All-State Ticket Policy

Purchase Tickets

1. Registered (BADGED) attendees do not require tickets to attend any All-State concert. This includes directors/members, directors' non-teaching spouses, performing All-State students, registered chaperones, collegiate student members, retired members, and VIP guests that you entered as part of your conference registration.

2. All nonregistered (NONBADGED) attendees (parents, family members, guests, etc.) are required to purchase tickets for any All-State concert they wish to attend.

3. There are no “free” or “allotted” tickets. All concert attendees must either wear their conference badge or purchase a ticket.

4. Tickets will be electronic and sold online utilizing a mobile-friendly website. The link will be available on the conference website well in advance of the conference, and directors are encouraged to share the link with all of their all-state students and their parents or guardians. On-site at the conference, the links and QR Codes will be posted on signs in the venue so attendees may purchase tickets using their smartphones. Anyone who wishes to attend a concert can purchase an electronic ticket online anytime up until 30 minutes after the concert’s published start time.

5. There is no longer a need for Directors to pre-purchase any tickets for their students or their families. Instead, they should direct the student and their family to the online ticket sales website. Any directors who still wish to purchase tickets should take care to correctly enter the names and email addresses of the people who will be using the tickets into the online sales portal, or transfer the tickets to those who will be using the tickets using their correct name and email address in the online ticket sales portal.

6. Paper tickets will be on sale at the Registration Desk on-site at the conference for attendees who would like to pay by cash or who do not want to use electronic tickets. Paper ticket sales for All-State concerts will begin on Thursday morning and continue Friday and Saturday at the FMEA registration desk. There is no requirement that the director or any other registered attendee be the person purchasing these tickets. If a concert starts after the registration desk is closed, only electronic tickets will continue to be sold before that concert.

7. All ticket sales are final. There are no refunds for any concert tickets. Tickets may be transferred or exchanged using the online ticket sales portal only.

8. For entrance, ticket, and concert purposes, a concert is defined as the pair or group of ensembles that are performing in the same venue in a common, defined block of time. An example of a "concert" for purposes of entrance and ticketing would be the 8:30 a.m. concert that features both the Treble Chorus and Mixed Chorus, or the 1:30 p.m. concert that features the Middle, Concert, and Symphonic Bands.

Concert Re-Entry Procedure

Once a ticket’s barcode is scanned to gain entry, that ticket is marked as “used” and will no longer be eligible for another entry into the concert. Attendees who need to exit and re-enter the concert should be prepared to show their ticket and a photo I.D. to confirm that they are the ticket owner to gain re-entry.

Concerts at the Straz Performing Arts Center:

For the 2024 conference, no concerts will be held in the Straz Performing Arts Center. The below is only for your reference for future conferences.

Registered (BADGED) conference attendees do not need tickets. Badged attendees will be handed a ticket to enter the concert outside the entrance to the Straz Performing Arts Center.

Non-conference-registered concert attendees (parents, family members, guests, etc.) may purchase paper tickets for any Straz concert at the FMEA registration desk in the Tampa Convention Center during the hours the registration desk is open on Thursday morning through 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Paper tickets will not be sold on-site at the Straz Performing Arts Center, but electronic tickets may be purchased online at any time.