Get free and discounted admission to performances around NYC with our flagship On Sale at the TIC program and more.
On Sale at the TIC
Get discounted tickets to hundreds of off-campus arts events at the city's leading performance spaces including Broadway, Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Ballet, the New York Philharmonic, and more. On Sale at the TIC curates a selection of events available each semester. Tickets go on sale at the start of each semester.
Passport to Performances
Passport to Performances brings Columbia students free tickets to performances from world-class New York City venues, including Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera, and the New York Philharmonic. Tickets are exclusively announced through our email newsletter and won’t be listed on our website, so sign up for our email list to find out when you get these first-come first-served tickets throughout the year.
Tickets are announced shortly before they are available to be picked up in person at the Ticket and Information Center in the lobby of Lerner Hall. Free tickets are limited and first-come first-served. Limit 2 tickets per person, only available to current students with a Columbia ID. No returns or exchanges. Lost tickets cannot be replaced.
ArtsLink Opera
In partnership with the Center for the Core Curriculum and Columbia's Department of Music, ArtsLink Opera connects 1,500 Columbia undergraduate students each year to world-class Metropolitan Opera performances, complementing the Music Humanities curriculum.