Live Entertainment in Baltimore

Center Stage is Maryland's most important theater company — Baltimore's Tony Award-winning state theater that consistently produces some of the most critically acclaimed theatrical work in the United States and serves as the artistic home of the mid-Atlantic theater community. Its extraordinary track record of developing new American theater and its role as Maryland's official State Theater make it the most culturally significant performing arts institution in Baltimore.

Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick PAC is Baltimore's most important Broadway touring venue — a stunning 2,244-seat Edwardian theater beautifully restored to present the greatest Broadway touring productions for the greater Baltimore-Washington market. Its extraordinary 1914 vaudeville theater design, its central Baltimore location in the emerging arts district, and its consistent programming of major Broadway tours create Maryland's most important Broadway theater experience.

The Lyric Theatre is Baltimore's most beloved historic concert venue — an intimate 2,564-seat 1894 concert hall that has been presenting the finest orchestral, opera, and concert performances in Baltimore for over 125 years. Its extraordinary acoustic properties (the finest concert hall acoustics in Baltimore), its beautiful late-Victorian architecture, and its role as the primary venue for the Baltimore Symphony's downtown performances make it one of the most historically and musically significant concert halls in the mid-Atlantic.

Lyric Theatre is Baltimore's most acoustically acclaimed concert hall — an 1894 venue with exceptional classical music acoustics that has been presenting Baltimore Symphony concerts and major performers for over 125 years. Its extraordinary acoustic properties and its beautiful Victorian architecture create the finest orchestral listening experience in Maryland.

MECU Pavilion (formerly Pier Six Concert Pavilion) is Baltimore's most beautiful outdoor concert venue — an Inner Harbor pavilion presenting concerts with extraordinary views of the Chesapeake Bay in one of the most scenic waterfront concert settings on the East Coast. Baltimore's extraordinary harbor setting and the pavilion's intimate scale create a concert experience of unusual waterfront beauty.

Baltimore's downtown theater district is one of the most historically significant in American theatrical history — a city that served as the pre-Broadway tryout destination for some of America's greatest plays, from Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun to the original tryouts for numerous classic American musicals. Baltimore's extraordinary theater heritage and its growing contemporary theater scene create a performing arts community of unusual depth and historical consciousness.

Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric brings Baltimore's most historic concert hall into the contemporary era with major touring concerts alongside its classical programming — presenting artists from Garth Brooks to Alicia Keys in the most intimate large-venue experience in Baltimore. Its extraordinary acoustic properties and its capacity to serve both classical and contemporary audiences create one of the most versatile performance environments in the mid-Atlantic.

Soundstage is Baltimore's high-capacity club venue in the Power Plant Live! complex — a 1,200-capacity concert hall booking rock, hip-hop, and pop touring acts for Baltimore's Inner Harbor entertainment market. Located steps from Rams Head Live!, the CFG Bank Arena, and the harbor's hotel corridor, Soundstage serves both resident Baltimore entertainment fans and the enormous convention visitor market that makes the Inner Harbor one of the East Coast's most visited urban tourism destinations.

The Ottobar is Baltimore's most acclaimed independent music venue — an 800-capacity Charles Village club that books the most adventurous indie, punk, metal, and experimental touring artists passing through the Mid-Atlantic corridor. Operating since 1997, the Ottobar has been the cultural anchor for Baltimore's independent music community and the club of choice for artists who want an authentic Baltimore experience far from the Inner Harbor tourist circuit.