Your Visit

Please keep a minimum distance of 1.5 meters from other guests when entering and on all paths in the house.

As of April 25, 2022, masks are no longer mandatory at the Kölner Philharmonie. However, for the protection of all visitors, we still recommend that you wear medical mouth-nose protection and comply with the AHA rules.

Please keep a minimum distance of 1.5 meters from other guests at the entrance and on all paths in the building.

The doors to the Cologne Philharmonie will open 60 minutes before the concert starts. Please arrive on time, the admission checks currently take more time than usual. In order to minimize contact during the admittance procedure, we kindly ask guests holding tickets for the middle of a row to enter the hall first. After the concert, please leave the hall one row after another, following the instructions from the ushers and maintaining your distance. Guests seated in Row 19 and above are requested to leave the hall by the upper doors.

The cloakrooms in the Kölner Philharmonie are open again and free of charge. Please note that for security reasons larger bags and items may not be taken into the hall but may be left at the cloakroom.

Availability of a cloakroom at other venues cannot be guaranteed and depends on the respective venue.

The concerts usually take place with an intermission and last between 80 and 120 minutes.

There will again be a gastronomic offer before the concerts and during the breaks. Tuesday to Sunday the "Ludwig im Museum" is open for you after the concert, access is possible via the spiral staircase in the foyer.

In that case, please stay at home. Persons with any COVID-19 symptoms (cough, fever, sneezing, sore throat, general weakness, diarrhoea, loss of the sense of smell or taste) and persons who have been traveling to high-risk areas are not allowed to enter the Philharmonie in Cologne. Please understand that we cannot refund tickets in cases of illness. However, you have the option of passing the ticket on to another person.

Pupils, students, trainees, BFD and FSJ workers (up to and including 28 years of age), holders of a valid Cologne Pass as well as recipients of benefits according to SGB II (Social Code Book II), holders of a JULEICA as well as a Ehrenamtskarte (Volunteer Card) receive a 50% discount on the purchase of single tickets for the subscription concerts 1-12 as well as for the following special concerts in the Kölner Philharmonie: Festkonzert, Benefizkonzert and Passionskonzert. Chamber concerts are excluded from reductions. 

Wheelchair users or severely disabled persons with a degree of disability of 50% or with a B in their disabled person's card receive a 50% reduction for all concerts upon presentation of proof. The accompanying person of a wheelchair user or severely disabled person receives a free ticket if the letter B is noted on the disabled person's ID. Tickets are available from the usual ticket agencies and at the box office. 

Tickets for severely disabled persons accompanied by a disabled person, as well as wheelchair users and holders of an honorary/yuleica card, are only available at the stage's own box office in the Opernpassagen (not online), by telephone on +49 221 22128410 or by email tickets@buehnen.koeln.

Please note that only one discount can be claimed at a time. The proof of discount must be shown when purchasing the ticket and at the entrance without being asked.

The ticket is valid as a ticket (2nd class) on the extended VRS network (4 hours before the start of the event until closing time) and is not transferable to other persons after the event.

Preise für Konzerte außerhalb der Kölner Philharmonie entnehmen Sie bitte der Programmseite des jeweiligen Konzerts.