NYC Free: Saturday Night Live Ticket Lottery

POSTED BY
Evelyn Kanter

The hottest ticket in town may be to Saturday Night Live and the only way to get them to request them during August, to attend a live taping during the new season starting in September.

This posting is from 2017

Click here for 2018 information

SNL had its best ratings in years for the 2016-2017 season, and has received a bumper crop of Emmy nominations, thanks to poking fun at the people and events making daily news headlines.

SNL is expected to repeat its popularity and success for the 2017-2018 season, and FREE tickets to the tapings are a hot commodity.

If you want to be in the audience for a Saturday Night Live show between September 2017 and June 2018, here’s how to get your name on the list, to be entered in a lottery for tickets:

including Late Show with Stephen Colbert & Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

The only way to request tickets to Saturday Night Live is via email.

Send an email to snltickets@nbcuni.com during the month of August only.

Include all your contact information.
Do not request a specific date.
One email per household is allowed.
Winners receive two tickets for a specific show date and performance (dress rehearsal or live show).
You will hear back only if you have won the lottery and scored tickets.

Standby and rehearsal tickets:

You’ll likely have better luck getting a standby or rehearsal ticket.
You can choose between the 8pm dress rehearsal and the 11:30pm live taping, though you are not guaranteed admission.
Tickets are distributed the morning of the show at 7:30am on the 49th Street side of 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
As with standby tickets for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, also taped at the NBC studios at 30 Rock, the line typically forms well before 7:30am, it is one ticket per person
If you leave the line for any reason you will not be permitted back into the place you left, even if a companion remains in place, so go to the bathroom before you get on line.

SNL Taping schedule:

On Saturdays, arrive no later than 7:15pm for the 8pm dress rehearsal and 10:45pm for the 11:30pm live show.
Tapings are at NBC Studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.

Note that there is no information about tickets on the Saturday Night Live website.

Even with a ticket, you could be turned away if you appear to be “under the influence”, or if you are dressed in a manner not suitable for national TV.

Good luck, and we hope you score tickets!

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