Eurovision 2023 tickets: Five top tips for booking a seat at this year’s song contest in Liverpool

Tickets for the highly anticipated Eurovision Song Contest 2023 are set to go on sale this Tuesday (March 7). Searches for ‘Eurovision tickets’ have increased by a whopping 913% in the UK in the past year.

This means tickets for Eurovision, set to be held in Liverpool this year, will be very much in demand as the UK prepares to host Eurovision for the first time in 25 years. Taking place at the M&S Bank Arena, the venue has a capacity of 11,000.

Despite Ukraine having won the contest in 2022, due to the country’s ongoing war with Russia, they were unable to play host to this year’s event. Organisters, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), instead invited runners up, the UK, to do so on their behalf.

This will be the ninth time the contest has come to the UK. London hosted in 1960, 1963, 1968 and 1977, Edinburgh took on the job in 1972, in 1974 Brighton was chosen, before Harrogate in 1982 and finally Birmingham in 1998.

According to Statista, just shy of nine million people tuned in to the 2022 Eurovision song contest on TV, and tickets are expected to sell out very quickly. Luckily, the ticket buying experts at TicketSource have revealed their five insider tips on how to give yourself the best chance at getting tickets.

1. Preparation is key

Before tickets go on sale, make sure you know the exact date and time tickets will be available. Be sure to set alarms or reminders for 5 to 10 minutes before tickets go on sale so that you can get all of the relevant web pages open and ready for when the sale begins.

Make sure you know the types of tickets that you want or where you want to be seated so that you can carry out the ticket selection process efficiently and not waste any of your checkout time.

2. Register for all sales

As well as a general sale, shows and festivals often have a ticket presale, which provides multiple opportunities to buy the tickets you want. Sign up for any pre-sales you’re eligible for, such as ticket retailers or artists’ fan presales, usually available by signing up for accounts or to their mailing lists.