The largest FREE Memorial Day Weekend event in the Midwest returns for its 17th rousing year. Music Director Michael Stern conducts a spectacular patriotic concert by the Kansas City Symphony as a prelude to Kansas City’s biggest fireworks display. Picnic on the North Lawn of the National WWI Museum and Memorial while enjoying fabulous pre-concert entertainment. Blankets and lawn chairs welcome. Grounds open at 3 p.m., including the Lee Jeans Family Zone and Honeywell Veterans Place. Visit kcsymphony.org/celebration for event details and parking information.

Michael Stern, conductor