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Trisha Yearwood will perform this November at F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, Wilkes-Barre.
Two Luzerne County venues are working together to bring a country music superstar to the area.
F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, Wilkes-Barre, and Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, Wilkes-Barre Twp., announced this morning that they will co-present Trisha Yearwood at the Kirby Center on Saturday, Nov. 23, at 8 p.m.
Tickets cost $42.50, $62.50 and $82.50, plus fees, and go on sale to Kirby members Thursday, June 20, at 10 a.m. Tickets then go on sale to the public Friday, June 21, at 10 a.m. at the Kirby Center box office, 570-826-1100 and kirbycenter.org.
Yearwood, who also is a Food Network host, recently released “Let’s Be Frank,” her first solo full-length album since 2007. The album features as collection of Frank SInatra covers. Additionally, she has earnedmany Grammy, Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music awards through the years as her albums have gone multiplatinum.
Caitlin Heaney West is the content editor for Access NEPA and oversees the Early Access blog in addition to working as a copy editor and staff writer for The Times-Tribune. An award-winning journalist, she is a summa cum laude graduate of Shippensburg University and also earned a master’s degree from Marywood University. Caitlin joined the Times-Shamrock family in 2009 and lives in Scranton. Contact: cwest@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9100 x5107; or @cheaneywest
