NASHVILLE, TN — Country Music superstar Brad Paisley will headline Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th presented by Dr Pepper. The downtown event will present one of the country’s largest July 4th fireworks shows, which will be synchronized to live music from the GRAMMY-winning Nashville Symphony and will feature charitable partner The Store. A free Amazon Family Fun Zone will include inflatables and live music. The concert and fireworks show are free and open to the public. This is the second time Paisley will headline Let Freedom Sing! with his last appearance in 2021. An event map is available.
Paisley, a three-time GRAMMY-winner, will be joined on the Jack Daniel’s Broadway Stage by a multi-genre lineup that includes Nashville-based pop singer-songwriter Ben Rector, The War And Treaty, singer-songwriter Langhorne Slim and rising Country artist Tiera Kennedy, who will also perform the national anthem. Media personality Kelly Sutton will host both stages, Operation Song will provide a song and DJ Dave Audé will entertain between sets. The Jack Daniel’s Broadway Stage will be located at First and Broadway. After the concert, the event will shift to Ascend Amphitheater for the live performance by the Nashville Symphony and the fireworks show.
Performances at the Amazon Family Fun Zone will include The Magi, Tommy Howell, Les Kerr & The Bayou Band and Troubadour Blue, and Coach (DJ) will entertain between sets. The Amazon Family Fun Zone at Music City Walk of Fame Park will be open on Tuesday, July 4 from noon to 5 p.m.
Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th presented by Dr Pepper is produced by Music City Inc., the foundation of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp, for the city of Nashville. The free, family-friendly event was created to entertain Nashvillians and attract visitors to generate economic activity and tax revenue for the city. The event has regularly drawn more than 200,000 attendees – and a record-breaking 350,000 in 2021. Last year, Let Freedom Sing! generated $11 million in estimated direct visitor spending and an estimated 250,000 to 300,000 in attendance. This will be the 20th annual celebration produced by Music City Inc. through the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp and the 39th in the city.
Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th is presented by Dr Pepper and partners include Advance Financial, Amazon, Budweiser, Central BBQ, Crav’n Flavor, Dr Pepper Strawberries & Cream, Folds of Honor Tennessee, General Jackson Showboat, Jack Daniel’s, Kroger, Nashville International Airport, ORCA (Outdoor Recreation Company of America), Pure Kick, SoundWaves™ at Gaylord Opryland®, Tennessee Highway Safety Office: Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk and Wyler’s Light.
Event/Concert Schedule
(Artists and times subject to change)
Event Site Open from Noon to 10 pm
12 pm – 7 pm Sponsors Activation
Music City Walk of Fame Park 12 pm – 5 pm Amazon Family Fun Zone Activation
11 am – 12 pm DJ Coach
12 pm – 12:40 pm Troubadour
12:40 pm – 1 pm DJ Coach
1 pm – 1:40 pm Les Kerr & The Bayou Band
1:40 – 2 pm DJ Coach
2 PM – 2:40 pm Tommy Howell
2:40 pm – 3 pm DJ Coach
3pm – 4 pm THE MAGI
Ascend Amphitheater Gates Open 4 pm Ascend Amphitheater
Main Show at Jack Daniel’s Broadway Stage at First and Broadway
3 pm – 4 pm DJ Dave Aude
4 pm – 4:10 pm Main show opens with a welcome from Emcee Kelly Sutton, Remarks from Mayor John Cooper, Color Guard and National Anthem from Tiera Kennedy with fireworks bursts
4:10 pm – 4:15 pm Operation Song
4:15 pm – 4:30 pm Tiera Kennedy
4:30 pm 4:45 pm Kelly Sutton Emcee/DJ Dave Aude
4:45 pm – 5:25 pm Langhorne Slim
5:25 pm -5:40 pm Kelly Sutton Emcee/DJ Dave Aude
5:40 pm – 6:20 pm The War And Treaty
6:20 pm – 6:40 pm Kelly Sutton Emcee/DJ Dave Aude
6:40 pm – 7:40 pm Ben Rector
7:40 pm – 8:05 pm Kelly Sutton Emcee/DJ Dave Aude
8:05 pm – 9:20 pm Brad Paisley
Ascend Amphitheater (Gates Open at 4 pm)
9:15 pm – 9:23 pm Nashville Symphony seated/tuning/house music
9:23 pm – 9:25 pm Emcee Kelly Sutton opens Ascend Amphitheater show
9:25 pm – 9: 30 pm Nashville Symphony Special Piece
9:30 pm – 10 pm Nashville Symphony with Fireworks
Fireworks Viewing
For those primarily interested in watching the fireworks, they are encouraged to go to the
following locations that are part of the city’s July 4th event campus:
Lower Broadway • Ascend Amphitheater
Riverfront Park • The Green at Riverfront Park
Music City Walk of Fame Park
Public Square Park • Gay Street Connector
Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge
…No drones or livestream permitted.
