at Hub Tickets until lunchtime on the performance day, or the evening before for morning or afternoon events.
Tickets for Bank of Scotland Fireworks Concert
Ross Theatre tickets [£25] go on sale with all other Festival tickets.
Princes Street Gardens tickets [£10] are allocated in three ways:
1] By postal ballot, limited to six per customer. Please send separate payment and application with SAE to Hub Tickets, The Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh EH1 2NE. Closing date for the ballot is Monday 19 May.
2] Online - an allocation is released for sale on 11.00am, Monday 21 July on this website. Limited to four per customer.
3] Final allocation goes on sale at 10.00am, Sunday 24 August only from the counter at The Hub. Limited to four per customer.
Access Information and Discounts
The Edinburgh International Festival welcomes disabled visitors. An Access Guide with full details of all facilities for disabled visitors is available on request and both the Access Guide and the Festival brochure can be requested in Braille, audio and large print formats. Wheelchair users, people with severe mobility difficulties or with visual or hearing impairment and a companion will be sold seats/spaces at £10 in the area of the venue most appropriate to their needs (dress circle normally excluded).
To claim an access discount, to request information or for advice on any aspect of your Festival experience please call the access line +44 (0)131 473 2089 or email access@eif.co.uk
Audio Described Performance with Touch Tour
The Two Widows Tuesday 12 August, 7.15pm
Touch Tour begins at 6.00pm.
Please call the access line to book your place.
Performances with English Supertitles
The Two Widows, Dybbuk, 4.48 Psychosis, Jidariyya, Class Enemy, Król Roger, Devil's Ship, I went to the house but did not enter
You Make All the Difference - Thank you!
Your charitable donations make a real difference towards the work of the Festival; without your contributions the Festival would be considerably smaller. Your generosity helps enable the Festival to present the very highest standard of opera, music, theatre, and dance to the widest possible audience.
Ways in which you can make a difference:
- Make a donation when you book your tickets - simply round it up
- Become a Patron or a Member from as little as £20
- Make regular donations
- Support a performance
- Remember us in your will
We are very grateful for any contribution you are able to make; no gift is too small or too large!
Call 0131 473 2000 for further information.
The Edinburgh International Festival is registered Charity Number: SC004694
