Live Arts & Entertainment
in Beautiful Bowie, Maryland
Serving Prince George's County and the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan region
Featured Event
Bowie Center Arts Festival & Gala
April 1, 2023
The Bowie Center Arts Festival & Gala

You’re invited to join us at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts for a celebration of artists and arts programs right here in Prince George’s County! The Arts Festival features daytime activities for all ages, and the evening Gala, hosted by WHUR 96.3 personality Autumn Joi, celebrates and supports local youth arts programming.

Upcoming Events
Joe Clair
$30-40
March 25, 2023
Joe Clair and Friends Comedy Show presents a Women’s History Month Edition, featuring an all-woman lineup including Melonie Comarcho, Ray Diva, The Gwynn Factor, and special invited guests, plus live music by Sound of the City Band featuring Precious Joubert...
Bowie Center Arts Festival & Gala
$1-100
You’re invited to join us at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts for a celebration of artists and arts programs right here in Prince George’s County! The Arts Festival features daytime activities for all ages, and the evening Gala...
$40
April 15, 2023
Back by popular demand – again! A conversation piece… long after the curtains close. (Mature content. Recommended for ages 18+)
Brencore Entertainment Presents: A Tribute to the Music of Maze and Frankie Beverly
$35-40
April 16, 2023
BRENCORE Entertainment presents “A Tribute to the Music of Maze & Frankie Beverly” featuring national recording artist Jamar Dukes and the BRENCORE ALLSTARS Band, a dynamic 12-piece band with vocalists from the Washington, DC area who perform some of the...
Creative Entertainment Presents: A Night of Reggae and Southern Blues Rock
$20
April 21, 2023
Featuring Allman Others Band, DC’s tribute to the Allman Brothers, with special guest Zedicus.
Arts on Stage Anansi the Spider
$9
April 25, 2023
Written by Jeremy KislingBased on the traditional Anansi Tales The winds blow, the fireflies glow, and a trickster spider knows just how to get what he wants. But will Anansi stick to his embellished stories of adventure and danger or...
Joe Clair
$30-40
March 25, 2023
Joe Clair and Friends Comedy Show presents a Women’s History Month Edition, featuring an all-woman lineup including Melonie Comarcho, Ray Diva, The Gwynn Factor, and special invited guests, plus live music by Sound of the City Band featuring Precious Joubert...
Bowie Center Arts Festival & Gala
$1-100
You’re invited to join us at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts for a celebration of artists and arts programs right here in Prince George’s County! The Arts Festival features daytime activities for all ages, and the evening Gala...
$25
May 21, 2023
Outlet Dance Complex is dedicated to bringing growth, independence, and inclusiveness to young dancers in the community while providing an outlet and training to professional dancers within our region.
Adagio Dance Dreamland
$25-30
July 2, 2023
Adagio Dance presents DREAMLAND: “Where Your Dreams Dance Too”
YAR Hair Expo & Marketplace
$25
April 30, 2023
Join the hair experts from YAR Hair Extensions Salon for this hair expo and marketplace. Event for ages 18 and up.
Bowie Center Arts Festival & Gala
$1-100
You’re invited to join us at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts for a celebration of artists and arts programs right here in Prince George’s County! The Arts Festival features daytime activities for all ages, and the evening Gala...
Arts on Stage Anansi the Spider
$9
April 25, 2023
Written by Jeremy KislingBased on the traditional Anansi Tales The winds blow, the fireflies glow, and a trickster spider knows just how to get what he wants. But will Anansi stick to his embellished stories of adventure and danger or...
Arts on Stage Trekking Mexico
$9
Mexico Beyond Mariachi’s Trekking Mexico show takes audiences on a 600-year journey that begins in the fascinating world of Mesoamerican civilization. Continuing chronologically, we illustrate through music, dance, and storytelling how time, geography, climate, and foreign influences have affected folk traditions to the present...
Arts on Stage Peter and the Wolf
$9
“Peter and The Wolf” will tickle, intrigue, and delight young audiences while also offering a splendid introduction to theatre, classical music and value clarification themes. When Peter visits his grandfather for the summer, creative solutions are needed to provide a...
Art on Stage Butterfly The Story of a Life Cycle
$9
May 16, 2023 - May 17, 2023
A wondrous view into the insect world seen on the big stage!  We will follow Maria Monarch Butterfly as she grows from her tiny egg then through her caterpillar state, next make the amazing metamorphosis in the chrysalis and finally on her...
Bowie Center Arts Festival & Gala
$1-100
