Music For All
We believe that great music is for everyone, regardless of your budget. We offer a variety of ways to experience your Orchestra. Tickets start at just $15 for most CSO concerts and $26 for Pops.
Other Ways To Experience Your Orchestra
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We love seeing new people in Music Hall! If you have never attended a CSO or Pops concert, you and up to three guests are invited to check out a CSO or Pops performance for only $10 per ticket. Call or visit the Box Office (513.381.3300) and mention promo code FIRST-TIMER to reserve your seats.
Insider tip: Visit our FAQs for New Visitors.
Limit 4, subject to availability, valid for select concerts. This discount is not available online. This is an introductory, one-time offer for OH, KY and IN residents. Excluded performances are subject to change based on availability.
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We have set aside a number of Pay What You Wish tickets for several performances throughout the season, reserved for those with true financial need. As a frame of reference, tickets typically start at $15 for CSO and $26 for Pops (with discounts for children and others). Pay What You Wish tickets cost any amount you determine. There are a limited number of these tickets for the following performances, offered the week of the performance only, and when they are gone, they are gone. Limit two tickets per person. To purchase, stop by or call the Box Office at 513.381.3300 the week of the performance. Pay What You Wish tickets are not offered online.
CSO
- Mahler's Resurrection Symphony - Sunday 9/25
Tchaikovsky & Rouse: Final Symphonies - Friday 9/30 & Sunday 10/2
Also Sprach Zarathustra - Friday 10/21 & Sunday 10/23
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Sunday 10/30
Sibelius & Bartok Concertos - Friday 11/18
Rachmaninoff Third & Enigma Variations - Sunday 11/27
Gershwin & The Planets - Friday 12/2
Sibelius Symphony No. 2 - Friday 1/6
Grieg: Peer Gynt - Friday 1/13 & Saturday 1/14
Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev - Sunday 1/22
Thibaudet Plays Liszt - Friday 2/3
Death & Transfiguration - Friday 3/4 & Sunday 3/5
The Mermaid - Friday 3/17 & Saturday 3/18
Beethoven's Fifth - Friday 3/24
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 - Friday 4/7
Pictures at an Exhibition - Sunday 4/16
Mahler Symphony No. 7 - Friday 4/21
Saint-Saens Organ Symphony - Friday 5/5 & Sunday 5/7
An American in Paris - Friday 5/12
Pops
- Hear Me Roar: A Celebration of Women in Song - Friday 9/16
Get Happy: Judy Garland Centennial - Friday 11/11
Holiday Pops - Friday 12/9 (11am), Saturday 12/10 (2pm) & Sunday 12/11 (7pm)
NYE: Billie Holiday Songbook - Saturday 12/31
Tchaikovsky Spectacular - Friday 1/27
Classical Roots - Friday 4/14
RAGTIME in Concert - Friday 4/28
- Mahler's Resurrection Symphony - Sunday 9/25
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Student Access
Student Access is an easy and affordable way for college students to attend CSO and Pops performances. All are welcome. Sign up now to get $15 tickets to CSO concerts and $20 tickets to the Pops the week of the concert.
Student Access PlusFor $50 students can attend as many CSO subscription concerts as you wish during the 2022/23 season.
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- CSO Kids' Tickets: $15 for children ages 6-17. Limit 1 ticket per child with accompanying adult. Child tickets may be purchased in person, by phone at 513.381.3300 or online. Children under the age of 6 are not permitted.
- Pops Kids' Tickets: $15 for children ages 6-17 for Pops Family series concerts or $20 for any other Pops concert. Limit 1 ticket per child with accompanying adult. Child tickets may be purchased in person, by phone at 513.381.3300 or online. Pops concerts are recommended for ages 6+, with the Pops Family Series geared toward children of all ages.
- Lollipops Family Concerts: Tickets are accessibly priced at $10 for kids and $15 for adults. Lap children under age 2 are free; no ticket required. Child tickets may be purchased in person, by phone at 513.381.3300 or online.
- Red, White & BOOM at Riverbend: Children 17 and under are free on the Lawn (available at the gate day-of-concert), or $15 in the covered Pavilion (in advance or day-of-concert). Call 513.381.3300 or buy online at cincinnatipops.org.
- CSO Kids' Tickets: $15 for children ages 6-17. Limit 1 ticket per child with accompanying adult. Child tickets may be purchased in person, by phone at 513.381.3300 or online. Children under the age of 6 are not permitted.
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- CSO concerts at Music Hall: A discount of 25% off (limit 2) is available for those ages 62+ for many CSO concerts. Senior citizen tickets may be purchased in person, by phone at 513.381.3300 or online starting on Monday of the performance week. This offer applies to Friday and Sunday subscription concerts only. Some exclusions apply, call for details.
- Pops concerts at Music Hall: Senior citizen discounts are not available for Pops performances.
- CSO Chamber Players: A discount of 25% off (limit 2) is available for those ages 62+ for CSO Chamber concerts. Senior citizen tickets may be purchased in person, by phone at 513.381.3300 or online starting on Monday of the performance week.
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Concerts are better with friends!
- Discounts on select concerts for groups of 10 or more—save up to 25%
- Senior and student groups save even more
- Free tickets for leaders of groups of 25 or more
- Bus parking is free
- Reserve the best seats before they go on sale to the public
- Visit the group tickets page or call 513.744.4023 with questions or to reserve
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- Military personnel and their families who provide proof of active military status can receive a discount of 25% off tickets (limit 2) for select CSO and Pops concerts. Active military tickets may be purchased in person or by phone at 513.381.3300 starting on the Monday of the performance week. Exclusions apply, call for details.
- Active and retired military receive $5 tickets (1 per member) for Red, White & BOOM at Riverbend.
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Offer discounted concert tickets as a benefit to your employees! Corporate Saver members can enjoy a 20% discount on select CSO and Pops concerts at Music Hall and Riverbend. Email or call Group Sales at 513.744.4023 if your company would like to sign up for this free program.
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Riverbend Music Center is one of the Cincinnati Pops' main performance venues during the summer.
Available discounts for Pops concerts at Riverbend:
- Free lawn tickets for kids 17 and under.
- $5 tickets for active & retired military members. Active military tickets may be purchased in person or by phone at 513.864.0196 starting on the Monday of the performance week. Exclusions apply, call for details. Active and retired military receive $5 tickets (1 per member) for Red, White & BOOM at Riverbend.