Multiple live performances on oceanfront stages attract tens of thousands of visitors and residents of Hampton Roads to a “star-spangled” salute to this great country of ours at Stars & Stripes Explosion!  Musical acts offer something for everyone with tribute bands saluting some of the biggest names in music. FREE EVENT!!!

From 8:00pm-9:30pm, a stage erected right on the beach at 20th Street becomes the focal point for performances by Symphonicity (the symphony orchestra of Virginia Beach) together with the Virginia Beach Chorale.  This musical program encompasses patriotic songs, Broadway standards, movie themes, and folk music. 

The show segues into a spectacular fireworks show at 9:30pm that explodes over the ocean in a burst of colors and patterns!

Entertainment Schedule:
17th St. Park
8pm - 10:30pm: Charlie Band

24th St. Park
Noon–3pm Kids Activities      
2pm–2:45pm: Mosaic Steel Orchestra (Boardwalk) 
3pm–3:30pm: Spectrum Puppets     
4pm–5pm: Mosaic Steel Orchestra (Stage)  
5:30pm–7pm: Latin Jazz Conspiracy      
7:30pm–9pm: Tumbao Salsero        
9:30pm–11pm: Plena Libre

20th St. Stage on the Beach
8pm - 9:30pm: Symphonicity (Concert featuring patriotic tunes as well as music by Gershwin, with the 1812 Overture and Stars and Stripes Forever. Soprano Kimberly Markham will sing excerpts from Les Miserables.

31st St. Park
8pm - 9:30pm: Who's Bad (Michael Jackson Tribute)

Who’s Bad, the popular Michael Jackson tribute band, will be featured at 31st Street Park from 8:00pm-9:30pm.  Whether you idolized the Jackson 5, fell in love to Human Nature or memorized all of Thriller's creepy choreography, Who’s Bad is authentic, music-driven, must-see entertainment that navigates you back to that special place. As the curtain opens on a Who’s Bad performance, even the most skeptical Michael Jackson fan feels the excitement rising, screams at the sight of that unmistakable silhouette, and succumbs to a surefire MJ sing-along. The energy is magnetic, the musicianship is first-class, the dance moves exhilarating. Who’s Bad is a homage befitting a King and their high octane execution of MJ hits has exclusively catapulted them to the ranks of ultimate!