F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts
A performing-arts centre in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It seats a stated 1,800. This page collects the address, the access and the capacity figures an organizer needs before a site visit.
- Stated capacity
- 1,800
- people, as published
- From AVP
- 17 km (11 mi)
- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport
- From the centre
- 0.1 km (0.1 mi)
- of Wilkes-Barre
Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.
About this venue
It stands at 71 Public Square, right in the centre of Wilkes-Barre.
The stated 1,800 is ballroom scale: a plenary, a gala dinner, or two tracks with a wall between them.
- Address
- 71 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701
- Official site
- www.kirbycenter.org
- Coordinates
- 41.2447, -75.8819
- Classified as
- performing-arts centre
Travel to F.M. Kirby Center for the
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP) is 17 km (11 mi) out, a standard transfer of twenty to forty minutes outside rush hour.
A central address is worth more than it looks: no shuttle, no parking plan, and evening sessions that people actually stay for.
Wilkes-Barre has 10 venues mapped in total and a population of 44,661. The Wilkes-Barre guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
What fits in this room
Programme this as a theatre, because that is what it is. One track, one stage, an audience facing the same way and 1,800 of them. Catering and breakouts need a second space nearby.
- 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.
A worked example for F.M. Kirby Center for the
Suppose 950 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts event sized to the stated capacity of F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts. Here is exactly what event67 charges, with the free 50 taken off the top.
- activated attendees
- 950activated attendees
- billable, after the first 50 are free
- 900billable, after the first 50 are free
- for the whole event, at $5 each
- $4,500for 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.
If this one is booked
One other venue in Wilkes-Barre has enough published detail for its own guide.
- Benton Area Rodeo Associationevent space
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
- Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved 3 September 2026. 7 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: street address, stated capacity, capacity sizing, official website, encyclopaedia entry, nearest airport with distance, photograph on Wikimedia Commons.
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 many people does F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts hold?
Open data records a stated capacity of 1,800 for F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts. That figure is what the venue or an encyclopaedia entry published, and it is usually the maximum seated number — theatre, banquet and reception layouts in the same room can differ by half. Confirm the layout you want directly with the venue.
Where is F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts?
71 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. It is 0.1 km (0.1 mi) from the centre of Wilkes-Barre. The nearest major airport is Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP), about 17 km (11 mi) away.
What does an event app cost for an event at F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts?
950 activated attendees means 900 billable after the free 50, so $4,500 for the event. That example is sized to the stated capacity of F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts. 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 F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts?
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 F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts is booked?
Benton Area Rodeo Association is in the same city and have their own pages here. 10 venues in total are mapped in Wilkes-Barre.
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