In Pictures: Let Freedom Sing, Nashville’s Fourth of July

Craig Shelburne • July 5, 2016 [print-me target="div.post-title, div.post-meta, div.post-body" do_not_print=".twitterLink, .sharedaddy, .jp-relatedposts, .fb-comments-title, .fb-comments-text, .fb-comments, .post-comments" tag="span" class="print-me-container"]

Photo: Penny Adams. All photos used by permission of Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp.

Estimated attendance for the 2016 Let Freedom Sing event was 125,000 to 150,000 people, according to a statement from the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp. Sheryl Crow and Maddie & Tae were among the Fourth of July festival�s performers on stage at Ascend Amphitheatre.

Maddie & Tae. Photo: Ann Richardson

The figures account for attendance across the festival�s downtown footprint. Thousands more people were just beyond the designated area. The numbers are similar to last year�s tally, which was 150,000 people. With perfect weather, the annual event has drawn nearly 260,000 people.