Weekend Planner (Photos and Video)

Kick off summer with Rockville’s Annual Hometown Holidays May 24 and 25. The street festival features 30 bands playing on five stages, children’s activities including rides and a chance to enjoy food from local restaurants. Visit Bohrer Park in Gaithersburg to honor local heroes at the Montgomery Village Rotary Club’s Flags for our Local Heroes opening ceremony May 24 at 11 a.m.

Here are some of our weekend picks from the MyMCMedia.org calendar.

Friday, May 23

• Friday Night Live outdoor concerts continue with 8 Ohms Band from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in Rockville Town Square
• Downtown Live outdoor concerts continue with Lloyd Dobler Effect from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Silver Spring Fountain Plaza Stage
• Zumba in the Park at Gaithersburg’s Concert Pavillion at 8 p.m.
• Olney Theatre presents The Piano Lesson at 7:45 p.m.
• Enjoy an evening of comedy and magic at Gaithersburg’s Arts Barn at 8 p.m.
• Fillmore presents Eric Hutchinson – Tell the World Tour at 8 p.m. in Silver Spring
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Bill Medley performs at 8 p.m. at Montgomery College’s Rockville Campus

Saturday, May 24

Violinist Ray Chen
Photo | Uwe Ahrens

• Adventure Theatre’s The Jungle Book continues with performances at 11 a.m., 2 and 4:30 p.m. in Glen Echo Park
• Flags for our Heroes Opening Ceremony at 11 a.m. at Bohrer Park in Gaithersburg
• The Puppet Co. presents Pinocchio at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Glen Echo Park
• Bohrer Water Park opens for the season at noon in Gaithersburg.
• Cinderella The Remix continues at Imagination Stage in Bethesda with performances at 11 a.m., 1:30 and 4 p.m.
• Enjoy Hometown Holidays in Rockville from 2 to 10 p.m. Over 30 bands performing on five stages, children s activities and food sampling at Taste of Rockville will entertain the whole family.
• Olney Theatre presents The Piano Lesson at 1:45 and 7:45 p.m.
• The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra with conductor Hans Graf and violinist Ray Chen perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto at the Music Center at Strathmore at 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 25

Hometown Holidays
Photo | City of Rockville

• Adventure Theatre’s The Jungle Book continues with performances at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in Glen Echo Park
• The Puppet Co. presents Pinocchio at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Glen Echo Park
• Cinderella The Remix continues at Imagination Stage in Bethesda with performances at 1:30 and 4 p.m.
• Olney Theatre presents The Piano Lesson at 1:45 p.m.
• Enjoy Hometown Holidays in Rockville from 2 to 10 p.m. Over 30 bands performing on five stages, children s activities and food sampling at Taste of Rockville will entertain the whole family.
• Tamar Braxton performs at Fillmore Silver Spring at 8 p.m.

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