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Event

Art of Ohm: Meditation & Sound Bath with Tracy of Positive Vibes

Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University · 5:00 PM

Event

Embers Tailgate Party at Embers Terrace

Mohegan Pennsylvania - 1280 Highway 315 Wilkes-Barre PA 18702 · 12:00 PM

Sports

Penguins vs. Lehigh Valley Phantoms

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins home games · 6:05 PM

5 more dates through Apr 3
Sports

Heat Sundays

Heat Nightclub - 71 N Main Street Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 · 8:00 PM

Event

Couch, Chair, Mattress Curbside Collection: East End, Parsons and Miners Mills

- Wilkes-Barre PA 18711 · Through Nov 20

Sports

Live Harness Racing -Mondays

Mohegan Pennsylvania - Casino/Harness Track - 1280 PA-315 Wilkes-Barre PA 18702 · 1:00 PM

1 more date through Nov 17
Art & museums

Unfinished Histories: Jann Haworth and the Celebration of Equality

Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University · 10:00 AM

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Art of Ohm: Meditation & Sound Bath with Tracy of Positive Vibes

Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University · 5:00 PM

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Tween Tuesday: Turkey Time Minute-to-Win-It Games

Osterhout Free Library · 6:00 PM

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Video Game Trivia Night at Breaker Brewing Company

Breaker Brewing Company (Wilkes-Barre Twp) · 6:30 PM

1 more date through Dec 1
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Fall Storytime

Osterhout Free Library · 10:30 AM

1 more date through Nov 25
Art & museums

3D Book Sculpture Using Collage

Circle Centre for the Arts - 130 S Franklin Street Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 · 10:30 AM

Event

Adulting 101: Party Like A Pro

Osterhout Free Library · 5:00 PM

Art & museums

Art in Context Lecture- Soft Power: Fiber, Feminism, and the Politics of Making by Heather Sincavage, MFA

Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University · 5:00 PM

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Sit & Stitch at Sordoni Art Gallery

Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University · 5:30 PM

4 more dates through Jan 27
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Trivia Night

Grotto Pizza & The Grand Slam Sports Bar - 3445 Lakeside Dr. Harveys Lake PA 186 · 6:00 PM

Art & museums

Winter Paint Workshop

Benny Brewing Co. - 1429 Sans Souci Parkway Hanover Twp. PA 18706 · 6:00 PM

Event

Breaker BINGO

Breaker Brewing Company (Wilkes-Barre Twp) · 6:30 PM

3 more dates through Dec 9
Sports

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins vs. Milwaukee Admirals

Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza - 255 Highland Park Blvd Wilkes-Barre PA 18702 · 6:35 PM

Event

Connect Spotlight: The Unlikely Entrepreneur

Wilkes-Barre THINK Center · 11:30 AM

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Countdown to Kindergarten

Osterhout Free Library - 71 South Franklin St. Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 · 1:00 PM

Art & museums

Make and Take Bookmarks

Osterhout Free Library · 4:00 PM

Event

Dungeons & Dragons

Abide Coffeehouse - 23 West Market Street Wilkes Barre PA 18701 · 6:00 PM

Event

Invasive Insect Pinning with North Branch Land Trust

North Branch Land Trust Office - 105 Lt Michael Cleary Drive Dallas PA 18612 · 6:00 PM

Art & museums

Nursing Uniform Lecture: From the Civil War to the 1960s

LCHS Museum · 7:00 PM

Comedy

Jeff Dunham: inappropriate Contact

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Music

NEPA Philharmonic: (CANDLE)LIT Film Favorites

The Westmoreland Club · 7:00 PM

Event

Name That Tune

Benny Brewing Company · 7:00 PM

3 more dates through Dec 17
Theater & dance

Titus Andronicus | William Shakespeare's Bloodiest Play

Misericordia University - 301 Lake Street Dallas PA 18612 · 7:30 PM

1 more date through Nov 20
Theater & dance

See Rock City & Other Destinations

Wilkes University Theatre (Dorothy Dickson Darte Center) · Through Nov 22

From $15
Music

Karaoke Thursdays

Heat Nightclub - 71 N Main Street Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 · 8:00 PM

