Whisky Forum - Whisky Fringe 2012

William · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 1:37 pm Post subject: Whisky Fringe 2012

Dates for the Edinburgh Whisky Fringe 2012 are 3rd, 4th & 5th August and tickets will be going on sale at midday, Tuesday, May 1st.

Mark it in your diary as last year when tickets were released for sale Saturday tickets sold out in 8 minutes and Sunday tickets in 16 minutes.
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James T · Master Of Malts Joined: 05 Feb 2011 Posts: 2966

Cheers William i have taken a note of it

JAB · Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 6:27 am Post subject:

Going to be stuck at work today so if any one gets spare tickets then please let me know

John

whiskymannen · New Member Joined: 01 May 2012 Posts: 4

Hi all, new member here, hello.

I was just curious to find out how everyone got on this afternoon with tickets. I've been to the event for the past three years and luckily managed to secure tickets again today.

The Sunday tickets went live first and I got them no problem. The Saturday tickets however were a different story altogether. It took me about 6 attempts and until 12:19 until they went through and I received my confirmation. I was actually surprised the Saturday tickets were still available by that time, but I imagine others had the same issue as me, which was that the website kept failing to return whilst authorising payment? The website was running like a half dead donkey at that point, the mad rush of customers was evident and added to the stress! I see they sold out at 12:20 so I imagine many like me got them just in time.

Brummie · Master Of Malts Joined: 08 Feb 2010 Posts: 661

I was busy at work and didnt get the time to go online at midday, by the time i did get online they were sold out. I really wish they would release the tickets on a weekend when people are not at work.

chrisg · Double Malt Member Joined: 12 Apr 2011 Posts: 197

Mrs g was on ticket duty for me, she got me a couple of tickets for the Saturday.

Nelbongo · Member Joined: 10 Sep 2011 Posts: 7

The Saturday tickets were the last ones to appear on the site, about 12-14 & they went very quickly. I managed to get mine & very much looking forward to it after being there on the Sunday last year.

JAB · Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 3:44 pm Post subject:

any one get spare tickets?

Charlie · Master Of Malts Joined: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 1405

Sorry JAB, my mate got me a ticket for the Saturday.

Calder · Master Of Malts Joined: 13 Nov 2008 Posts: 688

I got the tickets i wanted, sorry no spares here JAB.

Archer · Master Of Malts Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 1519

It took me a few attempts but i got my payment to go through and got my tickets for the Saturday

JAB · Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 5:55 pm Post subject:

If any one hears of any spares then please let me know thanks!

whiskymannen · New Member Joined: 01 May 2012 Posts: 4

Hi all:

Has anyone received their tickets yet? The website used to say they'd be posted 3 weeks before, which has now changed to two weeks before. I phoned them at the end of last week and they said they should be posted out this week, but so far nothing.

albo · Master Of Malts Joined: 22 Mar 2011 Posts: 1888

The tickets have arrived! Or so I'm reliably informed by my friend who very kindly phoned up for them.

Anyway, with this now being but a small number of days away (I'm going on the Saturday), does anybody know the following. . .

1) What is the format of the day? Are there just lots of stalls, each having a number of whiskies available to try?
2) What sort of whisky is available, as in standard supermarket fayer, or more unusual stuff?
3) Can you buy bottles from the event it's self? Are they discoutned on the day?
4) Does anyone know where I can get a list of the distilleries / stalls that will be at the event? And also what offerings they will have?

I'm like a child at Christmas!! Very Happy

bifter · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:06 am Post subject: Re: Received tickets?