Photo gallery: Fine Arts Fiesta opens in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE — The 70th annual Fine Arts Fiesta, featuring artists, crafts, entertainment, music and more, opened Thursday and continues through Sunday on Public Square.
Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
The Phil Giordano Jazz Orchestra is the music headliner scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday.
Doug Smith & The Dixieland Band will also perform on Saturday. The 4:30 p.m. performance will include a tribute to the late Bobby Baird Jr., a well-known Northeast Pennsylvania trumpeter. He died at age 95 in 2025.
Eight local dance companies will be featured at a free performance 5:30 p.m. Friday at the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts.
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Wilkes-Barre George Brown, right, presents a proclamation and key to the city to Fine Arts Fiesta Board of Directors President Ann Saxton, executive director Brian Benedetti, and second vice president/entertainment coordinator Gina Malsky during the opening ceremony of the 70th Fine Arts Fiesta on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, May 14, 2026. BILL TARUTIS / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
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Wilkes-Barre George Brown, right, presents a proclamation and key to the city to Fine Arts Fiesta Board of Directors President Ann Saxton, executive director Brian Benedetti, and second vice president/entertainment coordinator Gina Malsky during the opening ceremony of the 70th Fine Arts Fiesta on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, May 14, 2026. BILL TARUTIS / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
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