• Bumper Car Pavilion at Glen Echo Park filled with people listening to a concert on benches, as well as dancing couples in the background and twinkling lights on the ceiling.

    MUSIC FREE-FOR-ALL

    Saturday, August 30, 2025  |  Bumper Car Pavilion

    The Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture is pleased to present a family-friendly Music FREE-for-All over Labor Day Weekend!  Join us for FREE live music concerts with music you can dance to—it's like an extended day-long summer concert! Live music will fill the Bumper Car Pavilion from 12pm to 6pm on Saturday, August 30, 2025.

     

    RSVP  (RSVP preferred, not required. There is no check-in at this event.)

     

    SCHEDULE

    In between concerts, be sure to check out the 54th Annual Labor Day Art Show in the Spanish Ballroom, 12:00pm - 6:00pm

    Nowhere Men | 12:00pm - 1:00pm

    Nowhere Men are an acoustic quartet of guitars, bass, percussion, and lots of singing! Based out of NOVA, Nowhere Men pride themselves on reproducing the vocals of the Beatles in a more intimate atmosphere that is suited for a wide variety of venues.

    the Nowhere men perform for a crowd in the Bumper Car Pavilion

    Karen Collins & the Backroads Band | 1:30pm - 2:30pm

    Karen Collins & The Backroads Band is a DC-area honky tonk country band lead by Karen Collins, a coal miner’s daughter from Southwest VA, and is considered one of the DC area's top honky tonk groups. With Karen on vocals and rhythm guitar, the band features Ira Gitlin (lead guitar & vocals), James Key (bass) and Pat Puglisi (drums & vocals), their original songs have an authentic vintage sound and covers range from Hank Williams to Patsy Cline with some rockabilly thrown in.

    the Backroads Band hold their intstruments

    Carly Harvey Band | 3:00pm - 4:00pm

    Based out of Washington, DC, Carly Harvey combines Blues, Jazz, Soul, and Indigenous American styles to produce a unique sound. She is the originator of the “Native Scat”—an improvisational fusion of traditional Jazz scat with Native vocables. In addition to performing as a solo act, Carly is an entertaining and dynamic band leader.

    Carly Harvey performs with a guitar

    The Experience Band & Show | 4:30pm - 5:30pm

    The Experience Band & Show, founded in June of 2016 by Travis Gardner and Thaddeus J. Cradle Sr., was born from the heart of DC’s rich music scene, and is led by the Trombone King, where they fuse jazz, funk, Go-Go, rock, hip-hop, and R&B into a signature sound they call “ja-fun-go”, a genre-bending experience like no other. The band's performances are comprised of a variety of original songs, popular, and old school covers with their unique technique and style.

    a band performs on stage


     

    Suggested Donation: $10

    Every contribution helps us present free festivals, concerts, preserve and maintain the Park's historic buildings, and more.

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