Waukesha venues and what they hold
Waukesha, Wisconsin has 12 mapped venues in this dataset. Here is the shape of them, who they suit, and what an event67 rollout costs once you have picked one.
The rooms you can book in Waukesha
Waukesha has a recorded population of 71,461 (2024), inside the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI area of about 1.6 million people.
The mapped inventory is 1 dedicated conference and function space, 2 theatres and concert halls and 9 independent event spaces.
That is roughly 17 venues per hundred thousand residents, which is a dense field for a city this size — you will usually have a second choice at the same capacity.
By type that is 9 event spaces, 2 theatres and 1 conference centre.
Conference and function space (1)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Conference Center | conference centre | not published | 37 km (23 mi) |
Theatres and concert halls (2)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Valley Music Theatre | theatre | not published | 35 km (21 mi) |
| Gobbler Theater | theatre | not published | 45 km (28 mi) |
Independent event spaces (9)
| Venue | Type | Stated capacity | From the centre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmyra Boy Scout Cabin | event space | not published | 32 km (20 mi) |
| The Venue | event space | not published | 28 km (17 mi) |
| Greene House | event space | not published | 37 km (23 mi) |
| Mercantile Hall | event space | not published | 37 km (23 mi) |
| Sussex Civic Center | event space | not published | 14 km (8.5 mi) |
| The Social Affair | event space | not published | 29 km (18 mi) |
| Ray Seidel Community Building | event space | not published | 28 km (18 mi) |
| The Barn | event space | not published | 23 km (14 mi) |
| Well House 1900 | event space | not published | 15 km (9.3 mi) |
Every venue mapped in Waukesha appears above. The ones with enough published detail to be worth reading have their own guide and are linked; the rest are named here, which is honest about what the record holds without giving each of them a page made of three facts.
Flights, time and distance
Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) is 28 km (17 mi) out — a normal airport transfer, worth an hour in the run of show on the first morning.
Local time is Chicago time (America/Chicago) — set every session time in the app to that zone and let attendees' phones do the conversion.
Brookfield, West Allis and Milwaukee are close enough to draw from for a day rate, and to fall back on if Waukesha has nothing free on your dates.
- Nearest major airport
- MKE
- Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, 28 km (17 mi)
- Local time
- UTC−5
- America/Chicago, in September
- City population, 2024
- 71,461
- 1.6 million across the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI area
Things that catch organizers out here
No exhibition hall on record
Nothing in the Waukesha dataset is classified as a convention or exhibition centre, so a trade floor needs either an arena floor, a fairground, or a nearby city. Check the arena listings above before you promise exhibitors a booth plan.
No published capacities
Not one Waukesha venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page. Every room on the list will quote you a number directly, but you cannot compare them before you call, so build a fortnight of venue calls into the plan.
The city is smaller than the market
71,461 people live in Waukesha itself, but about 1.6 million live in the wider Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI. Your local audience is far bigger than the city line suggests, and so is the commute your day-rate attendees will make.
The bill for a Waukesha programme
Take 240 people through the door in Waukesha — a mid-sized Waukesha programme, since no Waukesha venue publishes a capacity in open data. The first 50 activated attendees are free on every event, so only the rest are billed, and the total stops moving at 1,000 however many more turn up.
- activated attendees
- 240activated attendees
- billable, after the first 50 are free
- 190billable, after the first 50 are free
- for the whole event, at $5 each
- $950for the whole event, at $5 each
You are billed for people, not for the venue, so the room you choose in Waukesha does not change this figure. Nothing is charged for an attendee who registers and never opens the app.
What sort of event fits here
No capacity is published for any Waukesha venue, so match the format to the room on your site visit rather than to a number on a listing.
- award ceremonies
2 fixed-seat houses give you a stage, lighting and sightlines without building any of it.
- training days and workshops
1 purpose-built function space is the easiest kind of room to run a workshop in — the power and the load-in already assume it.
- leadership retreats
Smaller rooms suit a retreat better than a hall does, and Waukesha has them.
Where this data comes from
- GeoNames, CC BY 4.0
- US Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 estimates
- Wikidata, CC0
- Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- US population figures are US Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
- Retrieved 3 September 2026. event67 has no commercial relationship with any venue listed.
Last updated
What it costs
- Free up to 50
- activated attendees, on one live event
- $5
- per activated attendee beyond 50
- $4,750
- the most one event can ever cost, whatever happens past 1,000
Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
Questions people actually ask
How much is event67 for a 240-attendee Waukesha conference?
240 activated attendees means 190 billable after the free 50, so $950 for the event. The price is $5 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at $4,750 however many more attend. Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
How big an event can Waukesha hold?
No Waukesha venue publishes a capacity in the open sources behind this page, so there is no honest number to quote. 12 venues are mapped here and each will quote a capacity directly. Ask for the seated, theatre and reception figures separately — they differ by a factor of two or more in the same room.
Can you run a trade show in Waukesha?
Nothing in the Waukesha dataset is classified as a convention or exhibition centre. A trade floor here means an arena floor, a fairground or a venue in a nearby city such as Brookfield. For a conference without an exhibition, the 12 venues on this page are the field.
Which airport do attendees fly into for Waukesha?
Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE), about 28 km (17 mi) from the city. It is the highest-traffic airport within reach in this dataset. Local time is America/Chicago; publish every session in that zone and let attendees' phones convert it.
Is there a free tier for a small Waukesha event?
One live event with up to 50 activated attendees costs nothing. Beyond that it is $5 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at $4,750 however many more attend. Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
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