The Christmas Lights Switch On has passed for another year, if you were lucky enough to get tickets for this years Switch On then we hope you enjoyed the show. If you did not manage to get tickets then hopefully you will have better luck in 2012.
The switch on event may have passed, however you can enjoy the lights and allt the activities in George Square all the way through Christmas and Hogmanay. Here is a list of Christmas events in Glasgow including the ice rink and big wheel in George Square.
Sunday 20th November 2011
Location: George Square, Glasgow
Tickets: Sold out.
Wrap yourself and the kids up warm and head along for a special night in George Square in November 2011, for Glasgow’s annual Christmas Lights Switch On event.
Gates open at 4:30pm and strictly no entry after 6:15pm
This year you’ll be treated to a night of fun and frolics as George Square’s monuments and Christmas tree are lit up once again.
Enjoy the Christmas carol sing along, then join in the big countdown and watch the spectacular fireworks display!
Hosted by Clyde 1 with performances from Karen Dunbar star of Sleeping Beauty at The Kings Theatre, Rock Choir and a very special performance of Sleeping Beauty by Scottish Ballet; Glasgow’s Christmas Lights is a spectacular family favourite event not to be missed.
Tickets
Tickets for 2011 Christmas Lights Switch On in George Square will be released at 9am on Saturday 29 October. You can get your hands on tickets in the usual ways.
- Book online at www.ticketsoup.com*
- Book by phone on 0844 481 5787*
- Collect in person at the Ticketsoup Box Office, SECC
There is a maximum of 6 tickets per household. The switch-on is a much loved family tradition in Glasgow and always sells out very quickly: last year it sold out within a few hours of the ticket release time, it also managed to break the ticket soup website and jam their phone lines.
Sign up for the Glasgowvant newsletter and we’ll let you know if any of the details for the George Square Christmas lights switch on change.
* A booking fee of 50p per free ticket and a fulfillment fee of £2.00 per transaction will be applied.
2011 event
The processes involved in your allocation of tickets for this event was ab absolute disaster. Lack of people manning phones or possible no-one manning phones. A number that was not answered for over 1 hour if you were unfortunate enough to get the message,’ We have been unable to confirm your payment details and consequently your booking request has not been completed. The most common reasons are:’ etc ‘ but we will keep your tickets. This has never happened to me before and i often purchase tickets and products on line, though not from ticket -soup (Surprisingly) When i eventually did get through – (possibly on and off 1 hour or so). The tickets had not in fact been had not in fact been kept. Possibly a con to encourage people to call the number. If i have been charged for this service I demand a refund, never mind the waste of a day waiting for the phone to be answered. As usual an absolute joke. If you cannot provide an adequate service for this event why do you continue to attempt to do it?
And then the email you attempt to send cannot be sent. How convenient.. I’ll try again.
Well, First of all I did everything I could to get tickets this year. Signed up to Glasgowvant for the newsletter, set reminders via email from the website, signed up to ticketsoup website to become a member. Clicked on booked tickets dead on 9am, said I was placed in a queue, please be patient etc etc……waited for over two hours not refreshing the page coz it said not to. Sitting like a right idiot, tried going on the website via my phone, and wait for it….good old TICKETSOUP web page has crashed.
Complete and utter joke to be honest, and you couldnt get through on the phoneline either.
Come on Ticketsoup, your meant to be able to organise and sell the event, not fall flat on your face and crash under the demand.
Gutted and disappointed cause now the event will be sold out.
Total joke.
Hi, After missing out on last years Big Switch on I fully intend to queue at the Ticketsoup Box office. Does anyone know roughly how long prior to 9am people start queing?
Many Thanks.
yet another waste of time trying to get tickets from ticketsoup. sat for 5 minutes refreshing my screen before tickets went on sale and clicked on book tickets within seconds of it appearing and got nowhere.
