Get tickets for filming of Jools Holland's TV show

December 28, 2005 3:16 AM

Anyone ever been on Later with Jools Holland or the Hootenanny? How did you get tickets?

Everyone loves the BBC2 music show, always been a fan, it looks very civilised too! See loads of great musicians and you don't need to dance like a tool or be 12 (TOTP)

In particular, next new year's eve, I want to go to the Hootenanny. I imagine tickets are like gold dust, how did you manage to get a ticket to the normal filming

posted by jwhittlestone to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (3 answers total)

This page gives contact details for the BBC ticket office. If they can't get you the tickets they can probably tell you where you can get them from.
posted by edd at 3:26 AM on December 28, 2005

My friend got in to Later by asking people in the queue if they had any spare tickets. To get tickets for real, there's a special address to write to on a certain date that's only given out in an obscure magazine ad somewhere (I've seen one in Time Out).

(And I hope you realize the Hootenanny is pre-recorded)
posted by cillit bang at 4:23 AM on December 28, 2005

Best answer: I was in the audience for "Later" once. I called up the BBC's ticket office and asked for tickets - they told me there was a year long waiting list. I asked to be put on it anyway, and sure enough just over a year later I got 4 tickets in the mail. Well worth the wait!
posted by simonw at 4:48 AM on December 28, 2005