Carolina Theatre
A performing-arts centre in Durham, North Carolina. This page collects the address, the access and the capacity figures an organizer needs before a site visit.
- From RDU
- 17 km (11 mi)
- Raleigh–Durham International Airport
- From the centre
- 0.5 km (0.3 mi)
- of Durham
Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.
The building
It stands at 309 West Morgan Street, 27701, right in the centre of Durham.
Neither a capacity nor a floor area is published for Carolina Theatre in any open source, so the numbers on this page describe where it is and what it is, not how many it holds. The venue will quote you directly.
- Address
- 309 West Morgan Street, Durham, NC 27701
- Official site
- www.carolinatheatre.org
- Coordinates
- 35.9981, -78.9017
- Classified as
- performing-arts centre
Access and arrival
Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU) is 17 km (11 mi) out, a standard transfer of twenty to forty minutes outside rush hour.
Being 0.5 km (0.3 mi) from the middle of Durham means attendees can walk from their hotel, which removes the single most complained-about line in most event budgets.
Durham has 25 venues mapped in total and a population of 301,870. The Durham guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
The kind of event it takes
A fixed-seat house suits a single-track programme: keynotes, panels, award ceremonies and film. It does not suit a trade floor, banqueting or anything that needs the seats to move, so pair it with a nearby function room if you need both.
- award ceremonies
Fixed seating, sightlines and a lighting rig are the hard parts, and they are already here.
- product launches
A single-track room with a real stage is the right shape for a launch.
- multi-track conferences
Works as a plenary house with breakouts booked elsewhere in the city.
The app bill, at this size
Suppose 240 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a Carolina Theatre event a plausible programme at a venue of this kind in Durham. Here is exactly what event67 charges, with the free 50 taken off the top.
- 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 room, so this figure does not change if you move the event down the road. event67 has no floor-plan or booking product — the venue handles the space, the app handles the people in it.
Other rooms in Durham
4 other venues in Durham have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- Durham Performing Arts Center2,712 seats
- Baldwin Auditorium685 seats
- Durham Athletic Parkstadium
- Shared Visions Retreat Centerconference centre
Where these numbers come from
event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.
- Wikidata, CC0
- OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
- Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved 3 September 2026. 6 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: street address, postal code, official website, encyclopaedia entry, nearest airport with distance, photograph on Wikimedia Commons.
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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
What is the capacity of Carolina Theatre?
Not published. Neither a seated capacity nor a floor area for Carolina Theatre appears in any of the open sources behind this page, so quoting one would be a guess. The venue will give you the figure; ask for seated, theatre and reception separately.
Where is Carolina Theatre?
309 West Morgan Street, Durham, NC 27701. It is 0.5 km (0.3 mi) from the centre of Durham. The nearest major airport is Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU), about 17 km (11 mi) away.
What does an event app cost for an event at Carolina Theatre?
240 activated attendees means 190 billable after the free 50, so $950 for the event. That example is a plausible programme at a venue of this kind in Durham. The rate 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.
Is event67 affiliated with Carolina Theatre?
No. event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data — OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and public census sources — and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.
What else is nearby if Carolina Theatre is booked?
Durham Performing Arts Center (2,712), Baldwin Auditorium (685) and Durham Athletic Park are in the same city and have their own pages here. 25 venues in total are mapped in Durham.
Keep reading
Elsewhere in Durham
- Durham Performing Arts Center
2,712 seats
- Baldwin Auditorium
685 seats
- Durham Athletic Park
stadium
- Shared Visions Retreat Center
conference centre
- Hosting an event in Durham
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