FOLK ARTS THEATER
(Tanghalang Francisco Balagtas)

More Commonly known as the Folk Arts Theater, this covered proscenium ampitheater is where popular concerts are usually staged.  It has a seating capacity of 8,458 with ten sections.  The theater takes its name form Fancisco Baltazar A.k.a. francisco Balagtas, revered as one of the country's greatest poets.  "Florante at Laura" is one of his best known and most beloved works and his poetry "Balagtasismo" has shaped generations of Filipino poets.  The popular debate in verse - "balagtasan" is also named after him.

seating capacity
 8,458 people
 stage dimensions
 20m x 20m
 proscenium width
 20m
 height
 10m

For inquiries and reservations please call Theater Operations Department at Tel Nos. 832-1125 loc. 1404 / 1412 or email us at theater@culturalcenter.gov.ph

 

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