Step 4: Ticketing
Box office
The ticketing for all events at Ventnor Fringe is run through Ventnor Exchange. Tickets for all shows are available to buy online, over the phone or in person at Ventnor Exchange, which is our hub open throughout the year.
We like to keep ticket prices honest and transparent for our audiences. Because of this booking fees are included in published ticket prices. The cost for providing this ticketing service is already included as part of the box office split explained previously.
During the festival itself Ventnor Exchange operates extended hours 10:00hrs - 00:00 everyday and there is also an additional ‘Ticket Tent’ at Ventnor Park.
Press tickets
The Ventnor Fringe offers free tickets to accredited members of the press and the festival’s own Fringe Review team who create online and printed content. Every venue at the festival offers a small number of seats for Press. If you would not like press to attend your show please indicate that to the team.
Complimentary tickets
If you would like to organise complimentary tickets for press or special guests yourself, these can be organised through the Ventnor Exchange Box Office. You will need to be the named artist registered with the Fringe to be able to book these but you can do via email with your contact on the phone or in person. If your show sells out unfortunately you will not be able to book any comps due to space so make sure you organise this early on.
Ticket Prices
We want the Ventnor Fringe to be as affordable and accessible as possible for everyone, but we understand different artists will have different needs and costs associated in bringing a performance to Ventnor Fringe.
You can choose any ticket price rounded to the nearest pound or offer ‘pay what you can’ or free tickets.
The average ticket price for each venue in 2025 including booking fees:
The Arena - £20
Bosco Theatre - £17
St Catherine’s Church - £15
Rotunda - £13
The Bijou - £13
Ventnor Arts Club - £13
Ingrams Yard - £13
Pier Street Playhouse - £10
Group Tickets
Group tickets are a good way to encourage more ticket sales by giving discounts on large groups. We can accommodate group ticket prices of groups of 6, 8 or 10+ which we will ask in the programme info form after your event is confirmed.
Concessions
Ventnor Fringe does not offer elderly concession rates on any tickets. However, you can choose to offer an ‘Under 25’ ticket price if you’d like. This can be useful for children’s shows,
or performances where you’d like to specifically target young adults.
Ventnor Fringe has a policy of providing complimentary personal assistant tickets to anyone who requires this to enable them to attend a performance. Audience members can edit their account on our Box Office website accessibility tags to book complimentary carer tickets. You can read more about our work \to make the festival more accessible to all here.
Culture Pass
Ventnor Exchange has a subscription scheme for regular audience members and supporters. You can take advantage of these highly engaged audiences by opting in to our ‘2for1’ Scheme.
If you choose to join the scheme your show will receive additional marketing to Culture Pass holders, who will be
Press
Ventnor Fringe has been featured in local, national and international press including: The Sunday Times, The Independent, Time Out and The Guardian. Once your show is registered we recommend sending regular details of your event to the festival team as we’re always looking for different performances to promote to the national press. We also regularly put calls in the Artists Newsletter with opportunities to be featured in articles and online stories. Make sure you reply to these quickly as journalists tend to ask for very quick turnaround times.
Bandstand Promo Slots
We offer 10 minute quick promo slots on the Bandstand in the Fringe Village. This is a good place to pitch your event to a captive audience watching the free music through the day. This could be an excerpt from your show or just something fun and interactive to get interest. We will give the opportunity to book these slots once your event is confirmed and on sale.
Posters
We are happy to put up posters sent to us in Ventnor Exchange and in venues around the festival. However, please note that we can only accept 10 posters for each show. Please do not send us larger numbers of posters or flyers as we are trying to reduce our environmental impact and we do not have the capacity. We will not take flyers for individual shows but we encourage you to actively give out flyers around the festival.
Fly-posting
Fly-posting is putting up posters or stickers on properties or street items without consent from the owner. Please note that fly-posting is illegal and any fines billed to Ventnor Fringe due to fly-posting from a participant will be charged back to the participant accordingly. Many shops and cafes locally will take marketing material if asked politely on a case by case basis and we would recommend this approach for advertising your event too.
Logos
You will be sent image files of the festival’s branding after registration is completed. There are normally a few different versions that can be applied to your advertising sympathetically. Please always use the original file and refrain from downloading low resolution versions directly from our web or social pages! If you are not sent the logo please ask your registration contact for them and they will happily send it over to you.
High resolution images
Please do not use low resolution images to promote your event at Ventnor Fringe. Your image must be no less than 7000kb. If a pixelated or blurry image is uploaded the programme team will most likely ask you to re-submit and/or use free stock imagery in its place.
