Nashville’s Let Freedom Sing! America 250 Celebration Draws Record Crowd Of 400,000

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Photo: Alan Poizner/Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp

Nashville’s Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th event drew a record-breaking estimated crowd of 400,000 downtown to celebrate America’s 250th birthday.

The talent-packed celebration featured a multi-star lineup of The All-American Rejects, Boyz II Men, Brothers Osborne, Lauren Daigle, NE-YO, Nick Jonas, Sublime and more. Rising country artists Elizabeth Nichols and Emily Ann Roberts appeared as special guest performers.

The performances anchored a three-hour national TV special, Disney Celebrates America: Nashville’s Star-Spangled Bash, with host Ryan Seacrest, which aired coast to coast live. The TV broadcast included performances from Little Big Town, Reba McEntire and Tim McGraw, with Roberts also serving as backstage correspondent, and comedian John Crist joining the show as the broadcast’s man-on-the-street reporter.

The concert culminated with the July 4th Fireworks and Drone Show, the largest fireworks and aerial drone light display in Nashville history. For the first time, Nashville’s fireworks display featured 12-inch shells, the largest ever launched in the city. The show also included more than 1,000 floating flares, creating the illusion of lights suspended above the Cumberland River, and the two-minute finale once again ranked among the most powerful in the country, featuring thousands of fireworks, more than 1,000 salute “boomers” and a vibrant spectrum of colors. The show was synchronized to a live performance from the Nashville Symphony.

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