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.