Let Freedom Sing! Music City is one of the ways Nashville is honoring America’s 250th. It’s a free, two-day fest taking place on Friday (July 3) and Saturday (July 4) across multiple blocks in downtown Nashville with five stages and performances from The All-American Rejects, Boyz II Men, Brothers Osborne, Lauren Daigle, NE-YO, Nick Jonas and more than 30 Nashville artists plus the Nashville Symphony. The celebration will also feature fireworks and drone show.
 ”We promote Nashville as Music City, it’s important for us to show all genres of music and showcase our local talent,” said Deana Ivey, President and CEO of the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp. “It’s important for us to put them out there on the stage, not just to showcase the different kinds of music, but to support them in their careers, their livelihood, and hopefully help them get discovered and they might be the next headliner at the next event.”
 ”All these artists, creators, all those people who support these creators, the station, Visit Music City, we’re all part of this daily ecosystem that puts that music in Music City,” Chris Cobb, Director of Music Venue Alliance Nashville, said. “Large scale events like this stand to have significant impact on that ecosystem, this prioritizing of a diverse lineup, of a large lineup that features tons of different local artists playing all sorts of different music. Not only is it a true representation of Music City and that ecosystem and the music that’s made here every day, played here every day, but it shows an extreme level of support by Visit Music City ensuring that large scale events like this have a positive impact on our ecosystem.”
The 615 Indie Live Stage located at The Green at Riverfront Park on Friday will feature a DJ set from Jason Eskridge and performances from Boy Orbison, New Translations, The Brummies and The Foxies. Other stages throughout the weekend will feature performances from Denita, Brittney Spencer, Regi Wooten and Friends, Kenny Sharp, Shannon Sanders & The Music City All-Stars and more.
“This city continues to grow, we’ve got incredible pockets of neighborhoods all over the place, that are all very different and all very diverse,” said Cobb. “If you’re unable to get into the symphony and the fireworks, at the Riverfront Amphitheater, I think the rest of the stages are done by 7:00. Get out there, there’s independent venues that are in walking distance of Broadway, Acme Feed and Seed, 3rd and Lindsley, Bourbon Street, and Robert’s. But if you’re not gonna stay downtown, get up to Hillsboro Village or jump across the river to Five Points and see how much Nashville really has to offer.”
