BBC Proms 2023 at Royal Albert Hall: Full info including when it starts and ends and last-minute tickets

The Royal Albert Hall will showcase some of classical music’s biggest names as part of BBC Proms 2023 this summer. The venue is set to host more than 70 shows as part of the music festival.

Classical pianist Sir Stephen Hough as well as Manchester-based symphony orchestra The Hallé are just a few of the celebrated acts set to perform across the festival. Beethoven and Mozart’s timeless symphonies will also be performed, while the Horrible Histories’ Orrible Opera will take audiences on a musical journey back in time.

The Royal Albert Hall has been a longtime host of the Proms festivities, having first welcomed the event in 1941. 2023 will mark 82 years of the venue being at the heart of the music event.

This year’s event will feature a total of 71 events at the Royal Albert Hall. There will also be several Proms concerts held across the country as part of the festivities in the capital too.

We break down everything classical music fans need to know about this year’s event.

When does BBC Proms 2023 start and finish?

The first night of BBC’s 2023 Proms is tonight, July 14. The classical music event will take over the Royal Albert Hall for over 70 events this summer. The last night of the BBC Proms 2023 is September 9.

Full BBC Proms 2023 Royal Albert Hall schedule 

• July 14 - Prom 1: First Night of the Proms
• July 15 - Prom 2: Northern Soul
• July 16 - Prom 3: Benjamin Grosvenor piano recital
• July 16 - Prom 4: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons
• July 17 - Prom 5: Bruch’s First Violin Concerto
• July 18 - Prom 6: Sir Stephen Hough plays Rachmaninov
• July 19 - Prom 7: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
• July 20 - Prom 8: Impressions of Spain
• July 21 - Prom 9: Mariza sings Fado
• July 22 - Prom 10: Horrible Histories: ’Orrible Opera
• July 22 - Prom 11: Horrible Histories: ’Orrible Opera
• July 23 - Prom 12: Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony
• July 24 - Prom 13: Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony
• July 25 - Prom 14: Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations
• July 25 - Prom 15: Late Night: Moon and Stars
• July 26 - Prom 16: The Hallé performs Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony
• July 27 - Prom 17: Orff’s Carmina burana
• July 28 - Prom 18: Lata Mangeshkar: Bollywood Legend
• July 29 - Prom 19: Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’
• July 30 - Prom 20: Daniil Trifonov plays Mason Bates
• July 31 - Prom 21: Adams, Copland and Skye
• August 1 - Prom 22: Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Prokofiev
• August 1 - Prom 23: NYO Jazz (USA) with Dee Dee Bridgewater
• August 2 - Prom 24: Felix Klieser plays Mozart
• August 3 - Prom 25: Relaxed Prom
• August 3 - Prom 26: Sibelius’s First Symphony
• August 4 - Prom 27: Yuja Wang plays Rachmaninov
• August 5 - Prom 28: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
• August 6 - Prom 29: Mozart’s Mass in C minor
• August 6 - Prom 30: Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto
• August 7 - Prom 31: Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites
• August 8 - Prom 32: Holst’s The Planets
• August 9 - Prom 33: Rachmaninov, Mahler-Werfel and Pejačević
• August 9 - Prom 34: Mindful Mix Prom
• August 10 - Prom 35: Mahler’s 10th Symphony
• August 11 - Prom 36: A Space Odyssey
• August 12 - Prom 37: Budapest Festival Orchestra
• August 13 - Prom 38: Audience Choice
• August 13 - Prom 39: Ligeti, Bartók and Beethoven
• August 14 - Prom 40: Martin Helmchen plays Brahms
• August 15 - Prom 41: Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto
• August 16 - Prom 42: Elgar, Chopin and Strauss
• August 17 - Prom 43: György Kurtág’s Endgame
• August 18 - Prom 44: Stravinsky’s The Firebird
• August 19 - Prom 45: Mahler’s Third Symphony
• August 19 - Prom 46: Manchester Collective: Neon
• August 20 - Prom 47: Les Siècles plays Ligeti and Mozart
• August 21 - Prom 48: Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions with Jules Buckley Orchestra and Cory Henry
• August 22 - Prom 49: Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri
• August 23 - Prom 50: Handel’s Samson
• August 24 - Prom 51: Weir, Schumann and Elgar with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
• August 25 - Prom 52: The Boston Symphony Orchestra play Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony
• August 25 - Prom 53: Late Night Bach
• August 26 - Prom 54: Organ Recital with Isabelle Demers
• August 26 - Prom 55: Gershwin’s Piano Concerto
• August 27 - Prom 56: Rattle conducts Mahler’s Ninth
• August 28 - Prom 57: Fantasy, Myths and Legends
• August 29 - Prom 58: Jon Hopkins with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jules Buckley
• August 30 - Prom 59: Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony
• August 31 - Prom 60: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
• September 1 - Prom 61: Chineke! performs Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony
• September 2 - Prom 62: The Rite by Heart
• September 2 - Prom 63: The Rite by Heart
• September 3 - Prom 64: Berlioz’s The Trojans
• September 4 - Prom 65: Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony
• September 5 - Prom 66: Rufus Wainwright – Want Symphonic: Want One
• September 5 - Prom 67: Rufus Wainwright – Want Symphonic: Want Two 
• September 6 - Prom 68: Max Richter: Recomposed
• September 7 - Prom 69: Mozart’s ‘Requiem’
• September 7 - Prom 69a: The BBC Singers and Sofi Jeannin
• September 8 - Prom 70: Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto
• September 9 - Prom 71: Last Night of the Proms 2023

How to get BBC Proms 2023 last-minute tickets for Royal Albert Hall shows

There are still limited tickets for the BBC Proms 2023 Royal Albert Hall shows across the festival’s run. Music fans can get tickets for shows at the venue on the Royal Albert Hall website.

Classical lovers will also be able to get tickets on the day of particular events. The venue reserves a select amount of ‘promming tickets’ that will be available on the day of each event.

As explained on the Royal Albert Hall site, around 1,000 standing passes, as well as limited Choir and Rear Rausing Circle seating, are reserved for on-the-day sales.

These tickets will be available from 10.30am on the day across most of the Prom dates. For Proms 3, 10, 11, 25, 29, 38, 54, 62 and 64, the tickets will be available the day before.