The Disneyland resort will be filled with the sounds of rhythm & blues, jazz, funk, soul, blues, reggae, hip-hop, doo-wop and Motown groups celebrating Black Music Month throughout the month of June.
Disneyland will host a rotating cast of Black Music Month performers from Sunday, June 1 through June 30 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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More than 40 musical acts will perform over 100 shows on eight stages throughout the Disneyland resort as part of Celebrate Soulfully.
Throughout June, musicians will play on stages at Tiana’s Palace and Refreshment Corner at Disneyland, Paradise Gardens and Carthay Circle Fountain at Disney California Adventure, Broken Spell Lounge at the Disneyland Hotel, GCH Craftsman Bar at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel, Pixar Place Hotel and Downtown Disney.
Here’s the Black Music Month lineup and showtimes throughout the Disneyland resort.
Tiana’s Palace outdoor patio stage
June 1, 7, 8, 28 and 29: CFLC All-Star Brass Band
June 14 and 15: Got Rhythm
June 21 and 22: CFLC Zydeco Quartet
Showtimes at 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Paradise Gardens Bandstand
June 1, 6, 8, 13, 18, 24 and 28: Rhythm & Blues Brothas
June 2, 9 and 10: Pan Dulce featuring Alan Lightner
June 3: Carmel Helene Band
June 4, 16, 20, 23 and 26: Sequin Dream
June 5, 19 and 25: Mel Collins & Friends
June 7 and 14: Cliff Beach Quartet
June 11, 12 and 21: C. Holmes & the All Star Squad
June 15, 22, 27 and 30: Island Reggae Band
June 17 and 29: Denean’s Soul Foundation
Showtimes at Noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Downtown Disney Live Stage
June 1: Vancurt
June 2 and 16: Apollo Bebop
June 3 and 24: Michael Haggins Band
June 4 and 18: Johnny G & The Dynamites
June 5 and 19: Caravana
June 6 and 20: Honeydrops
June 7 and 8: Ledbetter Band
June 9 and 30: Forward Motion
June 10 and 26: Reverend Doctor and the Congregation
June 11 and 23: Bryan Thompson Quartet
June 12 and 27: Sydney Ranee Band
June 13: Del Atkins and the Lyfe Band
June 14 and 15: Molodi Live
June 17 and 25: M3lodic
June 21 and 22: UniverSoul Hip Hop
June 28 and 29: Doo Wop Souls
Showtimes at 6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
GCH Craftsman Bar
June 1 and 2: Calypso Compromise
June 3, 10, 17 and 24: Island Reggae Band
June 4, 6, 7 and 13: Alan Lightner Duo
June 5, 12, 19 and 28: DJ Paul Strickland
June 8: DJ Camille Weldon
June 9, 16, 21, 22, 23 and 30: Island Rhythms
June 11, 18 and 27: DJ Tony Donn Rich
June 14, 20 and 26: DJ Deon Shorter
June 15, 25 and 29: DJ Perpetua Romain
Showtimes at Noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Broken Spell Lounge
June 6: Reverend Doctor
June 7 and 14: Sydney Ranee
June 13: Carmel Helene
June 20 and 27: Bryard Huggins
June 21: Denean Dyson
June 28: Cliff Beach
Showtimes at 5:30 p.m., 6:45 p.m., 8 p.m. and 9:15 p.m.
Pixar Place Hotel Lobby
The Joe Gardner meet-and-greet character from Pixar’s 2020 animated film “Soul” plays smooth jazz on the piano in the afternoons and evenings on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Refreshment Corner
Disneyland pianists pay tribute to the “King of Ragtime” Scott Joplin at the soda fountain on Main Street U.S.A.
Carthay Circle Fountain
The Five & Dime jazz quintet perform hits of the 1920s and ‘30s on Buena Vista Street at Disney California Adventure.
Golden Horseshoe
The Black Music at the Turn of the 20th Century exhibit at the Disneyland restaurant will showcase the history and preservation of Black country music.
Main Street U.S.A.
The New Sounds for a New Century window installation on Main Street U.S.A. will highlight Black banjo masters of the early 20th century with instruments, posters and recordings.