Under 18s Free
Families can enjoy concerts together
The Under 18s Free program is designed to encourage families to attend Cleveland Orchestra concerts together. In addition to most Blossom Music Festival concerts, the program also includes select Cleveland Orchestra concerts in the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Concert Hall at Severance.
At Blossom
In the Pavilion
1. Select your adult ticket(s)
Select the regular-priced adult tickets in the pavilion. Move onto Step 2.
2. Select your Under 18 Free Ticket(s)
Under 18 tickets only become available once a regular-priced ticket has been added to the cart.
3. Confirm your Under 18 Ages
Prior to the cart, you'll be asked to confirm the ages of each child for whom you are purchasing "Under 18s Free" tickets.
If you do not wish to provide ages, you'll be prompted to click cancel and purchase a regular priced ticket instead. This will remove every Under 18 ticket from your order.
On the Lawn
1. Select Lawn
You'll be redirected to a screen to select the number of regular-priced adult tickets.
Regular-priced adult tickets qualify for up to (2) Under 18 tickets.
2. Select your Under 18 Free Ticket(s)
Once adult tickets have been selected, this will display a drop-down for Under 18s, where you can select the number of Under 18 tickets.
3. Confirm your Under 18 Ages
Prior to the cart, you'll be asked to confirm the ages of each child for whom you are purchasing "Under 18s Free" tickets.
If you do not wish to provide ages, you'll be prompted to click cancel and purchase a regular priced ticket instead. This will remove every Under 18 ticket from your order.
Center for Future Audiences
About the Program
Each year, the Under 18s Free program is offering as more than 30,000 free tickets annually to Northeast Ohio young people to attend concerts at Blossom Music Center and Mandel Concert Hall with their families.
Under 18s Free is a program of The Cleveland Orchestra’s Center for Future Audiences. The Center, created with a lead endowment gift from the Maltz Family Foundation, was established to fund programs to develop new generations of audiences for Cleveland Orchestra concerts in Northeast Ohio.
At Severance
1. Select your adult ticket(s)
Select the regular-priced adult tickets. Move onto Step 2.
2. Select your Under 18 Free Ticket(s)
Under 18 tickets only become available once a regular-priced ticket has been added to the cart.
3. Confirm your Under 18 Ages
Prior to the cart, you'll be asked to confirm the ages of each child for whom you are purchasing "Under 18s Free" tickets.
If you do not wish to provide ages, you'll be prompted to click cancel and purchase a regular priced ticket instead. This will remove every Under 18 ticket from your order.
For Mandel Concert Hall at Severance, you can acquire one free youth admission with each regular-priced ticket to select classical concerts.
At most Blossom Music Festival concerts, you can acquire two free youth admissions with each regular-priced ticket.