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Our Box Office sells tickets to Students' Union events, club & society events and events in Brighton.

You can buy tickets online or from our Box Office, conveniently located next to Falmer Bar in Falmer House. We're open from 10am-1.30pm & 2.30pm-pm Monday-Friday during term-time so why not pop in and say hi.

You can find us on Facebook and Twitter to stay updated on the events we have on sale

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► Selling tickets for club and society events

Events are a popular way to raise money for your club or society. When planning your event it is important to publicise and market your event well in advance (check out our advice on organising an event) to make sure that you make those all important ticket sales.

Here at the Students’ Union we have our very own Box Office located in Falmer House. Selling tickets for your event at the Students’ Union Box Office is a free service for all society and clubs, there are no booking fees or hidden charges. Selling your tickets with us is a great way to make the whole experience of selling tickets completely hassle free for you and allows students to buy tickets at any time online.

Designing your tickets

When designing the tickets for your event you could include some of the following:

  • Name of the event
  • Location of the event
  • Time and date of the event
  • The ticket price
  • The name of your society and club
  • Dress code
  • Ticket number or stamp to make it official and hard to copy

If your event is running for more than one day remember to design and print tickets for each day, this will make it much easier when selling tickets to keep a track of sales and on the door of the event.

Printing your tickets

Generally students design and print out their own tickets, which is absolutely fine, however it is important to consider the size of your ticket, ideally it should be no smaller than a credit card as they are likely to get lost if they are too small.

If you would prefer something a bit more professional there are plenty of printing companies that will do the hard work for you. We often use a company called Secprint Digital for tickets – 01709 780008 – www.secprint.co.uk.

Getting your tickets on sale

Before you can sell your tickets at the Box Office they must be approved by a member of the Activities Centre team. It is important to determine if your ticket price includes or excludes VAT, if you are unsure about this please show a breakdown of your budget to a member of the Activities Centre team.

Once your tickets have been checked and approved then bring them into the Box Office and fill in a quick form. Your tickets will be counted and put on sale straight away, will they be available to purchase from the Box Office and from the Students' Union website, therefore please feel free to email boxoffice@ussu.sussex.ac.uk with any promotional material (images and text, links to websites) you would like to put on the website event.

We will need to know the following details;

  • How many tickets to sell
  • How much tickets cost
  • Whether your event is VAT exempt (please check with a member of the Activities Centre team)
  • Whether people need to pick up tickets (and if so from where, this can be the Box Office) or whether you'll tick people off the guest list on the night
  • Details of your event that people will want to know, e.g. time, date, venue, dress code, theme, what is included in the ticket price

The money from your ticket sales will be paid directly into your club or society account. We will email you regularly to keep you updated on how ticket sales are doing. When your tickets are taken off sale, you will be given a guest list of names and email address of everyone who has purchased tickets for your records. You can view this information easily online if you have access to your club/society’s website.

Promotion

We will advertise your events on our website, Facebook page and Twitter feed and add the event to your club/society’s website

Your event will also be added to our weekly events e-newsletter and Badger events listing. We will also display your posters and distribute flyers in the Box Office.

Contact the Box Office

Jane Trueman- Box Office Assistant
Tel: 01273 876666
Email: boxoffice@ussu.sussex.ac.uk

More information, support and advice is available for the Activities Centre team.