Bookings and Prices
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How to make a booking with our new internet booking system
Booking Fee
Some tricks and traps in making a booking
Wheelchair Access
Important notes regarding our new floor plan and seat numbering
Bookings for Groups
Admission without a booking
Prices
Enquiries about bookings
How to make a booking
Bookings for
all
events (including Jazz Singers Jam Nights) can
be made via our internet booking system. The system provides for on-line
payment with your credit card via a secure link to our bank.
For first-time users of
our internet bookings, here are some tips. See also
Tricks and Traps
below:-
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Book early to secure your seats
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When you first go to our booking system, you'll see "SIGN IN" at the top right
of the screen. It's best to sign in before you do anything else. If you
proceed with a booking before signing in, the system will stop you a few steps
later and demand that you sign in anyway.
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If you haven't signed in before and don't have a password, on the LOGIN side of
the page, enter
your email address and click "Returning customer, but no password yet?".
Chances are we have your email address in the system and it will then send you
an email with a link to a page where you can set up a password.
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If we don't have your email address,
you'll
need to CREATE NEW ACCOUNT on the right-hand side of the page. BUT...
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If you are sure we have your email address, or if you are a Club Member, it's
best not to create a new account. Contact us and we'll sort it out.
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If are a Club Member, the system will allow you to buy tickets
at
member's admission prices. Please be aware, however, that members prices apply
only to members, so you will have to pay the non-member price for any
non-members who accompany you. Every member will still be required to show a
current membership card on entry to the Club.
People who do not have internet access are encouraged to have friends make
bookings for them. Alternatively, they can phone us and we will make the
internet bookings
for them. However, the process is rather cumbersome, and isn' the same as being
able to choose your own seat from the floor plan
Here's a view of the new floor plan which you will see when making a booking
on-line.
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Booking Fee
There is a fee for making a booking. Our booking system is not really ours but
a proprietary product that we pay to use. So we charge a fee for each booking,
whether on-line or over the phone or counter, to help
cover our costs.
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Some tricks and traps in making a booking
Here are some things about our booking system that given rise to
disappointment. If you think there are more, please tell us,
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In the system, there is a nifty little feature where you can click on YOUR VIEW
and see photos of the type of seat you have chosen and the view from that seat
to the stage. This isn't working properly yet, so don't rely on the photos.
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Booking is by seat only. If you book 2 seats at, say, a 4-seat table, you can
expect to be sharing the table with 2 other people.
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Seats available for booking will show as yellow dots. Seats not available will
show as white circles. If you find that a you can't book a yellow dot, that's
usually because you have been beaten to it. That is, some other eager jazz fan
has clicked on it in the past few minutes but has not yet finalised the
booking. If you try again, say, 10 minutes later, you'll probably find it's
been turned into a white circle.
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You will be expected to sit in the seat you have booked. Sounds obvious,
doesn't it, but what we mean is that you can't just sit at any seat at the
table. So please note which seats are yours before you close the floor plan.
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WARNING: Most of our seats are simply chairs placed at tables, but others are
in lounges
and some on "ottoman foot stools". So, unless you are familiar with the layout
of the Club, we suggest you don't book seats in row 6 (tables 61-65) to avoid
disappointment. Similarly, we recommend that you always choose your seats from
the plan; don't click BEST AVAILABLE or you might be disappointed with what the
system chooses for you.
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Generally, seats outside on the deck cannot be booked on-line. The marquee area
will be held for group bookings (see
Groups and Functions
) and outside the marquee, well, we simply cannot guarantee fine weather.
However,
if, a few days before an event, all inside seats are booked, we may open the
outside seating to on-line booking. So, if you do have the option of booking
outside seats, please be aware that:-
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You will have no view of the band (but you will have a postcard view of the
Brisbane River and the city by night)
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You will not be able to hear the band as well as if you were inside. For a big
band, that may not matter, but for a quieter group, such as a cool jazz trio,
don't expect to hear the finer points of the performance (or sometimes any of
it at all!)
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Don't expect to come inside and just stand while the band is playing, There may
not be space for that. So if you book outside, expect to sit outside.
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Wheelchair Access. Booking for a Wheelchair
If wheelchair space is required, we will make the necessary arrangements, but
it is advisable to book early while there is still space for us to do so.
Please phone us (07 3391 2006) to make your booking.
You'll also need to give us some notice so we can arrange wheelchair access to
the Club building
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Important notes regarding our new floor plan and seat numbering
1. Table numbering will change on 3 April, so those of you who have a
favourite table will need to note the new number.
Each row is numbered and each table numbered within its row. The first table in
row 1 is table 11, the third table in row 5 is table 53 - like room numbers in
some hotels.
2. The floor plan you see when making a booking will always show tables on
the dance floor (rows 3 and 4). However, you will also note that, depending on
the event, some or all of these tables will not be available for booking. That
is because, on the night, those tables will be removed from the floor.
The best example of this is a big band night or any night that is labled
"Dancing", when
the dance floor will be cleared of tables (and chairs).
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Bookings for Groups
You can book for a group of up to 12 people inside the Club. A word of warning,
though. Many of our patrons are serious jazz buffs and come to the Club to
listen -and listen intently - to the music. So, if your group wants to chat -
as groups of old friends are wont to do - it might be better that you book
tables outside, where you can still hear the music but your talk won't conflict
with the performance. See our
Groups and Functions
page for how to book outside.
If you are planning on bringing a group of 13 or more, you will be allocated
seats outside on the deck. See our
Groups and Functions
page for more details.
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Admission without a booking (Walk-Ins)
You
can come along without booking, but if you do choose not to book, it's best to
turn up early because sometimes there will be standing room only.
If all standing room inside the Club is taken there may be space available on
the deck. However, the sound and view of the band is not as good as inside the
building.
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Prices
Prices for "ordinary" Club nights are:
Members: $15,
Non-Members: $20,
Concessions: $17.
(But no performance at the BJC is ordinary!)
Prices may be higher for special performances (e.g "big name" bands) or special
events (e.g. New Years Eve, Melbourne Cup). Prices are always included with
other details for each event on the
monthly program
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Enquiries
Please email any enquiries about bookings to
info@brisbanejazzclub.com.au
, or you you can phone our office (07 3391 2006) and leave a message
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