GENERAL
TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR TICKET PURCHASES
Ticket purchases can also be made online or by phone +30 210 7282333, for your convenience and as a safer option. Ticket check is contactless.
- The ticket is valid only for the venue, date and time shown.
- For discounted tickets, when available, supporting documentation must be provided upon request (unemployment card, youth card etc.)
- Tickets purchased (by phone, in person or online) cannot be exchanged or refunded.
- After the performance has started, entry is only allowed during the interval if there is one.
- Please hold on to your ticket throughout the performance – you might be requested to show it to an attendant.
- If the event does not take place due to weather, health concerns or force majeure, Megaron will inform the public whether it will be postponed for a later date with the same ticket. If the event is cancelled, there will be an announcement regarding ticket refunds.
- Smoking is prohibited in all Megaron areas.
- The use of cameras and recording equipment is strictly forbidden during performances.
How to book
There are a number of ways you can buy tickets for events at Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall. Just choose the one that suits you best.Megaron Box Office
The box office is located at Megaron the Athens Concert Hall, Vas. Sofias Ave. & Kokkali Str., and is open Monday – Friday: 10:00 – 18:00 (except on Public Holidays)
Tel. +30 210 7282333
On days of performance the box office is open:
Monday – Friday: 10:00 until the beginning of the performance
Saturday – Sunday: Two hours before the performance until the beginning of the performance
By phone
Call +30 210 7282333, during office hours, purchase your tickets over the phone using your credit card or by making a deposit into the Concert Hall bank account.
Online
Use the order forms available for all performances to purchase your tickets online.
Details:
1. Choose the performance you wish to book for from the calendar or programme of events. The page for each performance has a link leading to the ticket booking page.
2. Once you’ve chosen the performance you are interested in, the site will lead you to the page where you choose the part of the auditorium you want and the number of tickets you wish to book.
3. You can select your seats on the system.
4. Click on ‘Complete purchase’ and details of your order appear: number of tickets, number of performances, total price.
5. ‘Complete purchase’ is the final step in the booking process, if the purchaser is already registered as a user on the Athens Concert Hall Online Ticket Purchase System. If you are not registered, click on ‘New user registration’.
6. When you click on ‘Payment’ you will be asked for your credit card details. The site now connects to Alpha Bank and you will be asked to give your credit card number to complete the purchase. The transaction takes place in a secure environment provided by the bank.
8. An automatic email will be sent to your address confirming the transaction.
Concessions can be purchased online as well as at the box office.
Opening hours
The box office is located at Megaron the Athens Concert Hall, Vas. Sofias Ave. & Kokkali Str.
Tel. +30 210 7282333
Monday – Friday: 10:00 – 18:00 (except on Public Holidays)
On days of performance
Monday – Friday: 10:00 until the beginning of the performance
Saturday – Sunday: Two hours before the performance until the beginning of the performance
Concessions
People over 65, people with disabilities, unemployed, young people, students and children can book tickets at special prices. There are also special prices for select Sunday performances. For more information please call +30 210 7282333. All discount tickets are subject to availability.School Bookings
Free tickets for schools and music schools located in the greater Athens area are available for Sunday morning performances and other selected performances. There is limited availability so advance booking is essential.
For more information please call +30 210-7282348 και 210-7282363.
Group Bookings
For bookings of 20 people or more, there are special discounts.
For more information please call +30 210-7282348 και 210-7282363.
Terms and Conditions
For concessions and discounted tickets supporting documentation must be provided upon request.
In performances with tickets available for children at reduced prices, the children must be up to 14.y.o.
Otherwise you will be asked to pay the difference in ticket price.
Discounted tickets and concessions can be purchased online as well as at the box office.
FAQs
- Can children attend performances at Megaron?
- Can I make online bookings at any time of day?
- Can I make sure I get the best seats when I purchase my tickets online?
- How do I pick up tickets I have booked online?
- Can I be sure that my credit card details will be safe if I book online?
- What if I’m late to the performance?
- Where can I obtain printed material about the Concert Hall events (annual and quarterly programmes of events)?
- Where are programmes available for particular events?
- Where is the cloakroom?
- When is applause most welcome?
- Where is the bar?
- What should I do if I need to cough during a performance?
- Can I smoke?
- When is the parking facility open and how much does it cost?
- How do I get to the parking facility?
Events at Megaron the Athens Concert Hall welcome children over 6 years old, unless otherwise specified.
You can book online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Online and telephone advance sales begin the same day with advance box office sales at 10.00.
Yes, the system allows you to select the seats of your choice when you book online. You can also check the 360 view of your selection by pressing the 360 button on the floor plan.
It is not necessary to pick up tickets you have purchased online. You can download the pdf file and print it or store it on your smartphone. The pdf file contains as many pages as the tickets you have purchased.
If you want to, you can collect tickets you’ve booked online or by phone from the Concert Hall ticket offices every day, during working hours. All you have to do is show your ID card. Also, there is a special area in the foyer where you can pick up tickets an hour before the performance.
Because security is so important, special procedures have been developed to protect online transactions. The most effective and widely used method is the automatic encryption of sensitive information – and this is the procedure followed by the Concert Hall. The number and other details of your credit card are automatically converted into encrypted form. This procedure is completed before the information leaves the user’s computer. The information is sent in encrypted form to its final destination – the bank’s computer. There the details are deciphered and used, automatically, and with the bank taking full liability. The transaction is completed and notification of the ticket purchase is sent back to the customer, again automatically and in encrypted form. All procedures relating to the encryption are certified by companies specializing in the field.
Once the performance has commenced there is no admission to the auditorium until the intermission (if the programme includes an intermission).
There are display cases with the quarterly programmes of events in all the Concert Hall foyers.
There are programme sales points in the foyers of all the various halls, and on all levels.
Each hall has its own cloakroom. That of the Christos Lambrakis Hall is in the ground floor foyer; that of the Alexandra Trianti Hall in the stalls foyer, those of the Dimitris Mitropoulos, Nikos Skalkotas and Banquet Halls outside their respective foyers.
For artists, applause is the greatest reward – at the end of the work. Between parts, this spontaneous display of admiration breaks up the performers’ concentration.
Applause is welcome at the end of each piece.
There are regular bars or trolley bar service on each level.
Scientific studies have shown that the noise of a cough is reduced by 70% if you use a handkerchief to cover your mouth. Paper handkerchiefs and sweets are available from the Concert Hall canteens.
Smoking is not allowed in the Megaron buildings. There are designated smoking areas in the garden, on the Kokkali St. side, for those attending events in the Christos Lambrakis Hall, in the Atrium of the Muses, for those in the Alexandra Trianti Hall, and outside the building at the Vas. Sofias. St. entrances.
Open: from 6am to 2am. The first three hours cost 3 Euro, and each additional hour 1 Euro from 6 am and up to one hour before the performances opening.
Ticket holders are charged 5 Euro to park from one hour before the performance to three hours after it is over. Payment must be made on arrival.
Please note that entrance to the parking is on a first-come first-served basis and is not guaranteed on days with multiple performances.
The vehicle entrance (cars and motorbikes) is on Kokkali St. If you have parked and wish to retrieve your vehicle you can use the lift next to the escalator of the new Concert Hall building.
Please note that entrance to the parking is on a first-come first-served basis and is not guaranteed on days with multiple performances.