The Midwest’s most popular Memorial Day event, Bank of America Celebration at the Station, returns for its seventh year to Kansas City’s Union Station on Sunday, May 24. Bank of America Celebration at the Station features Music Director Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony performing familiar patriotic music against the backdrop of historic Union Station, with a finale of blazing fireworks above the National WWI Museum at Liberty Memorial. The Kansas City Symphony is grateful to Bank of America for making this gift to our city possible.

Grounds open at 3:00PM for this free community event. Food and beverages will be available for purchase both inside and outside of Union Station, including kettle corn, food from the PB&J Restaurant Group, and Sheridan’s Frozen Custard. Come early to enjoy Memorial Day Weekend activities at the National WWI Museum, the Chronicles of Narnia exhibit at Union Station and the grand opening of the National Archives in the Union Station complex. At 4:30PM, pre-concert entertainment begins with the United States Air Force Brass in Blue. The Symphony takes the stage at 7:30PM for a rousing set of orchestral music to celebrate all things American, including the 1812 Overture, complete with live firing cannons! Special guests this year include Retired Air Force General Richard B. Myers, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Grammy Award-winning bluegrass band Cherryholmes, and local tenor Ben Gulley singing the National Anthem. At 9:15PM, all heads will turn to the sky over the National WWI Museum at Liberty Memorial for a stunning display of choreographed fireworks, bursting to the beat of patriotic music. This fireworks display is one of the largest staged in the Midwest.

Families attending the free outdoor performance by the Kansas City Symphony and the fireworks display are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs. For those who cannot attend Bank of America Celebration at the Station, the concert will again be shown live on KCPT Channel 19, starting at 7:30PM on Sunday, May 24. A rebroadcast of the concert will be scheduled to air over the Fourth Of July Weekend. In addition, numerous public television stations throughout the region will rebroadcast Bank of America Celebration at the Station. Check your local listings for broadcast dates and times.

* In case of rain, Symphony concert will be held on Monday, May 25 at 7:30PM