Peace and Love on America’s 250th is a community event to celebrate America’s 250th birthday on Saturday, July 4, 2026, from 3 to 8 p.m., at Fred Fletcher Park, 820 Clay Street, Raleigh, North Carolina.
This is a free event for all ages, but please RSVP to help with planning.
The event includes:
- Performances (see below)
- Free hands-on children’s activities from 3 to 5:30 p.m.
- Food trucks
- More
Schedule
- 3 p.m.: Welcome
- 3:05 p.m.: United Strings of Color — “A Change Gonna Come” and “Black Violin Stereotypes”
- 3:20 p.m.: -i Firenzi Commedia Dell’Arte — Improv Comedy with Audience Participation
- 3:50 p.m.: Wake County Commissioner Tara Waters — Keynote Speech
- 4 p.m.: Paradox Opera — “Miss Merriweather it appears” from The Genders of Gybberidge
- 4:10 p.m.: You Can Vote — The 2026 Midterm: What’s on the Ballot?
- 4:15 p.m.: Aggregate Theatre Company — Gazellephant & Billy Goat’s Gruff
- 4:25 p.m.: Pequod Productions — A Whiff of Walt Whitman
- 4:35 p.m.: Bare Theatre — Shakespeare Alive
- 4:50 p.m.: Ellie Manfreda — Singer/Songwriter
- 5:10 to 5:30 p.m.: Drumming and Percussion — Led by Asher Richardson
- 6:30 p.m.: Peace and Love on America’s 250th Concert — Spoken Word and selections from Hair
Look for updates on the Facebook event.
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