Hi, Can you advise when this years tickets will go on sale? I have just received this months newsletter and nothing is on it and am worried that I will miss them as its only a month away. Thanks
It’s 2011 and the big Christmas lights switch on is now only a few weeks off.
All comments below this one were for previous year’s switch on. If you have read any of them then you will know that the George Square Christmas lights switch is a very popular event. Every year there are disappointed people who have missed out on tickets.
If you want to give yourself the best chance of getting tickets this year, stay tuned to Glasgowvant or sign up for our mailing list and we will keep you updated on all the details you need know.
I must stress though that it is Glasgow City Council that run the event – not us!
If you have any questions please leave a comment below and we will try and answer.
this years ticket situation was a pure joke! after waiting in the long que 1st thing on a sat morning ticketsoup posted them to the wrong address and the tickets where returned. i received a phone call about a week and a half before the event to inform me and they refused to post them back out even tho i explained i had college and work. i had to take a morning off to collect them and was advised they would be ready for collection. when i got there they were not only rude but the tickets were not even in the office. wich made me late for an exam. when ariving at the square at 10 past 6 as was working before hand. with children in buggies they sent us a detour around the full square saying next gate, next gate by the time we arrived they said to late and did not let us enter. when we asked why they said safty because of the fireworks. once fireworks were done my friend asked if we could go in so the kids could see the lights we were refused. it has became a pure joke how they have started handiling events. there was a whole bunch of people with children standing at the gates with tickets and being refused. what a nice way for glasgow council to start off the festive season.
DISGRACE ON GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL Y MAKE A TICKET EVENT SHOULD BE FIRST COME BASIS ::::
does a baby at 1 need a ticket when her mum and dad have tickets for themselves? x
It says that “only ticket holders will be permitted access to George Square, all adults children and babies in prams require a ticket to enter George Square”.
To me that sounds like babies would be allowed in, providing they are not in prams. I would check with Glasgow City Council though – You don’t want to turn up with your baby and get sent away.
Rebeca your child will need a ticket for this event unfortunately. My wife and i took our son last year when he was 1 and had to supply a ticket for him.
I am really angry that i cant get tickets 2 treat my little ones 2 a nice magical time out for the utter cheek of scamming tramps wantin 2 make money off of a free event for the ppl !
Wish there was a way they could get those tickets back that r been sold and get them back on offer for us all x
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Between gumtree and ebay the sheer greed !
no tickets from ticket soup..no joy..
Looks like the first set of Christmas lights tickets are being sold on ebay.co.uk – I hate that people are making money from a free event, but what choice do those of us who never got tickets have to get tickets.
There is quite a few for sale now, one person is selling 6 tickets for £80, when they got them for free! Looks like you’ll need to pay over a tenner at least per ticket. These people really have no shame.
More for sale on glasgow gumtree.
Got all excited and thought “Yes” another chance to get tickets and make my 2 wee boys happy but sadly no, there were none available on ticketsoup.
it seems if you ordered them at the back of 1 in the morning, then yes ud get them, but at 10am…….ALL GONE……il just go stand at queen street station!
Seems that I managed to get some tickets early this morning. My payment was accepted anyway!
just got your email and went on to ticketsoup website first thing this morning. Managed to get tickets… thanks so much for your helpful info!!
after failing to get tickets the first time they go and get your hopes up and still have none are they just trying to cover there back sides after the first time IT,S NO RIGHT just a scam
Again all the tickets are sold out (where there even any to start with ):(
all tickets sold out
I tried, but it’s saying tickets are sold out!!
Getting me all excited for nothing!
they havent got any more tickets i just looked!!
i have just checked on ticket soup again following an email saying there were more tickets but they have not got any
It just comes up saying there are now no tickets available its so frustrating.
brilliant! ticket soup had more xmas light switch on tickets available
I managed to book tickets on ticket soup!
I have just been on the ticket soup website and there seems to more tickets on sale…..!!! I had called SECC to see if more tickets would be available. Was told NO…!! So it seems strange that tickets are available, but if i get them who cares………