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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 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: View Here

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: View Here

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

Expand List item 11880Collapse List item 11880  JULY 17 | Marine Jazz Quartet at ​Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Location: Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Date & Time: Thursday, July 17 at 12 and 1 p.m.

Program: N/A

Description: Enjoy an All-American musical feast as the Marine Jazz Quartet performs a delicious mix of American jazz tunes by such luminaries as Louis Armstrong, Henry Mancini and Herbie Hancock for the American History Museum's Music from the Hearts of America series. This is a free program open to the public. Performances will take place at 12:00 and 1:00 p.m. in Flag Hall, 2 Center at the museum.

For more information and to register for this free event, click here.

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: View Here

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: View Here

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.