Event

White Lies Night: Fall 2026

The Mines · 9:00 PM

Art & museums

Friday Movie Matinee: Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Osterhout Free Library · 1:00 PM

Music

Chase Who Duo

Benny Brewing Company · 6:00 PM

Music

Paul Young Duo

Benny Brewing Co. - 1429 Sans Souci Parkway Hanover Twp. PA 18706 · 6:30 PM

Event

Horror Girls NEPA

Abide Coffeehouse - 23 West Market Street Wilkes Barre PA 18701 · 6:30 PM

Music

Flux Capacitor

River Street Jazz Cafe · 7:00 PM

Food & drink

The Cooking Show

Mohegan Pennsylvania > Rustic Kitchen - 1286 PA-315 Wilkes-Barre PA 18702 · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Kings College Theatre presents The Taming of the Shrew

George P. Maffei II Theatre at King's College · 7:30 PM

Music

Inferno Fridays at HEAT

Heat Bar & Nightclub · 8:00 PM

1 more date through Nov 27
Music

Lou Gramm

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 8:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Meet The Grinch at Boscov's

Boscov's Department Store · 10:00 AM

Event

Knotty Brunch

Osterhout Free Library · 11:00 AM

Art & museums

Artventurers: Stitch-A-Sidekick

Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University · 12:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Christmas Parade & Tree Lighting Ceremony

- Public Square Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 · 3:00 PM

Music

Tunes in the Taproom with Paul Martin

Breaker Brewing Company (Wilkes-Barre Twp) · 4:00 PM

Music

The Piano Men

Benny Brewing Company · 6:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 26
Sports

Penguins vs. Rochester Americans

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins home games · 6:05 PM

Music

SQWERV

River Street Jazz Cafe · 7:00 PM

Music

WILDCARD Saturdays at HEAT

Heat Bar & Nightclub · 8:00 PM

1 more date through Nov 28
Comedy

Gary Owen

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Wilkes University Theatre presents See Rock City & Other Destinations

Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Event

Trivia Night

Benny Brewing Company · 7:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 8
Music

Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve

--TBD-- · 7:30 PM

Event

Lego Club: Arctic

Osterhout Free Library · 5:30 PM

Music

Mostly Grateful - DSO After Party

River Street Jazz Cafe · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

Friday Movie Matinee: Home for the Holidays

Osterhout Free Library · 1:00 PM

Music

Paul Young Duo

Benny Brewing Company · 6:00 PM

Music

Tom Petty Appreciation Band

River Street Jazz Cafe · 7:00 PM

Sports

Penguins vs. Providence Bruins

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins home games · 7:05 PM

1 more date through Dec 30
Event

Book Shop BOGO

Osterhout Free Library · 8:30 AM

Event

Safari Day

Osterhout Free Library · 10:00 AM

Festivals & markets

Irem Shrine Feztival of Trees

Irem Pavilion (via DiscoverNEPA) · 10:00 AM

3 more dates through Dec 1
Festivals & markets

Holiday Market & Small Business Saturday

The Bank Downtown · 11:00 AM

Event

Holiday Fresh Wreath & Swag Decorating Workshop

Breaker Brewing Company (Wilkes-Barre Twp) · 1:00 PM

Music

Tunes in the Taproom with Don Cannon

Breaker Brewing Company (Wilkes-Barre Twp) · 4:00 PM

Music

Gone Crazy

Benny Brewing Company · 6:00 PM

Comedy

James Barrett

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Music

The Throwback - A 90's and 2000's Party

River Street Jazz Cafe · 7:00 PM

Music

Shawn Klush Elvis Tribute Artist Spectacular

Mohegan Pennsylvania (casino shows) · 7:30 PM

Theater & dance

A Christmas Carol the Musical

Music Box Dinner Playhouse · Through Dec 20

From $15
Art & museums

Horror Club: Ghostbusters (1984)

