The final 20,000 tickets will be released for sale on Thursday 28 November for London’s spectacular New Year’s Eve fireworks.
A global television audience will be watching as more than 100,000 ticket-holders gather opposite the London Eye to welcome in the new decade in style.
The pyrotechnic and lighting display features more than 12,000 fireworks and 2,000 lighting cues choreographed to music. It will again start with the sounds of Big Ben’s chimes, despite them being silent this year due to renovation works.
Tickets must be purchased in advance to attend the fireworks, and, for the fifth year running, ticket prices will remain at £10. Those who want to be at the event must have a ticket, and so are encouraged to sign up now for reminder emails before the tickets go on sale.
The event attracts visitors from around the world and will sell out quickly, so it is important to book early by visiting www.london.gov.uk/nye.
Tickets will not be available buy on the night. Those without tickets will not be able to enter the viewing areas, but you can watch the show live on BBC One along with more than 12m TV viewers in the UK.
To ensure that the event is safe and enjoyable for all, the Mayor’s team works closely with a range of partner agencies including the Met Police, TfL, local authorities and the emergency services.
To sign up for ticket updates and more information go to www.london.gov.uk/nye
Notes to editors
MEDIA ACCREDITATION:
Photographers, broadcasters and members of the media looking to cover the New Year's Eve fireworks display need official accreditation from the Mayor of London's Press Office. Please complete this form by Friday 6 December for your accreditation request to be considered. Note that you must be able to provide an official NUJ ID card.
About the fireworks:
Approximately 103,000 tickets will be made available for the event this year. This is the same as last year, but slightly fewer than 2016 (when approximately 110,000 were available) partly due to Thames Tideway Tunnel works taking place on Embankment
Each ticket is priced at £10 – the same price as 2014, when ticketing was first introduced – and every penny is used to pay for the costs associated with the ticketing scheme. There is a maximum of four tickets per transaction.
The New Year’s Eve fireworks has been a ticketed event since 2014. From 2003-2013, before ticketing was introduced, the event was hugely oversubscribed, with up to 500,000 people heading into central London to try and catch the display. This put enormous strain on transport, infrastructure and the ability of emergency services to move around. A large proportion of them were unable to see the display at all, leaving them disappointed and with nowhere to go at midnight. The sheer numbers threatened the emergency services ability to respond to a major incident effectively, and left many thousands of people cold, tired and unable to get anywhere near the event. Ticketing the event has helped to ensure the long-term sustainability of the fireworks as a safe, enjoyable event. Since ticketing was introduced in 2014, the numbers who attempted to see the fireworks but were unable to do so have reduced.
More than 3,000 people, from pyrotechnicians to stewards, work together to ensure that the capital’s celebrations run smoothly.
To find out more of the many exciting ways to welcome the New Year in London, go to: www.visitlondon.com/newyear