Tickets

Helsinki Festival advance tickets are sold by Lippu.fi, by Musiikkitalo.fi for concerts held at the Helsinki Music Centre, and by oopperabaletti.fi for performances at the Finnish National Opera. We recommend purchasing tickets only through official ticket sales channels.

lippu.fi
The online shop sells electronic PDF tickets, mobile tickets or mail tickets to be delivered by post. An electronic ticket can be printed or shown on your mobile phone when entering the event. Pick-up orders paid for in the online store can be collected from ticket outlets and R-kioskis throughout Finland.

musiikkitalo.fi
The online shop sells electronic PDF tickets that can be printed or shown on your mobile phone.

oopperabaletti.fi
In the online store, you can buy an electronic PDF ticket, which you can either print yourself or present on your smartphone screen.

Lippu.fi
+358 (0)600 900 900 (€2/min + mobile/local network charge). Queuing is subject to normal call charges as per your telephone subscription.
The service is open Mon–Sat 9 a.m.–9 p.m., Sun 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (exceptions possible, for example, during holidays).

Musiikkitalo
Tel. 0600 411 101
Mon-fri 9–15
Price of a call 8,35 snt/call + 16,69 snt/min

Finnish National Opera
(09) 4030 2211 (local/mobile rates apply)
Mon–Fri 10 am–5 pm

Lippu.fi
You can buy tickets directly from ticket outlets and R-kioskis by event name or collect ticket orders made by phone. 
Ticket outlets and opening hours: www.lippu.fi/myyntipisteet
R-kioskis and their opening hours can be found using their kiosk search

Musiikkitalo
Opening times:
Mon–Fri: 13.00–18.00
Sat–Sun: closed

Finnish National Opera (Opera House, Helsinginkatu 58)
Opening hours:
Mon 12–4 pm
Tue–Fri 4–7 pm
On Saturdays and public holidays, the service point opens 2 hours before a performance at the Main Stage or Almi Hall, and closes at the beginning of the performance.

Lippu.fi
Accessible seats are sold through the Lippupiste web shop, phone service and ticket outlets. Assistants do need personal tickets, which can be requested when ordering an accessible seat. A disabled person’s assistant only pays the processing fee for their ticket. Tel. +358 (0)600 900 900 / Lippu.fi

Musiikkitalo
Accessible seats and tickets for other persons with assistance are sold through the Music Centre’s call centre and online shop.

Finnish National Opera
Accessible seating for Almi Hall and foyer events is available only through customer service.

If any tickets are left to be sold at the door, the ticket office opens one hour before the event begins.

Discount ticket
-students, unemployed, individuals under the age of 18, conscripts and civil service men
-lowest announced ticket price
-not applicable to Huvila events, among others

Pensioner ticket
– €3 discount on standard ticket price
– not applicable to Huvila tent or partner festival events

Group ticket
– 10% discount on standard ticket price for a group of 10 or more persons
– only available for purchase by phone 

Lippu.fi
You can use most benefit vouchers for payment at Lippu.fi ticket outlets. You should check the locations on the benefit voucher’s website. Ticket outlets make agreements directly with the party that issues the vouchers.

R-kioskis accept Edenred cards, EazyBreak, Smartum Saldo Mobile and ePassi. 
The ticket sales service and guidance number (+358 (0)600 900 900) accepts EazyBreak and SmartumPay as forms of payment.

Musiikkitalo
In the online shop, you can pay with E-pass or Smartum. At the on-site ticket office of the Music Centre, you can pay not only with E-pass and Smartum, but also with Edenred’s Virike discount.

Finnish National Opera
You can purchase tickets with cultural benefit payment methods at the Opera and Ballet customer service desk and at Stockmann service points.

The event organiser makes the decisions concerning any possible postponement or cancellation of the event. The event organiser, Lippu.fi or Musiikkitalo, as concerns Helsinki Music Centre concerts, contacts ticket buyers by email as soon as possible if the event is postponed or cancelled.

Some events have purchasing restrictions. Changes are possible.