The Rose Bowl Stadium, recognized as home to one of the nation’s largest and longest-running shows to celebrate America’s birthday, will host its 96th Annual AmericaFest Celebration on Monday, July 4th. It is a great privilege to provide an event that will bring family and friends to celebrate in person and enjoy in the patriotic festivities of the day in the Arroyo.
In celebration of the Rose Bowl Stadium’s centennial, “America’s Stadium” is going bigger than ever by celebrating all week long. The festivities will kick off on July 4th with the 96th Annual AmericaFest Celebration and will culminate on July 9th with Palomino Festival, highlighting some of the best country music has to offer presented by Goldenvoice.
In honor of the stadium's 100th birthday, this year’s AmericaFest program will highlight key moments of the venue’s iconic past, welcome back fan-favorite, TNT Freestyle Motocross with a thrilling, high-flying thirty-minute show, and will also feature a musical performance by Drake Milligan.
After starring as a teenage Presley in the CMT series Sun Records, Milligan released his self-titled EP to much critical acclaim. Milligan’s signature traditional yet timely country has earned praise from American Songwriter, Rolling Stone Country, CMT.com, Fort Worth Weekly, Sounds Like Nashville, Taste of Country and more. He recently performed at Stagecoach and is headlining shows across the country this summer. You won’t want to miss it!
To provide fans with the opportunity to take part in all the festivities, the Rose Bowl Stadium has partnered with Goldenvoice to provide guests with a free AmericaFest ticket with the purchase of a Palomino Festival pass. Head to palominopasadena.com and upon checkout guests will be prompted to add their free AmericaFest ticket to their cart. Don’t miss this opportunity to witness iconic country acts Willie Nelson, Kasey Musgraves, Jason Isbell, Old Crow Medicine Show, Turnpike Troubadours and so many more
Schedule
- 1:00 PM - Parking Lots Open
- 2:00 PM - FanFest Opens
- 3:00 PM - Arroyo Seco Saints Baseball First Pitch at Jackie Robinson Stadium - Free to the public, click here to register
- 5:30 PM - Gates Open
- 6:30 PM - TNT Motocross Riders
- 7:00 PM - Haylee Joe Performance
- 7:30 PM - Tia Simone Performance
- 8:15 PM - TNT Motocross Riders
- 8:30 PM - Drake Milligan Performance
