Let Freedom Sing is as much a part of Tucsonโs Fourth of July tradition as firing up the grill and watching fireworks.
Thatโs what happens when you host an event for 32 years and counting. And each year, the event, hosted by Arts Express, grows in size โ not only from the number of performers on the Centennial Hall stage but the size of the audience. Let Freedom Sing is the little patriotic pick-me-up before we find our parking spot somewhere downtown for the annual โAโ Mountain fireworks show.
This year, Let Freedom Sing includes special guests the Manhattan Dolls, a trio of vocalists who tour nationally doing Andrews Sisters-esque USO-style shows. The lineup also includes the Arts Express choir and several popular soloists including Ben Cline, Jodi Darling, Armen Dirtadian, Kathy Jenkins, Delores Maddox, Chach Snook and Dennis Tamblyn.
Big Band Express returns to the event , and a rousing march kicks off the show, which includes a moving presentation of the colors by the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Honor Guard and the annual Salute to the Armed Forces.
Let Freedom Sing begins at 3 p.m. Monday, July 4, at Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd. on the University of Arizona campus.
Tickets are $10 general and $25 reserved seats, free for kids 8 and younger, through arts-express.org/let-freedom-sing/ or by calling Arts Express at 319-0400.
