SALT LAKE CITY – Music Director Sterling Poulson and the Choral Arts Society of Utah invite you to an evening dedicated to honoring our men and women in the Armed Forces. It is a free event, and parking is free under the plaza. This is a community concert, focused on honoring our men and women in uniform both the past and present and highlights the soldiers, airmen, and civilian employees who have excelled in their service to this country. This concert also gives the many Veterans and their families in our community, the opportunity to stand up and be counted during the Armed Forces Salute. 

The plaza opens at 5:00 pm for food and face-painting fun for the kids.  The 23rd Army Band Rock Band (Article 15) takes the stage at 6:15, and the main concert starts at 7:00 P.M. The concert will include a variety of music including patriotic favorites you love to hear, and it ends with a rousing rendition of John Philip Sousa’s Stars & Stripes Forever. 

Bring the family and enjoy plenty of food, fun, support service booths, and great entertainment. The Utah Department of Veterans and Military Affairs will honor outstanding servicemembers and employees from military units across Utah.  The choir will also perform “Prayer for Ukraine” as a memorial tribute to the loss of life and the devastation that continues.

The Utah National Guard 23rd Army Band has played for Presidents, Senators, Congressmen, and Heads of State.  Each year the Band performs for thousands of people across the State of Utah and the United States, giving clinics and concerts for schools, playing at civic functions, marching in parades, and providing music for military dances, changes of command, and pass-in-reviews.  The Rock Band, Article 15 will take you back to whatever generation you are from and consists of 2 guitar players, a bass guitar player, a keyboard player, a percussionist, and vocalists. 

Now in its 37th year, members of the 110-voice Choral Arts Society of Utah volunteer their time and talents to provide quality performances, many of which benefit schools and organizations offering humanitarian services to the local area.

Special thanks to our sponsors who make this event possible; Northrop Grumman, The Joseph and Kathleen Sorenson Legacy Foundation, The Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Foundation, Salt Lake County ZAP, The Gallivan Center, and KUTV 2News.