Buying tickets for a show..?

Question

What exactly does this mean?

$20 advance, $25 day of show + applicable surcharges

Does it mean you pay 20 to get the tickets from online places, then get there and pay 25 dollars? And then extra charges for whatever they want to charge you for?

Answer 1

I means that you pay $20 dollars if you buy the tickets before the day of the show.  You pay $25 if you buy the tickets on the day of the show.  Applicable charges are probably sales tax.

Answer 2

$20 in advance ( of the show) means you buy them online/box office or ticket agency--- $25 day of show means that if you wait till the actual day of the show to buy them at the box office then it cost $5 more than If you had bought them Before the day of show--- extra charges are commisson the ticket agency/seller gets it varies but often it's $5- 15 dollars added on to the ticket price