Save the date: These are all the festivities on Day 1 of NFL Draft 2023
The 2023 NFL Draft is just a few weeks away, so all 32 teams are already analyzing which top prospects are emerging from college and who are the best options to fill their needs.
The first day of the Draft will be April 27, and the day will be full of activities for fans, and they will be as follows:
- Attending prospects will walk the NFL Draft Red Carpet presented by TCL on the Memorial Courtyard at the National WWI Museum and Memorial. Portions will be televised as part of NFL Network's NFL Draft Kickoff show.
- Multi-Grammy nominated singer-songwriter and Kansas City's own Oleta Adams will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" live from downtown.
- Rising Country music star Brittney Spencer will sing the national anthem from the National WWI Museum and Memorial as part of opening festivities.
- The Military District of Washington's Joint Armed Forces Color Guard and United States Army Field Band Drummers will present the Nation's Colors for the playing of the national anthem. The U.S. Air Force will provide a flyover at the conclusion of the anthem.
- NFL Network's Kimmi Chex and Colleen Wolfe will host activities in the Draft Theater for Night 1.
- Kansas City party band Lost Wax will serve as the house band at the Draft Theater and will provide entertainment in between draft selections each day.
- Kansas City Chiefs players and legends along with members of Big Slick Kansas City, including Eric Stonestreet and Heidi Gardner, will take part in a variety of special moments throughout the draft.
- The Draft Theater will also be home to the Inner Circle presented by Courtyard by Marriott, where superfans from each club will passionately represent their team.
- The NFL will host FREE concerts in the Draft Theater as part of the NFL Draft Concert Series presented by Bud Light at the conclusion of each day of the draft. General fan viewing is standing room only and will be on a first-come, first-served basis on the North Lawn of the National WWI Museum and Memorial. Headliners will be announced in the coming days.
- The NFL Draft Experience presented by Panini, the NFL's interactive football theme park, will be free and open to the public all three days of the event (April 27-29). It will be located on the south side of the Museum and Memorial. Hours of operation:
Thursday, April 27: 12 p.m. - 10 p.m. CT
Friday, April 28: 12 p.m. - 10 p.m. CT
Saturday, April 29: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. CT
The NFL draft presented by Bud Light will be broadcasted live on NFL Network, ABC, ESPN, ESPN Deportes and streamed on NFL+ beginning on:
Thursday, April 27: 7 p.m. CT (8 p.m. ET)
Friday, April 28: 6 p.m. CT (7 p.m. ET)
Saturday, April 29: 11 a.m. CT (12 p.m. ET)
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