You’re invited to join us at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts for a celebration of artists and arts programs right here in Prince George’s County! The Arts Festival features daytime activities for all ages, and the evening Gala...
YAR Hair Expo & Marketplace
$25
April 30, 2023
Join the hair experts from YAR Hair Extensions Salon for this hair expo and marketplace. Event for ages 18 and up.
$55
May 12, 2023
Patriots Technology Training Center presents a pre-Mother’s Day Weekend award tribute and concert, recognizing women organizations that support youth programs with the Patrios “Phenomenal Women Leadership” Awards. Featuring William “Smooth” Wardlaw. Vendors will be available for Mother’s Day gift purchases....
Bowie Center Arts Festival & Gala
$1-100
You’re invited to join us at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts for a celebration of artists and arts programs right here in Prince George’s County! The Arts Festival features daytime activities for all ages, and the evening Gala...
Brencore Entertainment Presents: A Tribute to the Music of Maze and Frankie Beverly
$35-40
April 16, 2023
BRENCORE Entertainment presents “A Tribute to the Music of Maze & Frankie Beverly” featuring national recording artist Jamar Dukes and the BRENCORE ALLSTARS Band, a dynamic 12-piece band with vocalists from the Washington, DC area who perform some of the...
Creative Entertainment Presents: A Night of Reggae and Southern Blues Rock
$20
April 21, 2023
Featuring Allman Others Band, DC’s tribute to the Allman Brothers, with special guest Zedicus.
$10
May 11, 2023
Bowie Senior Chorale presents Love Through the Ages, a spring concert showcase.
$55
May 12, 2023
Patriots Technology Training Center presents a pre-Mother’s Day Weekend award tribute and concert, recognizing women organizations that support youth programs with the Patrios “Phenomenal Women Leadership” Awards. Featuring William “Smooth” Wardlaw. Vendors will be available for Mother’s Day gift purchases....
Born To Swing
$45-65
May 13, 2023
The musical BORN TO SWING tells the story of the 85-year career of renowned concert pianist, composer/arranger, entertainer and philanthropist Lillette Harris (later known as Lillette Jenkins). It also tells how she and her husband, Actor & Comedian Bud Harris,...
Bowie Center Arts Festival & Gala
$1-100
You’re invited to join us at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts for a celebration of artists and arts programs right here in Prince George’s County! The Arts Festival features daytime activities for all ages, and the evening Gala...
$40
April 15, 2023
Back by popular demand – again! A conversation piece… long after the curtains close. (Mature content. Recommended for ages 18+)
Arts on Stage Anansi the Spider
$9
April 25, 2023
Written by Jeremy KislingBased on the traditional Anansi Tales The winds blow, the fireflies glow, and a trickster spider knows just how to get what he wants. But will Anansi stick to his embellished stories of adventure and danger or...
Arts on Stage Trekking Mexico
$9
Mexico Beyond Mariachi’s Trekking Mexico show takes audiences on a 600-year journey that begins in the fascinating world of Mesoamerican civilization. Continuing chronologically, we illustrate through music, dance, and storytelling how time, geography, climate, and foreign influences have affected folk traditions to the present...
Arts on Stage Peter and the Wolf
$9
“Peter and The Wolf” will tickle, intrigue, and delight young audiences while also offering a splendid introduction to theatre, classical music and value clarification themes. When Peter visits his grandfather for the summer, creative solutions are needed to provide a...
Born To Swing
$45-65
May 13, 2023
The musical BORN TO SWING tells the story of the 85-year career of renowned concert pianist, composer/arranger, entertainer and philanthropist Lillette Harris (later known as Lillette Jenkins). It also tells how she and her husband, Actor & Comedian Bud Harris,...
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Health & Safety
The Bowie Center for the Performing Arts cares about your safety. We politely, but strictly, enforce all mandates from the state, county, and public schools. Please be courteous and understanding with all signage and direction from our staff.
Masking Policy

BCPA encourages all patrons to wear a mask, regardless of vaccination status, but we have lifted all mask mandates in accordance with Prince George's County guidelines.

Socially Distanced Seating

Ushers will seat our patrons in ``packs,`` meaning you will sit with the group you arrive with, but socially distant from other audience members.

Venue Details
Business Hours

Tuesday-Friday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Box Office Hours

Tuesday-Friday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
2 hours before performances

Address

15200 Annapolis Rd
Bowie, MD 20715
USA