The City of Alexandria Pipes and Drums will perform the final concert of their summer series Thursday evening (August 7) at Market Square.
The free performance is scheduled for 7:45-8:30 p.m. in front of Alexandria City Hall (301 King St). The event is open to the public.
Good morning, Alexandria! Today is Wednesday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2025. There are 182 days left in the year.
🌧️ Today’s weather: Showers and thunderstorms before 1 p.m., then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. High near 84. Light and variable wind. The chance of precipitation is 80%—new rainfall amounts between a tenth and a quarter of an inch, except higher amounts are possible in thunderstorms.
Bagpipe and kilt lovers can get their fill early next month, as the City of Alexandria Pipes and Drums will take the stage for their summer concert at Market Square.
The June 5 (Thursday) concert will be held in front of City Hall (301 King Street) from 7:45 to 8:30 p.m.
Five years ago, Josh Cease taught himself how to be a drum major on the top level of a parking garage in Frisco, Texas.
While the world wrestled with the pandemic, in 2020 Cease bought a mace, and taught himself drum majoring by drilling up and down the parking garage, leading an invisible band by listening to famous marches with headphones. In 2022, Cease moved to Centreville, and he started looking for opportunities to lead a marching band.
Alexandria Mayor Alyia Gaskins and the new City Council were sworn into office on Thursday (Jan. 2), ushering in a new era of city governance with the new year.
Gaskins is the first Black woman to be elected mayor of the city. She stood alongside her husband and two children and took the oath of office from Clerk of the Court Greg Parks onstage at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center (4915 E. Campus Drive) at Northern Virginia Community College’s Alexandria campus.
