How to get tickets for the Wagner Festival in Bayreuth
Bayreuther Festspiele
Ticket Office
Postfach 10 02 62
D-95402 Bayreuth
Ticket info at the box office here
Phone: 0049 - 921 - 78 78 - 0
(Between 11 and 12)
Authorized travel agencies selling tickets:
American Express International Inc. Reisebüro
Frankfurt am Main
Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Nürnberg
DER Deutsches Reisebüro GmbH & Co.
OHG
Frankfurt am Main
Apply for tickets at the ticket office. You must expect to wait for 7–10 years before you get tickets. It is important that you apply every year. You can only apply by regular mail (address in text box to the right).
When you are registered, the ticket office will send you application forms automatically every year until you get tickets. Send in the application form every year. In the end it will be your turn.
The Bayreuth Festival House is known for the good view, even on the sides.
Ticket prices 2010
€280 - €15
All the prices are available at the Bayreuth Festival's homepage.
According to the Press Office (2008) there are 1974 seats available. In 2008 there was 447.240 ticket applications. People from around 80 countries applied for tickets.
See here for full seating plan with prices 2010 (PDF)
Returns
For most performances there are a number of tickets sold on the day of
the performance. The ticket office opens at 13:30. Bring a chair and be
early, and you will probably get a ticket. Some hotels also sell tickets
to their guests.
Wagner societies
To join a Wagner society can be a good investment if you are desperate for tickets. These societies get a certain number of tickets for their members.
Society of Friends of Bayreuth (Gesellschaft der Freunde von Bayreuth)
Becoming a member of the Society of Friends of Bayreuth will probably help you get tickets. The aim of the Gesellschaft der 
Freunde von Bayreuth (Society of Friends of Bayreuth) is to provide financial support for the Bayreuth Festival.
The Friends of Bayreuth now has more than five thousand members, making it one of the largest and most financially powerful sponsorship groups in Germany.
The joining fee is 260 euros, and the annual membership subscription is 205 euros.
Contact info:
THE GESELLSCHAFT DER FREUNDE VON BAYREUTH
Festspielhügel 6
95445 Bayreuth
Allemagne (Germany)
Phone +49 (0) 921-229 23
Fax +49 (0) 921-130 90
www.freunde-bayreuth.org
Black market tickets
Tickets bought or sold on the black market will be annulled. The buyer and seller will be banned, and the tickets will not be refunded.
Every year people are being stopped at the entrance when their name does not correspond with the name on the ticket.
The sign below is from 1997.
