Tabernacle Choir’s Philippines tour concert ticket registration

Update: Registration closed at Wednesday, Jan. 17, at about 1 p.m. Philippine time (Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 10 p.m. Mountain time) as they’d received the utmost variety of registrations.

Registration for tickets to The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square’s live shows in Manila, Philippines, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 27-28, opens Wednesday, Jan. 17, at 9 a.m. Philippine time (Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 6 p.m. Mountain time).

Both live shows might be on the SM Mall of Asia Arena, which might seat as much as 20,000 people, and tickets are free. Both live shows are at 8 p.m. and ticketholders must be of their seats by 7:30 p.m.

The concert on Wednesday, Feb. 28, might be livestreamed, based on the Church’s Philippines Facebook page.

Each person can register for up to a few tickets and youngsters don’t have to register. All ages are allowed in the world, based on the instructions on the Tabernacle Choir Philippine Tour Facebook page.

The Tabernacle Choir Philippine Tour Facebook page shared step-by-step instructions on registering for tickets. The registration website is at tabchoirmktg.powerappsportals.com/PhilippinesTBCTickets.

After registration, an email might be sent confirming an individual’s registration. After a review of the registrations, a second email might be sent later with ticket information and a novel redemption code. The email with ticket information and redemption code, and identification might be needed to say the tickets in February prior to the concert.

“We are so excited. We invite all of you to hitch us,” said Elder Steven R. Bangerter, General Authority Seventy and the Church’s Philippines Area president. 

A “Member Guide” about getting tickets and in addition gathering for the Feb. 28 livestream was sent earlier this month to to Church leaders within the Philippines, reported the Church’s Philippines Newsroom.

“This guide comprises detailed information on various points of the choir’s tour, including ticket acquisition, participation in social media campaigns, organizing watch parties and opportunities for missionary outreach,” the Philippines Area presidency said of their letter dated Jan. 7.

‘Hope’ tour 2024 within the Philippines

This is the second stop on the choir and orchestra’s multiyear world tour of “Hope” and their first visit to the Philippines. The tour stop to the Philippines was announced on Oct. 13.

Broadway singer and actress Lea Salonga, who’s from the Philippines, might be the featured guest artist on the concert. Salonga previously performed with the choir and orchestra throughout the 2022 Christmas concert: “Season of Light: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square,” including “Payapang Daigdid” — a Filipino song that translates to “Peaceful World” and could be considered a counterpart to “Silent Night.” 

The first stop on the “Hope” tour was in Mexico City in June 2023. There, local radio host Mariano Osorio and guest artist singers Adassa, who voiced Dolores in Disney’s “Encanto,” and Alex Melecio and shared messages and songs of hope throughout the performances within the nearly 10,000-seat National Cathedral in Mexico City. Both Adassa and Melecio sang and spoke in Spanish, and the choir also sang several songs in Spanish, including an encore of “Cielito Lindo,” to which many within the audience sang along.

One of the live shows was livestreamed on YouTube and lots of gathered in meetinghouses of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the country to look at it. It was available for on-demand viewing for a limited time after the concert.

The tour to the Philippines might be Feb. 20-29 and have Salonga and the choir and orchestra performing a repertoire that reflects the musicality of the country. The live shows might be under the direction of music director Mack Wilberg and associate music director Ryan Murphy. 

The Church has greater than 800,000 members in nearly 1,300 congregations within the country.

Editor’s note: This was published on Jan. 16, at 4:15 p.m. and was updated on Jan. 17.