What makes you want to go to a concert?
I aim for the reasonably priced tickets, for the vast majority of the time these suit my needs, I get a seat to hear and be able to see the concert to the amount that I am prepared to pay. It seems I’m not alone in wanting to buy cheap(er) tickets, for these can be the first to sell out. If the seats I’m willing to pay for have gone, then I simply won’t see that particular concert, after all there are plenty more concerts to see in London.
Within London such opportunities to pick and choose exist, allowing myself the right to choose a concert with a fair ticket price. How lucky I am to have such choice.
In Hull with naturally fewer concerts taking place, demand for a good priced ticket to see a Professional Orchestra is decidedly more restricted. Of course many would argue that prices are fixed according to demand and that the demand is sufficient to warrant a minimum price of £20.50. However I would argue that demand would improve if prices were made fairer and more friendly towards those who aren’t made out of money, are not unemployed, over the age of 60 or a full time student, but that they simply cannot afford to pay such prices on a concert, that for them may be the very first classical concert they have been to.
It is expensive, but there are further options such as attending a Hull Philharmonic Concert for example which has tickets priced at £5 or more. I only wish more of these concerts could be put on.
By pricing a ticket too highly, classical concerts send out a subtle signal to all that it is elitist and those afraid of not being a particular part of society need not attend, this seems particularly so with Hull City Councils Master Series (£20.50).
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