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Just heard that tickets are now on sale for the annual AstroFest at Kensington Town Hall.
Next year's show will take place on 6 & 7 February, 2015.
Tickets can be purchased here.
Sessions do tend to sell out (particularly on the Saturday).
Posted : 29/08/2014 9:14 pm
If I understand this correctly, Mike, you buy tickets for (say) the morning and/or afternoon sessions - but there's no programme yet so it's a bit of pot luck? Presumably worth a gamble judging by last year's event, but is that how it works?
Posted : 01/09/2014 11:08 am
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Hi Andy,
I'm not sure when they confirm the programme... if memory serves correctly, it is usually about 2-3 months prior to the event. You'll probably get tickets if you wait until the full programme is confirmed, but, as I usually go to all the sessions anyway, I just buy tickets for all 4 sessions in advance.
The busier of the two days is the Saturday, when it's so busy that you can barely walk around the exhibitors. I much prefer the Friday... although even that has been very busy in recent years.
I wish they'd find another venue, in all honesty... the current venue really isn't big enough.
Posted : 01/09/2014 11:47 am
Yeah, as Mike said, the tickets do sell out early for the Saturday sessions. I've been to the last two Astrofests and have enjoyed most of the presentations/lectures, although I enjoyed 2012 ones more.
So for the Saturday sessions, its best to buy them early even if there are no program announcement yet because the Astrofest tickets are always on demand after they have sold out. So if the presentations end up not being of any interest to you, then you can very easily sell back your tickets to others. The Friday sessions do also get sold out if I recall but much more closer to the time.
Thanks for the heads up Mike. Just bought my tickets for both days.
Posted : 03/09/2014 10:27 am
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Winter must be here... Astrofest tickets have arrived!
Posted : 03/10/2014 12:23 pm
Day 2 has sold out - you did warn us, Mike and Tej! Oh well. Day 1 has Ali Mozaffari talking about... Testing gravity in the solar system!
Posted : 03/10/2014 1:21 pm
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Day 2 has sold out – you did warn us
I think (but not certain) that you're looking at last year's event. Certainly Ali's talk was in the 2014 event, and I haven't seen a schedule for 2015 yet.
Posted : 03/10/2014 1:24 pm
Flippin' 'eck, you're absolutely right.
So - in capital letters to distract attention from my error: DAY 2 HAS NOT SOLD OUT!
Posted : 03/10/2014 2:35 pm
You're probably all well ahead of me but I see that Astrofest tickets are on sale now.
No programme details, yet, of course. 5-6 February 2016, usual Kensington Conference Centre.
Posted : 21/10/2015 10:36 pm
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Ooooo...
This year all conference attendees will receive a badge to access the event. You can personalise this with your full or first name. Simply enter the names you would like to appear on your badges below.
Oh, the possibilities are endless. Who can I impersonate!
Posted : 22/10/2015 8:49 am
It's not very astronomical but we could all go as 'Spartacus'.
Posted : 22/10/2015 8:56 am
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It’s not very astronomical but we could all go as ‘Spartacus’.
Ha! Genius 😉
Posted : 22/10/2015 9:00 am
