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
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…
The Prom follows four Broadway actors lamenting their days of fame, as they travel to the conservative town of Edgewater, Indiana, to help a lesbian student banned from bringing her girlfriend to high school prom.
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!
British Invasion! Concert presented by Spires Brass Band.
A master lyricist and satirical storyteller, John Hiatt delivers songs filled with tales of redemption, relationships and surrendering on his own terms. Hiatt’s finest album is 1987’s Bring the Family ; other catalog highlights include the pop and rock of 1983’s Riding with the…
Enjoy this classic film once more on the big screen! True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation. Category: Drama, History, Sport. Cast: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges…
- 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…
Enjoy this classic film once more on the big screen! Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the…
New Spire Arts is transformed into a cozy pub setting, for this evening filled with sea shanties and entertainment led by the talented Seán Dagher! A dynamic performer, arranger, and composer, Seán brings his expertise in folk and classical music traditions to the stage…
Piano soloist Carlos Rodriguez will perform Spanish-themed music including Isaac Albeniz’s “Suite Espanola” and Joaquin Turina’s “Rapsodia Sinfonica”.