August. This is it. This is the time. The only time all year. Virtually every New Yorker and every visitor would love to go see Saturday Night Live. I’ve seen Letterman live, but never SNL.
Well, I just learned from Gothamist that the ticket lottery for the 41st season of SNL is going on now through September 1st.
Here is the link for NBC on how to get tickets to live shows (in addition to Saturday Night Live, the following shows are included: America’s Got Talent, American Ninja Warrior, Food Fighters, Late Night with Seth Meyers, NBC Studio Tour New York, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Voice, The Carmichael Show and Mr. Robinson).
Here is the information for how to enter the lottery for SNL tickets:
To enter the Saturday Night Live ticket lottery for the upcoming 2015-2016 season send an email in the month of August only to snltickets@nbcuni.com. Please include all contact information and do not request a specific date. If you are selected, you will receive two tickets to a random show date and time. You may only send one email per household and all audience members must be at least 16 years of age. Please note that entering the lottery does not guarantee tickets, and you will only be notified in the event that you are chosen.
Stand-by tickets are distributed at 7am on the 48th st. side of 30 Rockefeller Plaza on the mornings of the show. You may choose a stand-by ticket for either the 8pm dress rehearsal or the 11:30pm live broadcast. Aside from minimal, necessary breaks, all stand-by line members must remain in line at all times. Stand-by tickets are limited to one per person and are issued on a first-come, first-served basis. Every member of the line is required to present a valid photo ID when the ticket is issued, as well as at the return time. Please note that all tickets are non-transferrable and non-exchangeable. NBC staff reserves the right to revoke or not issue any ticket to anyone in line if proper procedures are not followed. Please arrive no later than 7:15pm for the dress rehearsal or 10:45pm for the live show. A stand-by ticket does not guarantee admission and no one under the age of 16 will be admitted.
Good luck. And, please, if you win, TAKE ME!
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Tried last year, no response from SNL. Will try again. Heard that if you are chosen, you better be able to fly to NY quickly especially if they give you a slot for that weekend. I also went to Letterman but LONG ago, for his 8th anniversary special in Universal City, CA. Was a blast.
thanks! I’m in!