Premieres Friday, July 4, 2025 at 8 p.m. + Encore at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Live Stream / PBS app
"A Capitol Fourth" celebrates our nation’s 249th birthday with a live broadcast from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol - honoring our freedoms and independence, and those who defend them. The show will be hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro!
The all-star event features patriotic and musical performances across genres, including pop, country, R&B, classical, and Broadway, with the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of premier pops conductor Jack Everly.
The Performers:
The iconic multi-platinum selling music legends The Beach Boys
World-renowned Motown stars The Temptations
Grammy-Award nominated multi-platinum-selling country music superstar Josh Turner
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Lauren Daigle
Legendary Grammy Award-winning musician and producer and New Orleans icon Trombone Shorty
Platinum-selling hitmakers LOCASH, named “country music's iconic feel-good duo” by People
Four-time Grammy-Award Award-winning Gospel music legend Yolanda Adams
Acclaimed singer-songwriter and AMERICAN IDOL Season 22 winner Abi Carter
The 45th anniversary "A Capitol Fourth," the National Independence Day Celebration, will be capped off by the greatest display of fireworks for America’s biggest birthday party.
Tributes and features in this year’s concert include:
A celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps and the 2.8 million men and women of our all-volunteer armed forces defending our nation, culminating in a rousing Armed Forces Medley with the service branch color teams.
Honoring the Greatest Generation to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the End of World War II, paying tribute to the millions of Americans who served the nation in uniform and on the home front with several of these heroes in attendance.
Thank You and Salute to our First Responders – Police, Fire, EMT and paramedics and emergency health care professionals – in our communities around the country, protecting and caring for us.
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