by IainJ » Sat Jun 01, 2013 9:23 pm
howlsatthemoon » "Sat Jun 20% increase in ticket price, naughty, naughty".
The ticket prices are charged according to how much we have to pay to get each band to play at the Festival. The fact that we managed to get a band as big as The Fratellis to come to Campbeltown to play in front of only 700 people and a price that we can afford meant that the ticket price have to be adjusted accordingly. We had three choices when we knew the band were interested, do we increase the ticket price to cover any extra cost, do we run the concert at a loss or do we just not go for the band at all. We asked various people if they would pay £30 to see the Fratellis in Campbeltown, ALL of them said they would so we decided to go for them.
The Fratellis are only playing 3 gigs in Scotland this year, 1 sold out at the Barrowlands in April with tickets selling for well over £30 on some sites just before the concert, T in the Park in July and the MOK Fest. They had 22 offers to play this year in Scotland and we were delighted when picked us as one of them. Fortunately the feedback on Facebook and Twitter has been fantastic since we announced the band this morning so hopefully we have made the right decision.
On ticket prices, if you check the rest of the concerts you will find that we have introduced a children’s ticket for under 12’s at £8 for the Friday night Ceilidh and we have lowered the Traditional Concert with Rura and Fiona Hunter to £16 (a 20% reduction). We hope the tickets go well again this year and everyone enjoys the event whether they go to the ticketed concerts, free events or if they just go the bars and listen to the music in there. The aim of the Festival is to try and make the event as affordable as possible whilst also booking high profile artists that can attract the usual amount of international visitors that bring a much needed boost to the local economy.
Iain