Free Labor Day Concert by National Symphony Orchestra Sunday

The National Symphony Orchestra will perform a free Labor Day concert Sunday night at 8 p.m. on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol.

Principal Pops Conductor Steven Reineke will lead the NSO in its annual free Labor Day weekend concert. This year, the concert will feature vocalist Kate Davis and the Soldiers’ Chorus of The United States Army Field Band.

The concert will take place on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol from 8-9:30 p.m. Gates will open at 3 p.m., with a concert rehearsal at 3:30 p.m.

The concert will feature patriotic favorites Battle Hymn of the Republic and America the Beautiful, a selection of Aaron Copland classics including Fanfare for the Common Man and Variations on a Shaker Melody, American Songbook standards ranging from “I’ll See You in My Dreams” to “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea,” folk hits like Bob Dylan’s “My Back Pages” and Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land,” and much more.

In case of inclement weather, call the National Symphony Orchestra’s Summer Concert Hotline at (202) 416-8114 after 2:30 p.m. on the day of the concert to find out whether the performance will take place at The Capitol, or whether it will move indoors to the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. If the concert moves indoors, there will be no open rehearsal.