Update Regarding the America250 Community Concert
We regret to announce that the America250 concert, originally scheduled as a major outdoor community event for July 4, 2026, has been cancelled.
As preparations were underway, the City identified safety limitations with our intended venue at Government Plaza. While our team actively evaluated alternative locations, the tight timeline ahead of the holiday made it logistically impossible to secure and transition to a new venue in time.
We extend our sincere gratitude to the community and to the generous sponsors who stepped up to support this event:
AudioClassics, An American Patriot, The City of Binghamton, Visions Federal Credit Union, Mirabito Energy Products, Binghamton City School District, Upstate Coalition for a Fairgame, Conrad and Virginia Klee Foundation, Sall-Stearns
Thank you for your understanding, and we look forward to celebrating with you at future community events.
Cancelled:
A Free Public Concert to Celebrate
America's 250th Anniversary
July 4, 2026
Government Plaza, Binghamton
4:00pm: Grenadiers Alumni Drum Line
The Grenadiers Alumni Drum Line is proud to celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary with a program of drumming spanning the entire history of our country as an independent nation.
Starting with drumming in the colonial period and progressing through the influence of military drumming, orchestral percussion, folk music, jazz and pop music, the drum corps movement and the introduction of the modern drum set on percussion playing, we are proud to present a varied program of music which spans our 250 year history of American drumming.
Selections include, but are not limited to: The Three Camps, Connecticut Halftime, Hell on the Wabash, West Point, Crazy Army, Back Sticking Boogie, Chicago, Funkification Manifestation Situation, and Independence Rap.
5:00pm: Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra
Program:
John Smith: National Anthem
John Phillip: The Liberty Bell
Morton Gould: American Salute
Aaron Copland: Down a Country Lane
Aaron Copland: Variations on a Shaker Tune
Aaron Copland: Hoedown
Bob Lowden: Armed Forces Salute
John Williams: Star Wars Main Title
Irving Berlin: God Bless America
Richard Hayman: Sing Out, America
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
John Phillip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever
Accessibility
Elevator access to Government Plaza will be available from the Police Station / City Hall entrance.
Rain/Excessive Heat Location
TBD
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