Tickets for BOOtanics spooky spectacular in Inverness 'sold out' in one hour – after an extra thousand free tickets released by High Life Highland at 10am this morning – organisers said people can still visit this weekend for free
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Tickets to the Bootanics spooky spectacular sold out in less than an hour earlier today.
But organisers, High Life Highland say people can still visit the Botanic Gardens in Inverness during the day on Saturday and Sunday for free.
They also asked that anyone on a waiting list for tickets, but managed to get tickets to the event, to let them know.
The Bootanics event, has proved hugely popular for High Life Highland with more than 5000 people signing up to visit the event.
Earlier today, organisers said that due to popular demand and great public feedback, the first Halloween event to be held in the city since 2019 was being extended, adding an extra spooky evening to the previously released four nights.
Tickets for the fifth night on Sunday were released to the public at 10am this morning - but were sold out within the hour.
Night at BOOtanics is financially supported by the Inverness Common Good Fund, delivered on behalf of the Inverness Events and Festivals Working Group, by High Life Highland.
Highland Councillor Ian Brown, chairman of the city’s events and festivals working group said: “We have been absolutely delighted by the response to our ‘Night @ the BOOtanics’ illumination trails at the city’s Botanic Gardens and the feedback we have received from our visitors has been really fantastic.
“It is really great to have seen our local communities get behind this Halloween experience and it is even better that we have managed to work with our partners to add a further ‘night’ onto the four previously advertised.
“The high uptake in ticket bookings and our feedback, clearly demonstrates that families are ready to participate in community events, and that they trust the systems in place at the illuminations trail are going to keep them as safe as possible. It is amazing to see so many families get involved.”
Amy Macleod, High Life Highland’s events development manager commented: “Coming out of a long period where the public had no free-to-attend events like the BOOtanics trails, we knew the take-up rate was likely to be high.
"This is the reason that every effort was put in to allocating as many spaces as we could make available, whilst offering as Covid-safe a location possible that was in full compliance with
Scottish Government guidelines. It is great that we can now accommodate many more families with the additional sessions on Halloween night.
“We have a number of families that are currently on the ‘waiting list’ for their chosen sessions – and we want to reassure those families that they will not lose their existing stand-by place.
"We would however ask anyone with an existing booking that gets a new slot to please cancel their previous slot and free it up for others families to visit."
