Berlin Philharmonic tickets: sold out? How to still get in

Berlin Philharmonic tickets for November to early January start at €28, and on 22 October every concert from 19 November onwards was still on sale. The two cheapest seats for an evening cost €62 for two online, fees included.

But the first two November weeks are as good as gone: five of six nights sold out, the sixth down to one ticket. Sold out on the website is not the end, though, and the cheapest way in is free.

Jump to: all dates and prices · what to do when it says sold out · Going with someone

A concert is one of the easier evenings to share with someone you do not know well yet: see Going with someone.

Berlin Philharmonic tickets: every symphony concert in Berlin to 9 January

These are the Berliner Philharmoniker’s own orchestra concerts in the Philharmonie’s main hall, with the price range and status the orchestra’s concert calendar showed on 22 October 2026. Thursday and Friday concerts start at 20:00, Saturday at 19:00 (31 December: 17:30). The last column is our sum: two seats at the bottom price plus the €3 service fee the orchestra charges per ticket online. The cheapest category can sell out before the rest, so treat it as a floor, not a promise.

Dates	Conductor and programme	Price (orchestra’s page)	Status on 22 Oct	Cheapest pair online
Thu 5 – Sat 7 Nov	Iván Fischer: Haydn, Mahler Symphony No. 5	€40–€114	Sold out (all 3)	–
Thu 12 – Sat 14 Nov	Zubin Mehta with Pinchas Zukerman: Mozart, Bruch, Dvořák 7	€50–€161	12 and 13 sold out, 14 Nov: 1 ticket left	–
Thu 19 – Sat 21 Nov	Maxim Emelyanychev: Mendelssohn, Mozart, Haydn	€28–€89	On sale	€62
Thu 26 – Sat 28 Nov	Kirill Petrenko: Respighi’s three Rome poems, Martucci	€40–€114	26 on sale, 27: 71 left, 28: 17 left	€86
Thu 10 – Sat 12 Dec	Marek Janowski: Bruckner Symphony No. 8	€40–€114	On sale	€86
Thu 17 – Sat 19 Dec	Maxime Pascal: Berlioz, L’Enfance du Christ	€28–€89	On sale	€62
Tue 29 and Wed 30 Dec	Kirill Petrenko: New Year’s Eve programme	€66–€233	On sale	€138
Thu 31 Dec, 17:30	The same New Year’s Eve programme	€113–€340	On sale	€232
Thu 7 – Sat 9 Jan	Jakub Hrůša with Yuja Wang: Dvořák, Bartók, Brahms	€40–€114	On sale	€86

Tickets for these dates are sold only by the orchestra: online through the calendar, by phone on +49 30 254 88-999, or at the Philharmonie box office (Monday to Saturday, 12:00 to 18:00, closed on public holidays and on 24 and 31 December). Not in the table: the family concert with Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker (Respighi’s Pines of Rome, about an hour, for ages 6 and up, €16 to €26) on Sunday 29 November at 11:00, and the orchestra’s early-December tour dates outside Berlin. The orchestra warns that tickets bought from unofficial sellers are not valid for entry, so we link only to its own pages.

Sold out is not the end: standby and box-office tickets

The orchestra’s ticket page describes a second chance. For sold-out concerts, it puts standby tickets on sale, when possible, two days before the first evening of the set. Those are sold only at the Philharmonie box office, not online. On the evening itself, standing-room tickets are sold at the box office too.

The same page has a tip for online sales: when demand is high, a small number of tickets can come back in the afternoon. So the practical order is: check the calendar again in the afternoon, then go to the box office two days before the first concert of the set. For the 12–14 November Mehta concerts, that means Tuesday 10 November.

Planning ahead? The next on-sale date is Saturday 13 February 2027 at 12:00, for concerts to the end of the season. Concerts from December to 3 April went on sale on 10 October. If you want a season view first, our November events guide and December events guide put these dates next to everything else on in the city.

Which date we would book

If you want Kirill Petrenko, the chief conductor, book Thursday 26 November now: the Friday and Saturday nights were already down to 71 and 17 tickets on 22 October. For the lowest price, we would take the Emelyanychev Haydn and Mozart programme (19–21 November) or the Berlioz Christmas oratorio (17–19 December), both from €28.

