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'Beyond the Deep' • Procol Harum fans' weekend in London
Information about the second wave of ticket sales for Sunday 5 July 2020
The first wave of tickets
for the ‘Beyond the Deep’ Convention + Procol Concert
sold out very rapidly, and we have now put a
second wave on sale.
Please read on for details, and make sure you know what
you'll be getting.
(1)
Would-be customers who were too late for the first-wave tickets may
have been told by the booking agency, SeeTickets, that their names have been put on
a ‘waiting list’.
This ‘waiting-list’ (which was not agreed with BtP, nor mentioned to us) is not very helpfully named, because there’s nothing to wait for … there won’t be any more tickets of the kind we’ve already sold … they’ve all gone.
Thus ... the 'waiting-list' doesn't secure you a ticket in the second wave, which is a slightly different 'product', as you'll read below.
(2)
The second wave of tickets went on sale on Saturday 7 March at 10:00
(London time). Tickets are marked 'Raised Area'
Please be aware that, when this ‘second wave’ is gone, there won’t be any more tickets for the seated meal-plus-Convention-plus-Procol concert..
(3)
HOW ARE THESE
SECOND-WAVE
TICKETS DIFFERENT FROM THE (SOLD-OUT)
FIRST WAVE?
People who got first-wave tickets will be seated at tables in front
of the stage (see diagram below); they’ll eat there, and they can remain at
their tables for the evening’s music (The Palers’ Band briefly, then the
Procol Harum concert (‘unusual’ material, as promised in
Gary Brooker's
YouTube promo speech introducing 'Beyond the Deep')).
People who buy the second-wave tickets – on sale from 10:00 London time on
7 March – will find their tables are on a raised area of ‘Under the
Bridge’ a couple of steps higher than the first-wave people, but not
directly adjoining the stage (see diagram above). Stewards will guide you to
the proper zone, when they read your ticket. Second-wave people
will eat at their tables in the raised area, but – following the meal –
their tables will be removed.
That’s the key difference ... the raised area tables can't stay put for the whole evening. It's not a big deal.
(4)
So these second-wave people can either stand for the evening’s music,
or find a bar stool (of which there are good numbers, facing the stage,
behind -- and in front of -- a rail … see illustration above). The raised
area also offers seating-booths (also shewn in our illustration), though the view from those
won’t be so good unless you stand on the banquettes. But in any case, it’s
an excellent club, purpose-built for viewing bands … you won’t have much
difficulty finding a great spot.
Please note that
the venue is largely symmetrical, so the seating-booths, stools etc
indicated in the diagram above are more-or-less similarly available on the
other side of the room.
(5)
To summarise:
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the first-wave people got the permanent tables a week ago, and there won’t be any more of those available
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The Saturday 7 March 'second-wave' tickets will seat you at a table on the Raised Area for the afternoon Convention events, and for the meal, but the evening’s music cannot start until staff have cleared those tables away.
(6)
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Here’s the link for second-wave tickets, which are
marked 'Raised Area': |
(7)
We do expect these second-wave tickets to sell pretty swiftly, so
please don’t delay if you want to be part of this fabtastic ‘Beyond the
Deep’ convention.
Booking links: 4 July outdoors at Hampton Pool • 5 July indoors at Stamford Bridge
Past Procol conventions with live music, catering, merchandise, the works:
September 2000 (Guildford, UK) |
May 2001 (Kristiansand, Norway) |
June 2001 (Manchester, UK) |
July 2003 (Hollywood, USA)
August 2006 (Lejre, Denmark) |
July 2007 (Smith Square, London) |
April 2013 (Wuppertal, Germany) |
July 2014 (Westbury, Long Island,
USA) |
May 2016 (Zoetermeer, Netherlands)