Disneyland sets Celebrate Soulfully musical lineup for Black Music Month

Disneyland will host a rotating cast of Black Music Month performers from Wednesday, June 1 through July 4 as part of the Anaheim theme park’s Celebrate Soulfully campaign.

The Disneyland resort will be filled with the sounds of steel drums, brass bands and soaring voices as rhythm & blues, jazz, funk, reggae, Motown, doo-wop and a cappella groups celebrate Black Music Month thoughout the month of June.

Disneyland will host a rotating cast of Black Music Month performers from Wednesday, June 1 through July 4 as part of the Anaheim theme park’s Celebrate Soulfully campaign — which celebrates the work of Black artists through music, dance, food and stories.

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Throughout June and early July, musical groups will play the Disney California Adventure stage in Hollywood Land, the Downtown Disney stage next to the Star Wars Trading Post and the GCH Craftsman Bar stage overlooking the pool at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel.

The Hollywood Land music lineup includes:

• Philly Phonics, an a cappella vocal group
• Midnight Hour, a Motown sounds group
• Urban Music Society, an eight-piece R&B and funk band

The summer block party vibe will feature nightly musical performances in DCA’s Hollywood Backlot stage area.

The Downtown Disney music lineup includes:

• Alan Lightner Steel Drum Band, a four-piece steel drum and Reggae band
• Lala Brass, an eight-piece brass band with rhythm section
• The Rhythm & Blues Brothas, a four-member vocal group
• Standard Mel & Friends, a six-piece classic jazz band
• Del Atkins and the Lyfe Band, a four-piece instrumental contemporary jazz and R&B band
• Denean’s Soul Foundation, a five-piece Contemporary pop and R&B band
• Singers of Soul, a five-member vocal group
• DJs Deon Shorter, Kara Ford, Quami Dushon and Tetris Kelly

The Downtown Disney Live stage will feature nightly live musical performances with DJs performing on Saturday and Sunday afternoons throughout June.

The GCH Craftsman Bar lineup includes:

• Island Reggae
• Pan Dulce
• DJ Quami Dushon

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The Celebrate Soulfully event also features the “Tale of the Lion King” stage show now playing in the Fantasyland Theatre in Disneyland and the Soul of Jazz art exhibit starting June 1 in the former ESPN Zone in Downtown Disney.