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A full schedule of public performances by ensembles of "The President's Own"

 

2025 summer concerts:

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Select a date below for more information.

Events are free and open to the public, tickets not required. Programs subject to change.

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Expand List item 10104Collapse List item 10104  MAY 25 | Summer Blast Off! at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, Filene Center

Location: Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, Filene Center, 1551 Trap Road Vienna, VA

Date & Time: Sunday, May 25 at 8 p.m.

Program: View Here

Description: The Marine Band will once again celebrate Memorial Day weekend with its annual Summer Blast Off! concert at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts with a mix of patriotic favorites, popular movie soundtracks, Sousa marches, and Broadway show tunes. As always, the program will conclude with a medley of the Armed Forces’ service songs honoring all those currently serving, veterans, and their families, followed by one of the best fireworks displays of the year. Don’t miss this annual family event and musical salute to our nation and its heroes!

For more information and to register to attend, click here.

Expand List item 7781Collapse List item 7781  JUNE 4 | Marine Band at U.S. Capitol West Steps

Location: U.S. Capitol West Steps

Date & Time: Wednesday, June 4 at 7 p.m.

Program: View here

Description: Free outdoor summer concerts featuring patriotic favorites, popular music, and wind band classics perfect for the whole family! 

Expand List item 7782Collapse List item 7782  JUNE 5 | Marine Band at Sylvan Theater

Location: Sylvan Theater (on the grounds of the Washington Monument)

Date & Time: Thursday, June 5 at 7 p.m.

Program: View here

Description: Free outdoor summer concerts featuring patriotic favorites, popular music, and wind band classics perfect for the whole family!

Expand List item 7783Collapse List item 7783  JUNE 11 | Marine Band at U.S. Capitol West Steps

Location: U.S. Capitol West Steps

Date & Time: Wednesday, June 11 at 7 p.m.

Program: View here

Description: Free outdoor summer concerts featuring patriotic favorites, popular music, and wind band classics perfect for the whole family!

Expand List item 7784Collapse List item 7784  JUNE 12 | Marine Band at U.S. Capitol West Steps

Location: U.S. Capitol West Steps

Date & Time: Thursday, June 12 at 7 p.m.

Program: View here

Description: Free outdoor summer concerts featuring patriotic favorites, popular music, and wind band classics perfect for the whole family!

Expand List item 7785Collapse List item 7785  JUNE 25 | Free Country at U.S. Capitol West Steps

Location: U.S. Capitol West Steps

Date & Time: Wednesday, June 25 at 7 p.m.

Program: View here

Description: Free outdoor summer concerts featuring Free Country, the Marine Band's popular music ensemble performing pop, rock and country music selections from the 1980s through today.

Expand List item 7809Collapse List item 7809  JUNE 26 | Free Country at Glen Echo

Location: Glen Echo

Date & Time: Thursday, June 26 at 7:30 p.m.

Program: View here

Description: Free outdoor summer concerts featuring Free Country, the Marine Band's popular music ensemble performing pop, rock and country music selections from the 1980s through today.

Expand List item 7811Collapse List item 7811  JULY 9 | Marine Band at U.S. Capitol West Steps

Location: U.S. Capitol West Steps

Date & Time: Wednesday, July 9 at 7 p.m.

Program: Coming soon

Description: Free outdoor summer concerts featuring patriotic favorites, popular music, and wind band classics perfect for the whole family! 

Expand List item 7812Collapse List item 7812  JULY 10 | Marine Band at Sylvan Theater

Location: Sylvan Theater (on the grounds of the Washington Monument)

Date & Time: Thursday, July 10 at 7 p.m.

Program: Coming soon

Description: Free outdoor summer concerts featuring patriotic favorites, popular music, and wind band classics perfect for the whole family!

Expand List item 7813Collapse List item 7813  JULY 23 | Latin Jazz Ensemble at U.S. Capitol West Steps

Location: U.S. Capitol West Steps

Date & Time: Wednesday, July 23 at 7 p.m.

Program: Coming soon

Description: Free outdoor summer concerts featuring the Marine Latin Jazz Ensemble performing a mix of classic and contemporary Latin jazz hits that will keep hands clapping, feet tapping and the dance floor hopping.

Expand List item 7814Collapse List item 7814  JULY 24 | Latin Jazz Ensemble at Glen Echo

Location: Glen Echo

Date & Time: Thursday, July 24 at 7:30 p.m.

