Great venue! Intimate seating - no bad seat in the house! We're lucky to have a performing arts center like this in boring Melbourne!

Copy of a letter I sent to the executive director: The Smashing Pumpkins put on one of the best performances I have ever seen. Unfortunately the experience was ruined by a poorly managed venue. 1. Parking- Our car was blocked in because someone was parked both in front and behind us (in the grass lot). A few people regulating parking to prevent a free-for-all would be nice. 2. Glass bottles- I purchased a beer served in a glass bottle in your lobby. Five minutes after I get back to my seat I get a flashlight in my face from an usher telling me that glass is not allowed. This has got to be a joke? 3. Uninformed employees- We called the venue around 7pm to ask what time they anticipated the show to begin. The lady on the phone told us the opening band would go on at 7:30 and we could expect the main act around 9pm. There was no opening band, instead the main act started at 8. I will never return to this venue for another concert. read more

Great venue. Excellent location. Awesome staff.

Its a nice Performing Arts Center. The food service and drinks are usually located outside the center untill 20 minutes before the show. All the staff are volunteer so you get what you pay for. If your from out of town there is absolutely nothing to do around this area at night, maybe Applebee's. There are some decent names that swing through here, like Lewis Black! read more

I bought tickets to a show and my order was messed up, I called trying to see what I could do and the customer service was terrible. Everyone I talked to was so rude and they refused to help me or exchange my tickets. I even emailed the lady in charge and was called a liar. I told them I'd resend the email but they still wouldn't listen. Watch out they scam you for your money! I never got the tickets or my money back. read more

We have been to the king center many times from graduations,Concerts, symphonies and comedy shows. The most recent was to see the band Daughtry, it was the first time seeing them in concert. The show was amazing! Plus we were in the sixth row on the left side and I thought I just hit the jackpot it was the best concert I've ever seen. Because it was such a good concert we went on to see the band into more places one was outside and another was a very similar place like the King Center but in New Orleans. Comparing those two venues that king center was so much better. It was so much easier to find, park, had much better food and beverage assortment. Also the interior is much easier to get around in and find things in New Orleans it was like a maze. But I have a friend who went to the concert at the King Center and they were waiting to meet the band outside and because somebody was drunk they were all made to leave. In New Orleans we waited outside until 130 in the morning. We had met all bandmembers by then except Chris Daughtry and then he came out. Now there was nobody drunk and they encouraged us to stay there and wait. I never had anyone at the King Center tell me not to dance but I will say we did not stand up and dance at the Daughtry show until certain songs we would stand up and clap and cheer and then sit back down. Whereas at the New Orleans venue I stood the entire time and he shook my hand and so did most everybody else. I was on the inside end of an aisle I wasn't blocking anyone. But at the King Center when I was at the sixth row I would not of stand up the whole time because I would been blocking peoples view. so I say only stand up and dance if that's what everybody else is doing so you don't block someone else's view. read more

Ordered tickets by phone for Girls Night Out show with emphasis on my address - never advised of major detour construction on Wickham Road - arrived 15 minutes after 7:30 curtain to completely boarded up ticket office - had to knock on windows to pick up our will call tickets from annoyed employee.. No direction on how to enter lobby - attendant annoyingly took ticket stubs with no direction to theatre. Entered dark dreary extremely small room with folding chairs. No assistance to seats. Intermission staff at bar area also acted annoyed to serve patrons. Are these paid employees? Had more positive interaction at community theaters staffed by volunteers. Shame on you King Center - your tickets are overpriced for the quality of shows you stage and your dismissive attitude by your employee will keep me and those I share my experience with from returning. read more

This was a terrible experience. However, the concert was very good. First off this was supposed to be in the larger theater. Apparently a law enforcement event forced concert to smaller "theater". It was a tiny little room with black curtains covering the walls, weird spotlights on curtains (the musicians later joked that looked like a penitentuary with luminol on curtains, sad). When i bought tickets online it showed the larger theater with balcony. We were in a room, maybe fit 125 people. This was for two big, well known jazz musicians. How embarrassing that Kings center thought it was ok to move Steve Cole and Jeff Kashiwa to a "room". Then you have the old people working there. Talked to me like I was a child, "we ask that each person holds their own ticket, that way each can be scanned by a different employee and move along". Seriously beeeatch, I'm not 12 and no one was behind us. Good grief. Then we go to our seats and an old lady tells my husband he cant have bottle beer in there. Why would the "bartender" give to him if we cant have it. Again, we are grown adults at a jazz concert! She went to check, came back to tell us we were ok to keep it. Seriously. And with all this, they were playing some twangy, folky country music while we waited for show to start. Again we were at a contemporary jazz show! Wow. Never come back here again. read more

Live in Melbourne - just down the road from the King Centre - have been to many many shows - My BIGGEST complaint is WHY IS THERE NO CENTER AISLE!!??? With the MANY elderly that attend it is difficult to get to your seat - and NEVER get center seats as it's a looongg walk scooting along the aisle to get to the end for bathroom break or whatever......And I HATE it that people don't arrive on time and youve got somebody's bum in your face as they wiggle & shuffle on down the line..... I DO NOT understand HOW the center gets away with no - either center - or - actually better yet - 2 -TWO " escape" aisles!!! Am goi g to check with Fire Marshall about it- bet $$$$ - that King Centre is "GRANDFATHERED IN" - $$$$- Bet it is also because the centre would lose too many seats -$$$$$- if they were removed !!! It ALL comes down to the almighty $$$$- I just keep my fingers crossed that I am not there when there is an emergency! !!! OK -OK - this maybe petty - but - GEEEZE PEOPLE!!! Do you NOT have any manners, awareness - or SOMETHING- I know this is FL and all- but can ya leave the shower shoes (mostly dirty ) & flip-flops Home!!?? And do you not have ANY self respect - that you show up in (looks like -AND smells like ) the same baggy shorts, messy shirt and backwards baseball cap- which you leave on all thru the show!!!- that you've been wearing all day- Ughhh!!! Yeah - this IS FL - life is casual- but Take a look I the Mirror before you leave the house and Grow Up!! Maybe that's why the ushers "treat you as a child" (as one review said) - Because You LOOK and ACT LIKE CHILD!!! Also agree with prior post in that the Lobby is - sort of - just Messy- with all they have going on - Me thinks new Management is needed!!! And YIKES!!!!!! NEVER NEVER go to ANYTHING in the "STUDIO THEATRE" !!!!!! That place is Old, Dirty looking, worn out and REALLY NEEDS A MAKEOVER!! Wake Up Management! !!! read more

It gets the job done. Nothing overly wonderful or bad.

Ticket prices shown are false. Additional "fees" will be added when you check out. This is really just additional profit under another name. Also no refunds. Sick, emergengy ...tough. Also if shows are so bad that they are not selling, performers/contents may change and/or tickets sold at buy one/get one free. If you already bought your tickets at full price tough! read more

superb venue. great shows great seats. extremely friendly and competent staff of volunteers. the crown club is fantastic. the coordinator can not do enough to help you and make sure your visit is exce[ptional. read more