How to get free concert tickets through the Columbus library

Mark Feuerborn
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A partnership between the Columbus Metropolitan Library and ProMusica has allowed the former to offer concert tickets to its branch visitors.

The ProMusica Chamber Orchestra has joined a repertoire of performance groups, venues and museums in the library’s Culture Pass program. The passes allow anyone with a library card to get a one-time pass with limited free access to a respective institution or event. In 2023, the offerings also included summer showings of movies like “Citizen Kane,” “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “Psycho” at the Ohio Theatre.

ProMusica performs contemporary music featuring violin, oboe, flute and harpsichord. The group’s upcoming programs include “Neighborhood Series: Bach and Friends” on Feb. 24 and 25. Below are the additional organizations with offerings through the library’s Culture Pass program, and which branches will redeem them:

  • BalletMet: Passes available at all 23 CML locations

  • CAPA: Passes available at all 23 CML locations

  • Columbus Children’s Theatre: Passes available at CML’s Main Library and Linden, Martin Luther King, Parsons and Shepard branches

  • Columbus Clippers: Passes available at all 23 CML locations

  • Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus: Passes available at CML’s Main Library and Linden, Martin Luther King, Parsons and Shepard branches

  • Columbus Museum of Art: Passes available at all 23 CML locations

  • Columbus Symphony: Passes available at all 23 CML locations

  • Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Passes available at CML’s Main Library and Barnett, Driving Park, Franklinton, Hilltop, Karl Road, Linden, Marion-Franklin, Martin Luther King, Northern Lights, Northside, Parsons, Shepard and Whitehall branches

  • Franklin Park Conservatory: Passes available at CML’s Driving Park, Martin Luther King and Shepard branches

  • National Veterans Memorial and Museum: Passes available at CML’s Main Library and Barnett, Franklinton, Martin Luther King and Parsons branches

  • Ohio History Center: Passes available at CML’s Driving Park, Franklinton, Hilltop, Karl Road, Linden, Martin Luther King, Northern Lights and Northside branches

  • Pizzuti Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art: Passes available at all 23 CML locations

  • ProMusica: Passes available at all 23 CML locations

Since launching the program in 2018, the Columbus Metropolitan Library has required cardholders to redeem the passes in person at one of its branches. While anyone can check the availability of Culture Pass offerings on the CML website, they can’t reserve the tickets online like with books.

ProMusica’s performances are scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday at Worthington United Methodist Church, and 4 p.m. Sunday at Saint Mary Catholic Church.

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