Tickets will become available on Tuesday, November 12. You'll get them by going to www.BethanyLutheranMusicMinistry.org/Christmas. (Yes, the music ministry has a NEW website!) From there, you'll be able to choose what concert(s) you'll want tickets for. In addition, this year's Christmas concert postcard advertisements have QR codes on them that will take people directly to the website when scanned. You can also get tickets by calling the church office.

NO. Because you aren't taking up an audience "seat," you do not need a ticket. If someone in your family who is not a performer is attending, they will need a ticket.

NO. However, if your spouse or anyone you’re bringing to the concert is not a performer, usher, reader, or tech producer, they will need a ticket.

YES. Because you are not a performer, you will need to reserve a ticket. To preserve seating for our community, parents, please consider attending only ONE of the two available concerts. Thank you for helping us keep seating available for all those who wish to attend!

YES. When you place your ticket order, you’ll receive an email with your tickets attached. You can print your tickets, save the barcode to your phone, or add your tickets to your phone via Apple Wallet or Android Pay. Should you lose your ticket or forget to bring it to the concert, ushers have the ability to look up your order by your first and last name.

NO. Tickets are free. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. A freewill offering will be received to benefit Bethany Lutheran Music Ministry and the Music Scholarship Fund.

Any one (1) ticket only grants a seat for the concert dates and times. It does not guarantee seat location, group seating, family seating, parking, or accessibility zone seating. Seating is still available on a first-come, first-served basis, although people will still need to show proof of a ticket at entry to the concert.

Please contact Director of Music Ministries & Worship Arts, Noah Freeman, OR Music Ministry Assistant, Mara Widmann for questions regarding ticket orders. You can also call the church office at 562-421-4711. 

Doors will open ONE HOUR before each concert (2:00pm for the 3:00pm concert; 6:00pm for the 7:00pm concert). Seat-saving is prohibited before that time.

You will receive a confirmation email with your ticket, which you can print out or show at the door on your device (the digital email, adding the ticket to Apple Wallet, or a screenshot of the ticket's QR code). 

A growth in our music ministry ensemble numbers equals a growth in attendees at concerts. This is a good thing. Additionally, the greater Long Beach/Orange County community is well aware of Bethany Lutheran's thriving music ministry, and is eager to attend special music events such as this. This is also a good thing. Ticketing our Christmas Concerts is not meant to be a barrier or an overly complex step. In fact, it will do quite the opposite for the Christmas Concerts, creating excitement and anticipation for what is truly a mountaintop experience at Bethany - celebrating the birth of the King, Christ Jesus. Additionally, because of a very high volume of attendees at last year's concerts, we want to ensure that both concerts are equally attended, AND that safety is kept in mind, as we cannot legally fill the aisles with seating, in respect to fire & evacuation code.

Tickets are transferrable. You can simply give your ticket to someone else, OR you can contact the church office, where event staff can help you return the tickets and they will become available for another person to claim.