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
Join us for an incredible evening of dance as ARTEINMOVIMENTO Dance Company presents their mesmerizing performance, Walking Artwork. Prepare to be captivated by the graceful movements and artistic expressions of the talented dancers from ARTEINMOVIMENTO, originally composed…
It’s 1981 and the world is hungry for a royal wedding — but is the 20-year-old bride prepared for what comes after? Following her storybook union, Princess Diana faces a distant husband, an unmovable monarchy, and overwhelming media scrutiny. But her modern perspective and…
- Maryland Ensemble Theatre
- Recurring weekly on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
The patriarch of a family of grey squirrels has stowed away enough nuts for 10 winters, but the fox squirrels from way over near the 7-11 want in on his stash. In this fiercely funny and provocative play, the writer of Hand to God exposes the way we use power and domination to…
With 30 years under their belt, The Comedy Pigs are the region’s longest-running improv troupe, and they’re ready to make you laugh! Join them on the first Friday and Saturday of every month for hilarious shows filled with a series of fun short-form improv games. No two shows are…
Improv comedy fused with Dungeons & Dragons! Join us as we embark on an adventure of twists and turns, bizarre characters, and occasional epic failure… All with the help from YOU and the whim of an unforgiving 20-sided die!
- Maryland Ensemble Theatre
- Recurring weekly on Saturday
A new imaginative retelling of the delightful classic tale about three tiny people who are big heroes! When the Human Beans move in above the Clock family’s tiny home under the floor boards, their life is about to get a whole lot bigger. An original Fun Company Creation Based on…
Join us for the 2nd Annual Run to the Rescue 5K! With a course sprawling the Frederick Community College (FCC) campus, our race honors the public safety professionals who run, dispatch, and drive to our rescue every day. Participants will receive a t-shirt and collectible race…
Embark on a mesmerizing journey through the heart of Broadway as the FSO presents an enchanting evening of timeless melodies.
Yes And is the best way to catch Maryland Ensemble Theatre's newest improv teams perform. Each show features two up and coming groups. Fromm hilarious late night talk show comedy to mockumentary style improv to Bananas doing improv for the first time.
- Maryland Ensemble Theatre
- Recurring weekly on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
In this joyous musical featuring the music of 80s band, The Go-Gos, Princess Pamela, a headstrong and adventurous young woman embarks on a quest to save her kingdom from a prophecy of doom. SONGS BY THE GO-GO’S ADAPTED BY JAMES MAGRUDER BASED ON THE ARCADIA BY SIR PHILIP SIDNEY…