Program: Coming soon

Description: Free outdoor summer concerts featuring the Marine Latin Jazz Ensemble performing a mix of classic and contemporary Latin jazz hits that will keep hands clapping, feet tapping and the dance floor hopping.

Expand List item 8814Collapse List item 8814  JULY 30 | Marine Band at U.S. Capitol West Steps

Location: U.S. Capitol West Steps

Date & Time: Wednesday, July 30 at 7 p.m.

Program: Coming soon

Description: Free outdoor summer concerts featuring patriotic favorites, popular music, and wind band classics perfect for the whole family! 

Expand List item 9837Collapse List item 9837  JULY 31 | Marine Band at Sylvan Theater

Location: Sylvan Theater (on the grounds of the Washington Monument)

Date & Time: Thursday, July 31 at 7 p.m.

Program: Coming soon

Description: Free outdoor summer concerts featuring patriotic favorites, popular music, and wind band classics perfect for the whole family!

Expand List item 9838Collapse List item 9838  AUGUST 6 | Marine Big Band at U.S. Capitol West Steps

Location: U.S. Capitol West Steps

Date & Time: Wednesday, Aug. 6 at 7 p.m.

Program: Coming soon

Description: Free outdoor summer concerts featuring the Marine Big Band taking listeners back to yesteryear with the swinging tunes and smooth tones of a bygone era.

Expand List item 11693Collapse List item 11693  AUGUST 7 | Marine Big Band at National Museum of the Marine Corps

Location: National Museum of the Marine Corps

Date & Time: Thursday, Aug. 7 at 7 p.m.

Program: Coming soon

Description: Free outdoor summer concerts featuring the Marine Big Band taking listeners back to yesteryear with the swinging tunes and smooth tones of a bygone era.

Expand List item 11694Collapse List item 11694  AUGUST 13 | Marine Band at U.S. Capitol West Steps

Location: U.S. Capitol West Steps

Date & Time: Wednesday, Aug. 13 at 7 p.m.

Program: Coming soon

Description: Free outdoor summer concerts featuring patriotic favorites, popular music, and wind band classics perfect for the whole family! 

Expand List item 11695Collapse List item 11695  AUGUST 14 | Marine Band at Sylvan Theater

Location: Sylvan Theater (on the grounds of the Washington Monument)

Date & Time: Thursday, Aug. 14 at 7 p.m.

Program: Coming soon

Description: Free outdoor summer concerts featuring patriotic favorites, popular music, and wind band classics perfect for the whole family! 

Expand List item 11698Collapse List item 11698  AUGUST 23 | Marine Chamber Orchestra at Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center

Location: Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, Northern Virginia Community College

Date & Time: Saturday, Aug. 23 at 7:30 p.m.

Program: Coming soon

Description: Coordinated by Concertmaster Master Sgt. Karen Johnson, come hear the Marine Chamber Orchestra’s delightful summer concert featuring Felix Mendelssohn’s String Symphony No. 10 in B minor; William Grant Still’s Ennanga for Harp, String Orchestra, and Piano; and Benjamin Britten’s Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge.

The concert is free. No tickets required. Free parking.

Expand List item 11696Collapse List item 11696  AUGUST 27 | Marine Band at U.S. Capitol West Steps

Location: U.S. Capitol West Steps

Date & Time: Wednesday, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m.

Program: Coming soon

Description: Free outdoor summer concerts featuring patriotic favorites, popular music, and wind band classics perfect for the whole family! 

Expand List item 11697Collapse List item 11697  AUGUST 28 | Marine Band at National Museum of the Marine Corps

Location: National Museum of the Marine Corps

Date & Time: Thursday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m.

Program: Coming soon

Description: Free outdoor summer concerts featuring patriotic favorites, popular music, and wind band classics perfect for the whole family! 

 

Friday Evening Parades:

Dates: Fridays, May - August

Location: Marine Barracks Washington, 8th & I Streets SE, Washington, DC 20390

Special Note: Reservations required. Please visit the Marine Barracks Washington website for parade reservations and complete information.

Description: Since 1957, Marine Barracks Washington, the "Oldest Post of the Corps," has held Friday Evening Parades to publicly showcase the pride, professionalism and esprit de corps of Marines worldwide. At these ceremonial dress parades, guests witness the finest display of military precision and excellence, including musical performances by "The President's Own" United States Marine Band and "The Commandant's Own" United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, and impressively choreographed rifle drill executed by the United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon. Following the ceremony, guests have the opportunity to meet Marines involved in the parade, as well as take photos with the Marine Barracks bulldog mascot, Chesty XVI.