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Ticket Information

How to get tickets

Advance tickets for Old Sloop Coffeehouse performance can be purchased in any of the following ways:

· From this web site by clicking "Buy Tickets" on an individual concert page.  You will have to provide a credit card number to buy tickets online.
· At the Old Sloop Coffeehouse box office, which is open during intermission at all Old Sloop Coffeehouse performances.  The box office accepts cash, checks, and credit cards.
· At Gloucester Music: 210 Main Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts (978-281-4874).   Gloucester Music accepts cash and checks for Old Sloop Coffeehouse tickets.
· At Toad Hall Bookstore: 47 Main Street, Rockport, Massachusetts (978-546-7323 or www.toadhallbooks.org   Toad Hall Bookstore accepts cash and checks for Old Sloop Coffeehouse tickets.

Advance ticket sales end at 10:00PM the evening before the show or when the stores close.   This allows us time to collect unsold tickets, prepare the "will call" list, and get ready for the show.

Tickets may also be purchased at the door on the day of the show, beginning 30 minutes before the scheduled start of the concert.  To help you decide whether to come to the church to try to buy tickets on the day of the show, the number of seats that will be available will be posted on the concert page before noon on the day of the show.  You can also find the number of available seats by calling the coffeehouse at 978-546-3551 after noon on the day of the show.

Ticket prices

All advance tickets are full price.  There is a 50 cent service charge for tickets purchased online to help defray processing costs.

On the day of the show, no one will be turned away for lack of money.  If advance sales have been brisk, we may have to turn people away for lack of space.  Old Sloop Coffeehouse requests a donation and posts a "suggested contribution" amount.  The suggested contribution for adults is a few dollars more than the advance sale ticket price to encourage you to buy tickets in advance.  For most concerts, there is a discounted suggested contribution for those under age 18 or age 65 and older.  For most concerts, there is also a discounted suggested contribution for a family.  For this purpose, Old Sloop Coffeehouse defines a family as one or both members of an adult couple and their dependent children under age 18.  Each concert page lists the full ticket price and any available discounted suggested contribution amounts.

Ticketing

All online advance tickets are "will call".  Your name will be on a list at the door.  You may be asked for identification.  If you want to be extra cautious, print the receipt that is shown when you complete your purchase or the email that is sent shortly thereafter and bring it with you to the concert.

You will receive a physical ticket if you purchase tickets at the Old Sloop Coffeehouse box office, at Gloucester Music, or at Toad Hall Bookstore.

All advance ticket sales are final.  If a concert is cancelled, Old Sloop Coffeehouse will issue a refund.  If you purchased a ticket online, the refund will be automatically applied to your credit card.   If you hold a physical ticket for a cancelled concert, you may present it at the Old Sloop Coffeehouse box office for a refund.  Alternatively, you may contact Old Sloop Coffeehouse by sending email to tickets@oldsloopcoffeehouse.org or calling (978) 546-3551 to arrange for a refund.  Neither Gloucester Music nor Toad Hall Bookstore will issue refunds.

Security

Online credit card payments employ a secure connection to a web page hosted by authorize.net, a leading internet payment service which is used by thousands of online merchants.   This secure system will accept your credit card information and complete the transaction.   Old Sloop Coffeehouse never sees your credit card number.  Authorize.net adheres to strict industry standards for payment processing, including:

· 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology for secure Internet Protocol (IP) transactions.
· Industry leading encryption hardware and software methods and security protocols to protect customer information.
· Compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
Personal Information Privacy

Massachusetts has one of the strongest personal information privacy laws in the United States.   Your name, address, email address, and telephone number will be sent to Old Sloop Coffeehouse when you purchase tickets online.   We will use this information only to validate your admission to the concert.  We will not allow anyone else to access your information, and we will not retain it after the concert without your explicit permission.  If you would like to add your email address to the Old Sloop Coffeehouse email distribution list, click here.

Help!

If you experience problems or have questions, please contact Old Sloop Coffeehouse by sending email to tickets@oldsloopcoffeehouse.org or by calling (978) 546-3551.