How to Buy an Event Ticket on Cohart

Overview

Buying a ticket on Cohart reserves your spot at an event and gives you a ticket you can show when you arrive — organizers control attendance and sell paid tiers, while you get a confirmed, retrievable record of your purchase instead of relying on messages or emails.

• Who it’s for — attendees and buyers, anyone with a Cohart account who wants to attend an event, whether the ticket is free or paid.
• What it affects — the event page, where your selection appears in the Tickets box and Purchase Summary; your inbox, since the ticket is emailed to your account address; and your account, where the ticket is stored under Manage My Tickets with Download, Show QR, and copy options.
• For paid tickets — it also affects your payment method, since checkout runs through Stripe.
• What you end up with — a completed checkout and a valid ticket, retrievable from your email or from Manage My Tickets at any time.

Before you start

• A Cohart account is optional for public events. Checkout collects your email, and a free ticket is claimed with just an email — an account is created automatically from it. Being signed in simply prefills your email. No account yet? See How to Sign Up.
• Know which event and ticket tier you want, including quantity. Each tier shows its price, how many tickets are left, and its sale period — a tier showing Ended can no longer be purchased, and events showing “This event has ended” no longer sell tickets.
• For paid tickets, have a payment card ready. Checkout is labeled “Secure checkout powered by Stripe” and clicking Pay Now places a real charge for the Order Total shown.
• For free tickets, no card is needed. The order completes with the note “Free order — no payment required”, and the ticket is emailed to your account address.

Steps

1. Sign in to Cohart

Sign in with your email address and password, or use Google or Apple.

2. Open the Events tab

Open the Events page from the top navigation. The Events tab shows available events as cards. Use the search field (placeholder “Search events”) or the Filter categories — All, Exhibition, Art Fair, Gallery Opening, Workshop, Panel Talk, Studio Visit, Museum Show, or Other — to narrow the list.

3. Open an event

Click an event card to open its page. On the event page you will see event details on the left and a Tickets box on the right.

If you are the organizer, you see Invite and Share instead of RSVP buttons (you cannot RSVP to your own event).

4. Choose how many tickets you want

In the Tickets box, each available ticket tier shows a quantity stepper. Click the + and − buttons to set how many tickets you want.

• Price — for example, Free.
• Tickets left — for example, “97 available”.
• Sale period — for example, “Sale period: Jul 1, 2025 - Aug 31, 2026”.

5. Review your Purchase Summary

A Purchase Summary appears showing your selection, the Subtotal, and the Total incl. fees. For a free order, the total is USD 0 and the note reads “Free order — no payment required.”

6. Get your ticket

Click Get 1 ticket (or Get N tickets for larger orders). A Get your ticket dialog opens showing the email your ticket will be sent to. For free orders it reads “Free order — no payment required. We’ll email your ticket to you.” Click Get 1 ticket to confirm.

7. Optionally donate an amount you choose

There is no pay-what-you-want ticket price — the organizer sets each tier’s price. The amount you choose yourself is a donation. Some events enable donations; on those pages, pick a quick amount (USD 5, USD 10, USD 20, USD 50) or type a Custom amount, then click Donate / Donate to the creator.

Donations are a separate order, not tickets — paying one does not reserve a spot or change your attendance. Paid tickets themselves cost the tier price × quantity and are confirmed from the Tickets box with Purchase N tickets.

8. Complete your purchase with Stripe

After confirming your tickets (or a donation), the Complete your purchase dialog opens. It is labeled “Secure checkout powered by Stripe” and shows the Order Total. It displays your email (or asks for it when you are signed out) and a card payment form.

Click Pay Now to finish. The dialog confirms your payment is protected: “Your payment information is encrypted and secure”, with SSL Encrypted and PCI Compliant badges.

9. Find your tickets anytime

After you buy, your tickets are stored under Manage My Tickets. Open it from the event page (the Manage My Tickets button) to see each ticket with Download, Show QR, and Copy to clipboard options, so you can show your ticket when you arrive.

Tips

• You do not need to be signed in for public events. Checkout collects your email and creates the account from it. Sign in first if you want your email prefilled.
• Watch the remaining count. Each tier shows how many tickets remain (for example “97 available”), and the stepper is limited to the number still on sale.
• Tickets are only sold during their Sale period. When the sale ends, the tier shows Ended and can no longer be purchased — that tier’s own window is what gates sales, not the event’s end date.
• Once an event is over, “This event has ended” appears where the RSVP buttons were.
• Free tickets require no payment card — the order completes without any charge.
• Paid events run through Stripe. You will need a card to complete a paid order.
• Going/Maybe RSVP is separate from tickets. Buying a ticket also records your attendance; RSVP alone does not buy a ticket.

Troubleshooting

• Sent to the login page when buying → that happens when the flow needs an account (for example an invite-only or private event) → sign in or sign up, then return to the event.
• Tier shows Ended → its Sale period is over → tickets for that tier can no longer be purchased.
• Event shows “This event has ended” with no ticket buttons → the event is over → tickets are no longer sold for it.
• Paid checkout cannot complete → payment runs through Stripe and needs a card → use a card in the payment form and click Pay Now.