Osterhout Free Library · 5:00 PM

Comedy

Kidz Club: Improv Night

Osterhout Free Library · 6:00 PM

Theater & dance

NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Event

Snow Globe Dreams

Osterhout Free Library · 5:00 PM

Music

Lindsey Stirling - The Snow Waltz Tour

--TBD-- · 7:00 PM

Music

Allman Betts Family Revival: A DECADE OF REVIVAL

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 8:00 PM

Event

Paint Your Own Porch Goose with NEPA FURN

Breaker Brewing Company (Wilkes-Barre Twp) · 6:00 PM

From $75
Event

Franklin Street Sleuths

Osterhout Free Library · 6:30 PM

Theater & dance

A Charlie Brown Christmas Live on stage

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 6:30 PM

Music

Strawberry Jam Duo

Benny Brewing Company · 6:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Christmas in the Barns

The Lands at Hillside Farms · 6:00 PM

Free2 more dates through Dec 6
Music

Bearly Dead

River Street Jazz Cafe · 7:00 PM

Festivals & markets

First Presbyterian Church Alternative Craft Fair

First Presbyterian Church · 10:00 AM

Festivals & markets

A Swetland Family Christmas

Swetland Homestead · 1:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 6
Comedy

O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 3:00 PM

Music

Tunes in the Taproom with Just Joe

Breaker Brewing Company (Wilkes-Barre Twp) · 4:00 PM

Music

Gracie Jane Sinclair Solo

Benny Brewing Company · 6:00 PM

Music

Alice Unchained

River Street Jazz Cafe · 7:00 PM

Music

Choral Society of NEPA: Holiday Card to NEPA

Saint Stephen's Episcopal Pro-Cathedral · 3:00 PM

Event

Tec Centro Wilkes-Barre Workforce Training Intake Session

Downtown Wilkes-Barre events calendar (Diamond City Partnership) · 10:00 AM

Event

Bingo Night

Benny Brewing Company · 7:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 23
Event

Holidays Naturally

Nescopeck State Park · 1:00 PM

Free2 more dates through Dec 12
Event

3 Foot Snowman Porch Sign with The Crooked Branch

Breaker Brewing Company (Wilkes-Barre Twp) · 6:00 PM

Theater & dance

Dance Theatre of Wilkes-Barre: Ye Olde Madrigal Dinner Party

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 6:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Back Mountain Christmas Village

Luzerne County Fairgrounds (via DiscoverNEPA) · 5:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 12
Music

Doug & Sean

Benny Brewing Company · 6:00 PM

Music

Ronald Lashley & The Notes of Fusion

Circle Centre for the Arts · 6:00 PM

Music

NEPA Philharmonic Presents: (Candle)lit Holiday Magic

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

1 more date through Jan 15
Music

Weird Phishes

River Street Jazz Cafe · 7:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Santa on the Square & Santa 5K

- Public Square Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 · 10:00 AM

Event

Fiestas Naturales

Nescopeck State Park · 1:00 PM

Free
Sports

Penguins vs. Hershey Bears

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins home games · 3:05 PM

5 more dates through Apr 9
Music

Tom Acker Solo

Benny Brewing Company · 6:00 PM

Music

Shakedown Citi

River Street Jazz Cafe · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Dance Theatre of Wilkes-Barre presents Nutcracker: The Land of the Sweets

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 3:00 PM

Music

Holiday Concert

Wyoming Seminary Arts (Kirby Center for Creative Arts) · 3:00 PM

Sports

Penguins vs. Charlotte Checkers

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins home games · 6:35 PM

3 more dates through Apr 10
Event

Winter Bingo Night

Osterhout Free Library · 5:00 PM

Music

Dustin Douglas

Benny Brewing Company · 6:00 PM

Theater & dance

Nutcracker 2026

Wilkes University Theatre (Dorothy Dickson Darte Center) · Through Dec 20

From $25
Music

Get The Led Out

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 8:00 PM

Music

Triple Fret

Benny Brewing Company · 6:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Swim with Santa

Downtown Wilkes-Barre events calendar (Diamond City Partnership) · 12:00 PM

Theater & dance

The muppet Christmas Carol [g]

