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Box Office
The Box Office is open at 4:30 pm weekdays and at 12:15 pm Saturday and
Sunday, or 30 minutes before the first film. The theatre is not open to
the public before that time
Online
You can reserve tickets online for any regular show with no added
fee. There are many links on this site that you may choose to get to the
purchase point, such as: Now Playing, Films by Title, Film Series and
Calendar. Tickets reserved online MUST be retrieved at the box office
with the same credit card used to reserve the tickets. The AFI Silver
accepts American Express, Visa, MasterCard and Discover. Both advance
sale, and day-of-show purchases are available online or in person.
Directions
The AFI Silver Theatre is located at 8633 Colesville Road - at the
intersection of Colesville Road and Georgia Avenue - in the heart of the
new downtown Silver Spring.
By Car: The AFI Silver Theatre is less than two miles
south of Beltway exit 30 (Colesville Road) and exit 31 (Georgia Avenue) .
The theatre is also convenient to the Bethesda area via East- West
Highway, and a short drive from downtown Washington via 16th Street, NW.
By Metro: The AFI Silver Theatre is located on
Colesville Road, just two blocks north of Metro's Red Line station in
Silver Spring.
By Ride-On Bus: The Silver Spring station is served by
Ride-On routes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,
20, 22, 28.
By Metrobus: The Silver Spring station is served by
Metrobus routes 70, 71, J5, F4, F6, JH1, J2, J3, J4, Q2, S2, S4, Y8, Z5.
Parking
NOW OPEN: The Wayne Avenue parking garage is now open with convenient
and easy access to Downtown Silver Spring. The Wayne Avenue garage is
located between Georgia Avenue and Fenton Street. The Wayne Avenue garage
offers FREE PARKING after 6:00 p.m. On weekdays and all day on weekends.
Convenient parking is available to AFI patrons behind
the Lee Building at the corner of Colesville Road and Georgia Avenue ($
3.00 for the entire evening). The lot can be entered from either Georgia
Avenue or Fenton Street. In addition, parking is available at Gateway
Plaza after 6:00pm (in front of the historic shopping center at the
corner of Georgia and Colesville) . The AFI Silver is also within easy
walking distance of several public parking decks. The closest is
one-and-a-half blocks from the theatre at Colesville Road and Spring
Street. The public garages offer free parking on week-ends and metered
rates of 50¢ per hour weekdays.
The Town Square garage, located on the northeast
corner of Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street is also now open.
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
8633 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301.495.6720
Fax:301.495.6777
Recorded Program Information: 301.495.6700
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