How to get tickets for Eurovision 2016
Tickets for Eurovision 2016 are on sale now. More tickets to come. Read here how to get tickets for Eurovision 2016, ticket price, limited ticket purchases and OGAE fan tickets
30 April 2016
Extra tickets available for Grand Final
30 April 2016 10:00 CET: AXS has released some extra tickets for the Grand Final in the categories A1, A2, B1 and B2.
Third batch of tickets: Friday 8 April 2016
The third and last batch of tickets went on sale Friday 8 April 2016 at 10:00 CET through the ticket partner: axs. In this batch there were tickets for all nine shows: The three live shows, the three jury rehearsals and the three family rehearsals.
Martin Österdahl, Executive Producer of Eurovision 2016, says:
– As plans have developed further, new seats have become available and we can consequently release additional tickets in all price ranges, to all shows - even for the Grand Final. The release makes it possible to get all ticket requests satisfied during the Eurovision week and this is for all wallets, as there will be tickets from as little as 100 SEK.
Second batch of tickets: Monday 29 February 2016
More than 1000 tickets for each show went on sale on Monday 29 February 2016 at 10:00 CET through the ticket partner axs.
The plans for the Arena have developed further, meaning that the second batch of tickets went on sale on the last day of February. There will be more batches of tickets during the next couple of months.
First batch of tickets: Thursday 26 November 2015
The first batch of tickets for Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm was released on Thursday 26 November 2015, 10:00 CET through the ticket partner axs. And the tickets sold out quickly, and followed lots of anger because of chaos with the systems.
The tickets for Eurovision Song Contest 2016 are released in three batches, depending on the allocation of seats in the arena: 1st batch went on sale 26 November 2015, 2nd batch on 29 February 2016 and 3rd batch on 8 April 2016.
The two previous years the tickets have also been released in various batches. Last year there were four batches of tickets: The first batch of tickets went on sale on 15 December 2014. The second on 29 January 2015, the third on 27 February 2015 and the fourth on 14 April 2015.
Ticket price
Tickets are offered in six different categories. The prices varies depending on the particular show and category. They ranges from €11 (Category B4, semi rehearsals) over a wide range in the medium price range up to €280 for tickets to the Grand Final (category A). Category F (Floor) is standing.
Semi-final 1 | |||||
| Jury Rehearsal 9 May 21:00 | Family Rehearsal 10 May 15:00 | Live Show 10 May 21:00 | |||
| €47 | €47 | €140 | ||
| B1 | €32 | €32 | €107 | ||
| B2 | €21 | €21 | €86 | ||
| B3 | €16 | €16 | €53 | ||
| B4 | €11 | €11 | · | ||
| C | €15 | €15 | €32 | ||
| F | €32 | €32 | €107 | ||
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Semi-final 2 | |||||
| Jury Rehearsal 11 May 21:00 | Family Rehearsal 12 May 15:00 | Live Show 12 May 21:00 | |||
| €47 | €47 | €140 | ||
| B1 | €32 | €32 | €107 | ||
| B2 | €21 | €21 | €86 | ||
| B3 | €16 | €16 | €53 | ||
| B4 | €11 | €11 | · | ||
| C | €15 | €15 | €32 | ||
| F | €32 | €32 | €107 | ||
Grand Final | |||||
| Jury Rehearsal 13 May 21:00 | Family Rehearsal 14 May 15:00 | Live Show 14 May 21:00 | |||
| €140 | €86 | €280 | ||
| B1 | €107 | €53 | €247 | ||
| B2 | €86 | €43 | €189 | ||
| B3 | €53 | €32 | €107 | ||
| B4 | · | · | · | ||
| C | €32 | €21 | €53 | ||
| F | €107 | €53 | €247 | ||
Semi-final 1 |
| B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | C | F | ||||
| • | Jury Rehearsal | 9 May 21:00 | €47 | €32 | €21 | €16 | €11 | €15 | €32 | ||
| • | Family Rehearsal | 10 May 15:00 | €47 | €32 | €21 | €16 | €11 | €15 | €32 | ||
| • | Live Show | 10 May 21:00 | €140 | €107 | €86 | €53 | · | €32 | €107 | ||
Semi-final 2 |
| B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | C | F | ||||
| • | Jury Rehearsal | 11 May 21:00 | €47 | €32 | €21 | €16 | €11 | €15 | €32 | ||
| • | Family Rehearsal | 12 May 15:00 | €47 | €32 | €21 | €16 | €11 | €15 | €32 | ||
| • | Live Show | 12 May 21:00 | €140 | €107 | €86 | €53 | · | €32 | €107 | ||
Grand Final |
| B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | C | F | ||||
| • | Jury Rehearsal | 13 May 21:00 | €140 | €107 | €86 | €53 | · | €32 | €107 | ||
| • | Family Rehearsal | 14 May 15:00 | €86 | €53 | €43 | €32 | · | €21 | €53 | ||
| • | Live Show | 14 May 21:00 | €280 | €247 | €189 | €107 | · | €53 | €247 | ||
Limited ticket purchases
In Stockholm there is a limit on the amount of tickets you can buy for each show, to ensure that more people can get a ticket:
Live TV-shows:
- Semi-finals: Up to 10 tickets per person
- Grand Final: Up to 4 tickets per person
Rehearsals:
- Semi-finals: Up to 15 tickets per person
- Grand Final: Up to 8 tickets per person
Who's in which Semi-final?
The semi-final allocation draw for Eurovision Song Contest 2016 takes place on 25 January 2016 in the City Hall of Stockholm. The draw determines which countries are allocated to which of the two semi-finals.
Special tickets for fans
A number of tickets has been reserved for the members of one of the official Eurovision fan clubs around the world. These tickets are mainly for standing right in front of the scene in a special fan zone. The tickets were only sold in packages with six tickets to six shows: The three live-shows and the three jury-rehearsals.
- Price: €415 (19% more than in 2014 and 2015. Here the price was €350)
- Number of packages reserved for fan clubs: 2,570 (28% more than in 2014 and 2015 with 2,000 fan packages)
The OGAE fan packages started selling on Thursday 26 November 2015, 10:00 CET (same time as the ordinary tickets), and closed on Friday 4 December 2015. The fan packages were distributed via the official Eurovision fan clubs and sold via axs.com. Only fans with a unique password for axs.com could purchase a fan package.
