Why Frederick
The East Coast’s
festival town.
A historic downtown you can walk end to end. One of Maryland’s fastest-growing counties. An hour from D.C. and Baltimore, and an easy trip from Philadelphia and New York. For four days every May, all of it becomes one festival.
What SilverVox is
Part film festival. Part music festival. A creative one.
Downtown Frederick · Year one
One downtown.
Every kind of room.
Theaters, galleries, rooftops, courtyards and music rooms, all a few blocks apart. Here’s what that felt like in year one.
● Now showing · Frederick, MD
Reel 01 · Downtown Frederick
The city
Small enough to walk.
Big enough to matter.
Frederick is Maryland’s second-largest city and the heart of one of its fastest-growing counties, up 11% since 2020 while most of the state barely moved. It sits at the edge of the Washington–Baltimore region, home to roughly 10 million people.
And the downtown is the real thing: 18th- and 19th-century brick, Carroll Creek running through the middle, independent restaurants, breweries, galleries and music rooms on every block. Every venue is a short walk from the next. You walk out of a screening and you’re already at the next show.
Frederick is the venue.
Since 2020
+11% growth
Frederick County is one of the fastest-growing counties in Maryland, now 300,000+ residents.
In the state
#2 city
Frederick is Maryland’s second-largest city, with a historic downtown built for walking.
In the region
~10 million
People in the Washington–Baltimore region, most of them an hour or less away.
Closer than you think
On the East Coast’s
front porch.
Washington, D.C.
~1 hour
About 50 miles. Day-trippers, the creative industry, the federal and nonprofit world.
Baltimore
~1 hour
About 50 miles. Maryland’s biggest city and its music and arts scene.
Philadelphia
~2.5 hours
An easy weekend drive up I-95 or through Lancaster County.
New York City
~4 hours
Close enough for a long weekend, far enough to feel like a getaway.
Three airports
Under 1 hour
Washington Dulles (IAD), BWI Marshall and Reagan National (DCA) all within about an hour.
Drive times are approximate. Plan your visit →
Truly walkable
Don’t take
our word for it.
The festival is completely walkable… amazing venues… all within a couple of square miles.
Rick Kain
Filmmaker · FilmFreeway review
One of the best parts of the fest is getting to explore downtown. That should be encouraged.
James Galdamez
Filmmaker + panelist · FilmFreeway review
For four days, the city felt like a carnival of delights for the arts community.
Lauren LaRocca
The Frederick News-Post
Year one, by the numbers
Frederick is already
a destination.
49%
Traveled from outside Frederick County
29
States in the audience
272
ZIP codes
$403K
In local economic activity
Year two
Same footprint.
Sharper festival.
On purpose
Sharper, on purpose.
Year one felt like a festival that had been around for years. Year two keeps the same walkable footprint and raises the bar on every room.
For artists
A national stage
We want the filmmakers, musicians and speakers who play SilverVox to leave with fans, collaborators and momentum that reaches well past Maryland.
For the city
Frederick, on the map
Every visitor who walks downtown for SilverVox is someone who’ll come back. That’s the long game.
For brands
An East Coast stage
for brands.
The big film and music festival activations mostly live out West and down South. Brands keep telling us the same thing: they’re looking for an East Coast festival that fits. SilverVox is built to be that place: a creative audience, in one walkable downtown, within reach of the whole Northeast corridor.
01
A crowd on foot
Everyone walks the same few blocks between screenings, stages and talks. Every activation is on the route.
02
Creatives + fans
Filmmakers, musicians, industry and an audience that travels in for them. Nearly half came from outside the county.
03
Room to own it
A young festival with national ambitions, which means real visibility and room to stand out.
Come see for yourself
Four days.
One walkable city.
Bring a film. Bring a band. Bring an idea, a brand or just yourself. Frederick will do the rest.
Creativity connects us.