Performing Arts in Frederick, MD

Downtown Frederick is a designated Arts & Entertainment District. The city has an extensive number of performance arts companies and venues featuring a wide variety of live entertainment. 

Experience Frederick's Theater District with the Weinberg Center for the Arts, Maryland Ensemble Theatre, and New Spire Stages to experience world-class performances by artists from all over the world. 

Performance arts offerings are scheduled each weekend and many weekday evenings as well. Time your visit to coincide with a musical, dance, or theatrical entertainment.


Attend these upcoming performances

72 Film Fest Oct 16

Year 21! Lights. Camera. Chaos! Or should we say…FUN! The annual 72 Film Fest returns to the Weinberg Center for Year 21, and the pressure is still the same: teams of filmmakers have just 72 Hours to write, shoot, and edit a complete short film from scratch. The theme and…

Moon Festival Alice Oct 17

MET's FUN COMPANY PRESENTS: Moon Festival Alice - A MET Original A curious child falls down a rabbit hole during a Mid-Autumn Festival celebration and enters a magical world inspired by Asian folklore, festivals, and modern Asian American life. Presented in partnership with The…

FJS All Stars Oct 22

Get ready to be blown away by the incredible talent of the Frederick Jazz Society Allstars at the kickoff of another season of the DMV Jazz Series. Join us for a night of jazz as we celebrate the timeless sound inspired by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. This high-energy…

Re-Leaf Agency Nov 01

A Multisensory Performance Prompting Reflection and Action Re-Leaf Agency invites you into an immersive environment of lush movement, rich sounds, provocative text, and larger-than-life video projections of trees, mushrooms, ferns, wildflowers, and streams spanning multiple…