Uk Christmas concert 1st December 2024

[Yorkie]

Back at St John's (now Sinfonia) Smith Square on Sunday 1st December:

https://libera.org.uk/news/london-concert-announced/

[Citlec]

Thanks for the info!

Although, I am unaccountably irritated by the name change of the venue!!

Until at least 2021, it was still a consecrated church with a couple of eucharist services a year, although I can't find any recent ones... so perhaps they let it go. But that's no reason to change a historic name... no doubt some marketing person got paid a fortune for that magnificent idea.

[Surpinto]

An early an announcement and a surprisingly early ticket sale! Love it!

I've already totally exceeded my travel budget for a long long time with Libera this summer and a different unrelated trip, so this isn't even an option for me.

Good that they are doing things so promptly nowadays to allow ample planning time.

[Padmachou]

Good to know, I will plan ahead I liked the idea of 2 Christmas concerts in 2023, but I guess it's a lot (find a venue, twice the amount of money...).

[LordG]

Does the renaming mean that supporters can no longer book seats in advance like mere mortals?

This would be a step forward compared to last year.

[Citlec]

I'm sorry, Miss Sophie, but it looks like it will be the same procedure as every year.

They have the same membership system under the new name, so I suspect (but have not confirmed!) that booking will open next Monday or Friday for those people.

[SingForEver]

No, not that terrible procedure again.

I wish they would never sing again at this venue which has such a broken ticket system. There are so many beautiful English churches where they could hold their concert instead.

Of course, I will give it a try on July 8 and maybe there's a chance that things will work out better this year. But I expect the worst.

[LordG]

I'm sorry, Miss Sophie, but it looks like it will be the same procedure as every year.
They have the same membership system under the new name, so I suspect (but have not confirmed!) that booking will open next Monday or Friday for those people.

Grr Hmmpf

It's what I secretly feared. No improvement in the seating department...

[Jake4263]

https://www.sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/even ... n-concert/

Bookings are open!

[Yorkie]

Given that sometimes members of the forum are not always available to book tickets as soon as they go on sale, I have purchased a pair of tickets in the centre of the 3rd row in case any late comers have missed out. Let me know if you are interested in them.

#edit# tickets now sold.

[dani]

A Pretty strong start to ticket sales considering the price has gone up and over half the seats are priced at A Band.

Hopefully with the new album out in the autumn we will get some new songs in December mixed in with the Christmas stuff

[Jake4263]

This is reserved for me!!
Well it's going to be an adventure. I'm going to try to organize a whole weekend in London to act like a tourist. I will leave Monday!
For the first time in my life I will have to take a plane (from France).
If you have good deals for inexpensive accommodation in London, even modest ones, I'm interested!
(private message so as not to pollute the discussion)
(if you are in the same situation as me, why not get along and find common solutions!)

[fan_de_LoK]

 
This is 10 hours after the tickets sale open.
 
181 seats are booked and 111 remain available.
 

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[dani]

 
This is 10 hours after the tickets sale open.
 
181 seats are booked and 111 remain available.

Everybody loves a Christmas concert with Libera

[SingForEver]

I have to admit the booking situation was a lot better this year. Only the first row was already completely gone when the regular ticket sale started, but there were some tickets available in all other rows. What a pleasant surprise.

Also good to see that the regular sale is going quite well so far!