We would skip 31 December unless the date itself matters to you. It is the same programme as 29 and 30 December, with no interval, and the floor rises from €66 to €113 a seat. For two people, that is €232 instead of €138 for the same music. Our New Year’s Eve in Berlin guide covers the rest of that night.

Going with someone

A symphony concert is a good first plan with someone new: 90 minutes to two and a half hours, a fixed start, most with a 20-minute interval in which to talk (the Bruckner and the Berlioz have none listed), and no pressure to fill the silence while the music plays. Most concerts have an introduction 45 minutes before the start (in German; check the concert page), which gives you a reason to meet early, and Potsdamer Platz, the nearest S-Bahn stop, has plenty of places for a drink afterwards.

Book both seats in one order so you sit together. If one of you is under 30, that person can take an €18 under-30 ticket, which needs ID at the door. And if a friend cannot make it, the orchestra says you can pass a ticket on, but bought tickets are not refunded or exchanged.

Have two seats for the Bruckner in December and no one to take? Post the concert on MITRA with the date, the time and where you will meet before the doors open, then approve each person who asks to join. One person or a small group. Free, no card. Get MITRA on Google Play · Download on the App Store

Under 30, berlinpass and other cheaper ways in

All of these come from the orchestra’s own ticket and price-list pages. The orchestra excludes its concerts on 29, 30 and 31 December from the under-30 and ClassicCard offers.

• Under-30 tickets, €18: a set number per concert, online or at the box office from the first day of sales. Bring valid ID.
• ClassicCard (under 30), €16: or €11 from two hours before the concert. The card’s annual fee for new members is €28: against a €28 or €40 seat, that is covered after two or three concerts.
• berlinpass, €3: holders of the berlinpass/Berechtigungsnachweis pay €3 per ticket at the box office, subject to conditions.
• Disability: guests with a German disability pass marked “B” get a free ticket for an accompanying person.
• Chamber Music Hall: chamber concerts next door cost €10 to €77, depending on the concert and the seat.

The free option: lunch concerts every Wednesday

Every Wednesday at 13:00 from September to June, the Philharmonie runs a free lunch concert in the main foyer: 40 to 50 minutes of chamber music, regularly played by members of the orchestra and its Karajan-Akademie. There are no reservations and the number of people allowed in is limited, so the orchestra recommends arriving at least 45 minutes early. Catering opens at 12:00, but you cannot bring your own food or drinks. The next ones are on 28 October and 4, 11 and 18 November.

It is also the cheapest test of whether you like the building before paying €62 for two. It works alone too, if no one is free on a Wednesday lunchtime: see things to do alone in Berlin.

Getting there and what to wear

The Philharmonie is at Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1, 10785 Berlin. Take the U2 to Potsdamer Platz or Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Park, the S1, S2, S25 or S26 to Potsdamer Platz, or bus 200 or 300 to the Philharmonie stop.

There is no dress code: the orchestra’s own words are that guests wear what they want, from evening dress to jeans and T-shirts. The building opens an hour before the concert, the hall 30 minutes before, and latecomers are not let in. The cloakroom is free, and bags larger than about 20 × 30 cm go there.

Who this is not for

If you want one specific soloist on a set that is already sold out, the standby route is a gamble, not a plan. If you are over 30 and a €28 floor is still too much, the Wednesday lunch concert is the honest answer. For pop and rock instead, see our big concerts in Berlin 2027, and for a smaller room, our jazz clubs guide.

FAQ

Booked the 26 November Petrenko or heading to a Wednesday lunch concert? Put the concert, the time and a meeting point on MITRA and approve who comes along. It works for one other person or a small group. Get MITRA on Google Play · Download on the App Store

For a staged evening instead of a concert, our opera in Berlin guide compares the Christmas season at the Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper and Komische Oper.

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Every price and date checked on the organiser’s own site on 22 October 2026.

Sources

• https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/concerts/calendar/
• https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/concerts/ticket-info/
• https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/concerts/ticket-info/price-list-floor-plan/
• https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/concert/calendar/57051/
• https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/concert/calendar/57056/
• https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/concert/calendar/57060/
• https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/concert/calendar/57063/
• https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/concert/calendar/57074/
• https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/concert/calendar/57079/
• https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/concert/calendar/57080/
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• https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/concert/calendar/57059/
• https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/your-visit/plan-your-visit/
• https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/your-visit/how-to-get-here/