BBC Proms celebrates record-breaking ticket sales

Last weekend's onsale for the 2024 classical music series saw the highest number of Proms tickets ever sold online in a single day

News By James Hanley | 21 May 2024

Lise Davidsen and Marin Alsop at the 2023 Proms © Mark Allan

The BBC Proms sold a record-breaking number of tickets during last weekend’s 2024 onsale, it has been revealed. Nearly 103,000 tickets were sold for the classical music series on Saturday 18 May after general booking opened at 9am – the highest number of Proms tickets ever sold online in a single day.

Taking into account telephone and in-person sales, more than 107,000 were sold on Saturday – up almost 36% on last year. When combined with Sunday’s figures and the figures for season…

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