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
The Frederick Speaker Series presents Chuck D, public enemy frontman and Rock & Roll hall of famer. Chuck D is the leader and co-founder of the legendary rap group Public Enemy, the author of two critically acclaimed books, and a political activist, publisher, radio host, 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…
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…
- New Spire Stages
- Recurring daily
Landless Theatre Company presents a pair of aspiring playwrights who perform a backers’ audition for their new, ill-advised project – a big, splashy musical about printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg. With an unending supply of enthusiasm, Bud and Doug sing all the…
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…
Key West Productions present an entertaining, brotherly revival of America's greatest rock ‘n' roll singing-siblings. The greatest hits of the ‘50s and ‘60s come alive as the Zmed Brothers revive the iconic sounds of The Everly Brothers, America’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll…
The Weinberg presents a high-energy percussive step dance and traditional African dance with riveting songs and compelling storytelling. Founded in 1994 as an exchange program with the Soweto Dance Theatre of Johannesburg, Step Afrika! is the first professional Dance Company in…
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.