Arts & Entertainment
Montgomery County offers world-class performing arts facilities and organizations, ethnically-diverse restaurants, outstanding specialty boutiques, antique stores and shopping malls, and thriving urban entertainment centers.
We are home to:
- 60 galleries
- 22 theaters
- 50 historic venues
- up-scale shopping including 33 department stores
- over 900 restaurants serving all cuisines
- 743 boutiques and specialty stores
Our premier artistic venues range from:
The Music Center at Strathmore, a 2,000 seat concert hall whose key resident partner is the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, which performs 35 concerts a year at this facility.
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The American Film Institute Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, which showcases the annual Silverdocs Festival, a presentation of the best documentary films in the world.
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The Fillmore Silver Spring, bringing dynamic and diverse music and entertainment to downtown Silver Spring and its growing arts and entertainment district.
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The soon-to-be-opened Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club, featuring world-renowned music and authentic Creole cuisine, all in a renovated Art Deco cinema palace.


