After the frenzy of the Smukfest-record: Why do they not up the price?

As the Smukfest Tuesday 10.00 sat 29.500 partout-tickets for next year's festival to the sale, it took just 59 minutes before the last ticket was hit over the

Ann McDonald
Ann McDonald
03 December 2019 Tuesday 19:00
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After the frenzy of the Smukfest-record: Why do they not up the price?

As the Smukfest Tuesday 10.00 sat 29.500 partout-tickets for next year's festival to the sale, it took just 59 minutes before the last ticket was hit over the disk.

along the Way, tried more than 60,000 people to get my hands on one of the coveted tickets, which cost 2.695 dollars per. paragraph.

the Audience for Christopher-concert at the Bøgescenerne to this year's Smukfest. Photo: Per Lange

But even if the demand again far outstripping the supply, have the festival in the beech woods no immediate plans to screw the price in the weather.

- Although we are sometimes accused of thinking much on the money, it has now never been the money, which operates the plant here with us. If we can get it to run around with the economy we have and make a hefty program of music and a love tents, so we are well satisfied, says the festival's spokesman Poul Martin Bonde for Extra Magazine, and continues:

- We have now been able to keep the price of our partoutbilletter on the same level in three years, and we are well satisfied with.

DK MusikNYT - 3. dec. 2019 - at. 10:26 Smukfest-madness: Sold out in 59 minutes!

it Is an ideological principle that the tickets must be paid for by the majority?

- Yes, we would like to have a wide audience, and we are proud that we have such a diverse audience as we have. We have both the young and the elderly. We would like to make a festival where we can accommodate a lot of different people. It we take pride in.

Smukfest spokesman Poul Martin Bonde discloses that the Smukfest is not set in the world in order to maximize profits. Photo: Morten Lau-Nielsen

Why follow In the not just the demand and put the price up to 5,000 dollars or more?

- We have no investors, we must earn money for. As long as we can do what we want to do, so we are well satisfied. It all needs to hang together. This year we have been given the opportunity to close a little more people in, and it's a better way to satisfy a little more guests. We've got an expensive ticket in advance.

in Spite of the above objective will Smukfest not guarantee that they will not at a later stage may find to screw the price a little in the weather.

- I can not promise that the ticket price is being held at exactly the same forever and ever. It is not an end in itself. And I think even easily, we could sell our tickets for a higher price, but it is not this that is the important thing for us. The most important thing is that we can create exactly the festival we would like.

Last year, tickets to the 2019 festival sold out in just 65 minutes.

In the year was the sale done in just 59 minutes, which is a new record.

When the waves went the highest, there were more than 60,000 people in the queue to get the fingers in just 29.500 partout-tickets, which was put up for sale.


along the Way there were problems to buy a ticket on payment of installments, which got more to grumble on Smukfests website.

Smukfest recognises the problem and calls on the affected customers to send an email with the documentation for the festival.

Photo: Per Lange


On the poster for the national festival is the big Danish names such as Rasmus Seebach and Gilli.

in Addition, facing the Medina, Carpark North back at Smukfest and occurs between bøgetræerne in august.

the Organizers have previously published international stars such as Lionel Richie, Khalid and Tove Lo.

Smukfest takes place in Skanderborg, denmark from Wednesday 5. august to Sunday 9. august.

It is 41. time, the festival is held.

Updated: 03.12.2019 19:00