How to Book / Last Night Booking

Booking for the Last Night

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Owing to the huge demand for Last Night tickets, special booking arrangements apply. The best chance of purchasing tickets for the Last Night of the Proms is through the Advance Booking system.

Advance Booking for the Last Night

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The Five Concert Rule: In order to apply for any tickets for the Last Night during the Advance Booking period (20 April - 18 May), you must book for at least five other concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in the 2009 season. (Please note that Prom 13 and concerts at Cadogan Hall do not count towards the Five-Concert Rule.)

Book one ticket in the same seating area for at least five other concerts and you can apply at the same time for a single ticket in the same seating area for the Last Night. For example, book one ticket in the Choir for five concerts, and you can apply for one ticket in the Choir for the Last Night.

Book two or more tickets in the same seating area for at least five other concerts in the 2009 season and you can apply at the same time for a maximum of two tickets in the same seating area for the Last Night (ie whether you book two or twenty Stalls tickets for five concerts, you can still apply for only two Stalls tickets for the Last Night).

Note that if you book tickets for at least five other concerts but in different seating areas, you will be allocated Last Night seats in the area of the majority of your bookings (unless you specify that lower-priced tickets are desired).

We regret that, if the Last Night is sold out by the time your application is processed, no refunds for other tickets purchased will be payable.

General Booking for the Last Night

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Once General Booking opens (on Tuesday 26 May), the Five-Concert Rule no longer applies. Last Night tickets have usually sold out by this stage, but returns occasionally become available for sale, so it is always worth checking with the Box Office.

Please note that for all Last Night bookings, only one application (for a maximum of two tickets) can be made per household.

Promming at the Last Night

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Day Prommers and Weekend Promming Pass holders who have attended five or more other concerts (in either the Arena or the Gallery) can buy one ticket each for the Last Night (priced £5.00) on presentation of their used tickets at the Box Office on or after Monday 20 July (subject to availability).

Season Ticket-holders Whole Season Tickets include admission to the Last Night.A limited allocation of Last Night places is also reserved for Half-Season Ticketholders. Holders of First Half Season Tickets can buy one ticket each (priced £5.00) at the Box Office from Monday 20 July(subject to availability). Holders of Second Half Season Tickets can buy tickets in the same way from Tuesday 18 August (subject to availability).

Queuing Whole Season Ticket-holders and other Prommers with Last Night tickets are guaranteed entrance until 10 minutes before the concert. All Prommers (Day or Season) with Last Night tickets should queue on the South Steps, west side (Arena) or the top of Bremner Road, left side (Gallery).

Sleeping Out There has long been a tradition of Prommers with Last Night tickets sleeping out overnight to secure their preferred standing place inside the Hall. The official queues will form at 4.00pm on the last Friday of the season.Those also wishing to attend Proms 74 and/or 75 will be given numbered slips to reserve their places in the queue, but must return in person immediately after the end of the concert(s).

On the Night Standing tickets are usually still available on the Last Night itself (priced £5.00, one per person). No previous ticket purchases are necessary. Just join the queue on the South Steps, east side (Arena) or the top of Bremner Road, right side (Gallery) during the afternoon and you may well be lucky.

Last Night Ballot

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One hundred Centre Stalls seats (priced £82.50 each) for the Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall will be allocated by ballot. The Five-Concert Rule does not apply, and no other ticket purchases are necessary. Only one application (for a maximum of two tickets) may be made per household.

If you would like to apply for tickets by ballot, please complete the official Ballot Form in the Proms Guide (photocopies are not acceptable) and send it by post only (to arrive no later than Thursday 9 July) to:

BBC Proms Ballot,
Box Office,
Royal Albert Hall,
London SW7 2AP

Note that the Proms Ballot application is completely separate from other Proms booking procedures. Envelopes should be clearly addressed to 'BBC Proms Ballot' and should contain only the official Ballot Form, together with your cheque or credit/debit card details. If sending a cheque, please also enclose an SAE so that it can be returned to you if your application is unsuccessful.

You can also download the form

The personal information given on this form will not be used for any purpose by the BBC or the Royal Albert Hall other than this ballot.

Successful applicants will be notified by post within two weeks of the ballot, which takes place on Friday 10 July.