Mickey Guyton is preparing to host the 42nd edition of A CAPITOL FOURTH, America’s national Independence Day celebration on PBS.

Mickey will lead an all-star cast in a patriotic evening of unrivaled musical performances by top stars from pop, country, R&B, classical and Broadway featuring the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of premiere pops conductor Jack Everly.

She is most excited about taking her family — husband Grant and son Grayson — to the nation’s capitol and watch the fireworks. “I am most looking forward to being able to share this experience with my son,” says Mickey. “He is 16 months now and it’s just been so cool to watch him grow up and see the world for the first time, and I’m really excited about him seeing fireworks and really being able to to take it all in. I think that’s going to be my favorite part of Fourth of July.”

A CAPITOL FOURTH airs Monday, July 4th, 2022 from 8pm to 9:30pm ET, as well as to our troops serving around the world on the American Forces Network.  The program can also be heard in stereo over NPR member stations nationwide and will be streaming on YouTube and www.pbs.org/a-capitol-fourth and available as Video on Demand for a limited time only, July 4th to July 18th, 2022.