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 2:00 PM

Comedy

20 years of Cabinet: with Mike Miz & NEX

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Sports

WWE Holiday Live Tour

--TBD-- · 7:30 PM

Comedy

Killers of Kill Tony

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Comedy

Joe Gatto and Drew Lynch

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Event

First Day Hike

Nescopeck State Park · 10:00 AM

Free
Theater & dance

Once Upon A Stage: The Princess Concert

Downtown Wilkes-Barre events calendar (Diamond City Partnership) · 2:00 PM

Theater & dance

Disney On Ice presents Spotlight Magic!

Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza · Through Jan 10

Music

Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones Tribute Featuring Tony Carfora

River Street Jazz Cafe · 7:00 PM

Food & drink

Dining With Friends - MVD

MVD · 5:00 PM

Music

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet Film in Concert

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 8:00 PM

Art & museums

Cocktails & Culture

Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University · 5:00 PM

Sports

Penguins vs. Syracuse Crunch

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins home games · 6:05 PM

Sports

Penguins vs. Toronto Marlies

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins home games · 6:05 PM

Sports

Penguins vs. Springfield Thunderbirds

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins home games · 7:05 PM

1 more date through Feb 3
Comedy

REZA | Edge of Illusion

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Sports

Penguins vs. Chicago Wolves

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins home games · 3:05 PM

Music

Grace Potter and the Trespassers

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Theater & dance

Les Misérables

Music Box Dinner Playhouse · Through Feb 14

From $15
Music

Ani DiFranco

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Music

PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM presents elton vs. billy

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Theater & dance

BUGS WITH KAKI KING (SENSORY FRIENDLY)

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 4:00 PM

1 more date through Feb 8
Event

Mutts Gone Nuts

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 3:00 PM

Music

Killcode

River Street Jazz Cafe · 7:00 PM

Food & drink

Dining With Friends - Fire and Ice on Toby Creek

Fire and Ice on Toby Creek · 5:00 PM

Art & museums

SOMA Night Lights

Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University · 7:00 PM

1 more date through Feb 19
Sports

Penguins vs. Cleveland Monsters

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins home games · 7:05 PM

1 more date through Feb 20
Comedy

Tig Notaro

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Sports

Harlem Globetrotters: Rivalry Tour Presented By Sprite

--TBD-- · 7:00 PM

Art & museums

National Geographic Live: Penguins with Dr. Heather Lynch

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Sports

Penguins vs. Rockford IceHogs

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins home games · 5:05 PM

Food & drink

Dining With Friends - CK's Cantina

CK's Cantina and Grill · 5:00 PM

Sports

Penguins vs. Laval Rocket

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins home games · 6:35 PM

Music

Celtic Angels

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Theater & dance

Peter and the Starcatcher

Music Box Dinner Playhouse · Through Mar 21

From $15
Festivals & markets

Monster Jam

Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza · Through Mar 21

Sports

Penguins vs. Hartford Wolf Pack

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins home games · 7:05 PM

Music

Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 8:00 PM

Theater & dance

THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 10:00 AM

Music

NEPA PHILHARMONIC PRESENTS: PHILHARMONIC GOES COUNTRY

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Food & drink

Dining With Friends - Cork

Cork · 5:00 PM

Festivals & markets

F.M. Kirby Fest

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 5:00 PM

Comedy

Whose Live Anyway?

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Comedy

Kathleen Madigan

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Theater & dance

Spring Drama

Wyoming Seminary Arts (Kirby Center for Creative Arts) · 7:30 PM

2 more dates through May 2
Theater & dance

REVOLUTION 1776

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 10:00 AM

Theater & dance

World Ballet Company: The Sleeping Beauty

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Music

Spring Music Concerts

Wyoming Seminary Arts (Kirby Center for Creative Arts) · 5:00 PM

Theater & dance

Dance Performance

Wyoming Seminary Arts (Kirby Center for Creative Arts) · 7:30 PM

1 more date through May 15
Comedy

Leonid & Friends

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

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