CBS’ America 250 special on July 4 features Zac Brown Band, Jon Batiste, Goo Goo Dolls and more
Americans will be ringing in the nation’s 250th anniversary of independence with coast-to-coast celebrations and star-studded concerts and performances. Join CBS for “The Great American Block Party 250,” a primetime special on Saturday, July 4, hosted by “CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil and “Entertainment Tonight” co-host Nischelle Turner.
Dokoupil and Turner will host live from the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. The show will feature exclusive performances by the Zac Brown Band, Jon Batiste, Goo Goo Dolls, The War and Treaty and more.
There will also be select songs from America 250 concerts in Los Angeles and Philadelphia, with Queen Latifah performing at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and The Roots and Jill Scott at the One Philly: Unity Concert for America.
The celebration will finish off with what organizers are calling the largest fireworks show in history in the skies over the nation’s capital.
Along with the festivities in Washington, there will be celebratory moments from Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Charleston, New York, Philadelphia, Mount Rushmore and Fort Campbell, Kentucky. We’ll also mark the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota.
Watch “The Great American Block Party 250” on Saturday, July 4, at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and stream it on Paramount+ and CBS News 24/7.
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