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Event Ticketing Solution for Festivals

Use our event booking system to create great features to support multi-day or stand alone festivals.

Event Ticketing Solution for Festivals
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Trusted to run the best food, comedy, writing and arts festivals

Trusted to run the best food, comedy, writing and arts festivals

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See why festivals choose TryBooking

Take payments easier than ever

Take payments in person simply using your own phone. Whether you're selling last minute tickets, merchandise or food and drinks, use the TryBooking Box Office App to easily take payment anywhere without the excess hardware. Available now on Android and iOS.

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Affordable pricing

TryBooking offers simple, low pricing with no hidden fees or tiered features. Enjoy unlimited tickets and focus on your community event.

All free events are free. Meaning you won’t have to pay a cent to use our platform for your free events. Just another way we support you and your community.

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DID WE MENTION FREE FOR FREE EVENTS?

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A local support team you can reach

All our customers have access to ongoing support via email, phone, and live chat. Trybooking is designed to be easy to use on your own, but our success specialists are just a call away.

We’re here to help you sell more tickets and have a successful event.

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Powerful Features Perfect For Your Festivals

Manage entry with Scanning App

Manage entry with Scanning App

Speed up entry to your festival with our great mobile scanning app which scans QR codes on tickets as well as manual check-ins via your door lists - at no additional cost!

Collect information

Collect information

Use custom forms to take information that is important to your festival, while taking payment, decreasing your administration. Collect all forms of information from date of birth, where they heard about your event to even taking dietary requirements.

Custom event page branding

Custom event page branding

Custom brand your pages and confirmations with your logos and sponsors. Use our standard ticket format or adjust. Create interactive seating plans or detailed registration forms to suit your needs.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What makes Trybooking festivals ticketing different from other platforms?

TryBooking is community orientated ticketing platform that does more than just ticketing. You can use our system to do multiple functions, from registrations, merchandise, taking donations to box office ticketing.

Whether you are looking to create a tabled seated dinners or normal seated events we have you covered.

Additionally we offer great local customer support for free to take care of any issues you may have when creating and running your event.

TryBooking's focus on community and people is what makes us standout from other platforms. We care about you and your event, no matter how big or small. We are here for you!

Can I sell merchandise at my festival event with TryBooking?

Yes, you can create a ticket group to sell your merchandise with TryBooking. You can sell this merchandise online or offline, while tracking your sales through your TryBooking accounts reports.

What ticketing service fees does TryBooking charge?

Should you be taking payment through your TryBooking event, the transaction will be subjected to a processing fee and a ticket fee. These fees vary per region associated with your TryBooking account. Below details these fees per region.

Australia:

For bookings or donations made on events:

  • 50c ticket fee (charged to the ticket buyer) or a 15c ticket fee if the ticket price is $5.00 or less.
  • 2.5% processing fee (charged to the event organiser by default or passed on to the ticket buyer by selection)

For donations made on fundraising pages:

  • 2.5% donation fee (charged to the fundraiser by default)

What can a festival ticketing system help with?

On TryBooking we make it easy for you to start selling tickets to your charity event. We provide a quick and easy ticketing process for your customers looking to purchase tickets to your event.

Utilise features that allow you to sell more tickets to your event by using our box office for in-person sales, take donations directly for your event, collect data from your ticket buyer before the event

Measure your sales effectively with our reporting and referral tracking to measure your promotion through your event.

Does TryBooking support festival events?

Yes, we provide festivals an array of options to sell and manage their event through TryBooking. Utilise our box office system for at the gate sales and our mobile scanning app to scan festival goers as they enter the festival - while as the event manager you will be able to see the real-time sales and entries to your event.

Can I customise my own event page?

Yes, you can have full customisation of your own event page. We also provide a widget to allow you to place your event page onto your site.

We offer multiple customisable options for your buttons, tickets, event page, session display and everything during the booking process.

Can I add this event to my own website?

Yes, TryBooking provides you the ability to place your event page on to your website. Through the use of our widget you can embed your page. 

Is TryBooking secure?

TryBooking is very respectful of the privacy of all users on its site and PCI compliant. View our certificate of compliance. All pages are HTTPS secure, ensuring an encrypted website connection when navigating across the site. Any personal information that may be used by the TryBooking Site in order to carry out its necessary functions is stored on a secured server protected by firewalls and is hosted in Australia. The data itself is also encrypted to further reduce any risk that your information will be obtained and used by unauthorised access. We do not store your full credit card number, only the last four digits are kept and this is to show you which card you have used to make the booking. Given the increasing sophistication of computer hackers, there are no absolute guarantees that our systems will never be accessed without our consent, or that our systems are impenetrable. However, you can rest assured that we take all reasonable measures to ensure the security of your personal information and the bookings you have made.

Can I use TryBooking to sell tickets to private events?

Absolutely! You can make your event private and turn off all social media sharing via the Event Publication. It is at your discretion to share your unique booking URL publicly or privately.