 The festivities, sponsored by the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, kick off at 5 p.m., include free family entertainment, activities and games for children and food trucks. Not games for food trucks, just games for children. Culminating in a concert featuring at 6.30 p.m., Nikki Parrish and the group Chemistry, followed at 7.30 p.m. by jazz trumpeter Rodney Block and then the Arkansas Symphony with associate conductor Valerie Saul on the podium, performing patriotic works at approximately 8.30 p.m.