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Tickets

We continue our commitment to provide the very best in literary programming while keeping ticket prices low – Festival Onstage Events, Writers Studio Master Classes, Festival Field Trip Events and Children’s Events remain locked in at our 2010 prices.

Great news! Festival Passes were hugely popular in 2011 so we again offer a limited number for 2012.

All events are general seating, except for the International Marquee at the Grand Theatre. You will select your seat for the International Marquee when you buy your ticket.

Tickets can be purchased at the Grand Theatre Box Office until September 27. Once the festival begins, tickets are available ONLY at our onsite Festival Box Office.

All prices include HST. Please be advised that the Grand Theatre Box Office will add a handling charge of $2.83 per ticket. Handling charges are reduced on bulk purchases.

Key to Prices
at the Grand: price of tickets purchased through the Grand Theatre Box Office
onsite: price of tickets purchased at our Onsite Festival Box Office

Festival Onstage Events

General admission $12.50 at the Grand | $16.00 onsite
Includes events at the Holiday Inn, Queen’s University and St. Lawrence College

pen logo Writers Studio Master Classes

General admission $25.00 at the Grand | $30.00 onsite
Enrolment is limited to 30

Youth logo pen iconYoung Writers Studio Master Classes

High-school Students $10.00 at the Grand | $14.00 onsite
Enrolment is limited to 30

International Marquee at the Grand Theatre

General admission $25.00
International Marquee tickets sold at the Grand Theatre Box Office ONLY.

Youth logo Festival Field Trip Events

General admission $12.50 at the Grand | $16.00 onsite
High–school students,
teachers and accompanying adults
$5.00 at the Grand | $8.00 onsite
High–school students attending on their own should present their student ID at time of ticket purchase.

Class tickets for Festival Field Trip events must be purchased through the Grand Theatre Box Office BY PHONE OR IN PERSON ONLY. Handling charges reduced for bulk ticket purchases.

 

Festival Pass $150.00

Buy early! Save handling fees! Limited number available! A value of $300 in individually purchased tickets!

See up to 20 events with the KWF Festival Pass, including all onstage readings, conversations and panel discussions at the Holiday Inn Kingston Waterfront, 6th Floor; at St. Lawrence College; and at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s Campus.

The International Marquee, Writers Studio, and all food events are excluded. Separate tickets must be purchased for master classes, Book Lovers Lunch, Saturday Night SpeakEasy, Afternoon Delight, and the International Marquee.

Passes sold through the Grand Theatre Box Office ONLY.

 

Special Events, Special Prices

 

The Library Chronicles Exclusive Preview Performance

$20.00 at the Grand | $25.00 onsite

food logo Book Lovers Lunch

$37.00*
Tickets sold at the Grand Theatre Box Office ONLY.
No ticket sales at the door. Tickets must be purchased by September 21, 2011.

food logo Afternoon Delight: Tea & Literary Temptations

$30.00*
Tickets sold at the Grand Theatre Box Office ONLY.
No ticket sales at the door. Tickets must be purchased by September 21, 2011.

food logo Saturday Night SpeakEasy

$20.00* at the Grand | $25.00* onsite
The Saturday Night SpeakEasy – now a musical, literary, food event that includes a selection of delicious crudités, breads and dips at each table!

 

(*taxes & 15% gratuity included)

 

Tickets on sale through the Grand Theatre Box Office (online, in person, or by phone) from Thursday, August 16, 2012 through Thursday, September 27, 2012. Tickets purchased in advance through the Grand Theatre Box Office should be picked up at the Grand Theatre Box Office by 6:00 pm, Wednesday, September 26, 2012.

Special Promotions

Early Bird Tickets
Become a BookLover Donor and receive a special promotional code to purchase tickets one week before the general on-sale date.

Student Free Rush Seats
Free rush seats to any onstage event, including the International Marquee, for Queen’s University and St. Lawrence College students with ID. Available only from fifteen minutes before curtain to ten minutes after curtain, at the discretion of staff.

Writers Studio master classes and food events excluded.

Grand Theatre
Box Office Hours

Buy your tickets at the Grand Theatre Box Office online, in person at 218 Princess Street, Kingston (map) or by phone at 613-530-2050

The Grand Theatre’s regular Box Office hours are:
Monday to Saturday
12:00–6:00 pm
on non–show days

12:00–until 30 minutes past the performance time on Grand Theatre performance days

Sunday and holidays:
two hours prior to a Grand Theatre performance

Kingston WritersFest
Box Office Hours

The Festival Box Office is located on the 6th Floor, Holiday Inn Kingston Waterfront, 2 Princess Street (map)

Thursday to Saturday
(September 27–29)
9:00 am to 9:00 pm

Sunday
(September 30)
9:00 am to 3:00 pm

Cash sales only. There is an ATM in the hotel lobby for your convenience.