Brad Paisley is set to headline “Let Freedom Sing! Music City’s 4th of July” celebration. Brad, who is headlining the show for the second time (his last appearance was in 2021), will be joined on the bill by The War And Treaty, Ben Rector, Tiera Kennedy and singer-songwriter Langhorne Slim. The event is partnering with The Store, a free referral-based grocery store founded by Brad and his wife, Kimberly Williams Paisley. One dollar from the sale of each event T-shirt will benefit The Store.
Brad, the only artist to headline Nashville’s Fourth of July show twice, says this year will be slightly different than in 2021 when the world seemed to open back up at the end of the global pandemic.
“I don’t know if it’ll mean more than that first time, because that was the reopening, that was the like the ‘welcome back’ moment. So, that was a really ridiculous feeling to walk out there and see people as far as you can see on Broadway, and nobody had a mask on and for the first time everything felt like, wow, I’ve missed this so much,” says Brad. “This year it should be just as fun, but at the same time a little more business as usual for all of us, which is that street is packed EVERY night, as you know, and I just hope to not take away from the party they’re already having. (laughs) on Broadway. But it’s worth sitting through my show for the fireworks that they do. I think it was the most ever done. They were proud of the fact that they had four or five more rockets than New York or something or D.C. It was bigger than—I don’t know what redneck thing we’re trying to win here with the fireworks, but we won it.” (laughs)
The event is partnering with The Store, a free referral-based grocery store founded by Brad and his wife, Kimberly Williams Paisley. One dollar from the sale of each event T-shirt will benefit The Store.
Downtown Nashville will present one of the country’s largest July 4th fireworks show, which will be synchronized to live music from the Nashville Symphony.
Brad just released his new song, “So Many Summers.”
Audio / Brad Paisley talks about headlining Nashville's July 4th extravaganza for the second time.
DownloadBrad Paisley (Fourth of July 2023) OC: …we won it. (laughs) 1:01
“I don’t know if it’ll mean more than that first time, because that was the reopening, that was the like the ‘welcome back’ moment. So, that was a really ridiculous feeling to walk out there and see people as far as you can see on Broadway, and nobody had a mask on and for the first time everything felt like, wow, I’ve missed this so much. You know, again, this year it should be just as fun, but at the same time a little more business as usual for all of us, which is that street is packed EVERY night, as you know, and I just hope to not take away from the party they’re already having. (laughs) on Broadway. But it’s worth sitting through my show for the fireworks that they do. I think it was the most ever done. They were proud of the fact that they had four or five more rockets than New York or something or D.C. It was bigger than—I don’t know what redneck thing we’re trying to win here with the fireworks, but we won it.” (laughs)
