Gospel Music Festival Headliners Announced John P. Kee, Vickie Winans And Smokie Norful In Lineup
Grammy
Award winners are among the headliners set to perform at the 2013
Gospel Music Festival in Bronzeville this summer, which will also
include a new “Battle of the Chicago Gospel Choirs,” the city announced
Wednesday.
The
festival takes place June 20-23. Musicians are set to play at Jay
Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park the first night, The Chicago
Cultural Center the next night and Ellis Park at 37th Street and Cottage
Grove Avenue in Bronzeville on June 22 and 23.
Smokie
Norful, who won a Grammy Award in 2005 for Contemporary Soul Gospel
Album of the Year, is among the headliners playing at Ellis Park
Saturday, June 22.
Another
performer at Ellis Park that Saturday is Tamela Mann, who in addition to
singing gospel has also appeared as an actress in Tyler Perry plays and
the films “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” and “Meet the Browns.”
John P. Kee and New Life, Lecrae and host Vickie Winans are also on for June 22, the city said.
On June
23, Grammy Award-winning Joe Ligon and The Mighty Clouds of Joy will
headline, along with singer Kierra Sheard and The Brat Pack, made up of
Bishop Hezekiah Walker, Ricky Dillard and Donald Lawrence. Singing
back-up vocals for the group are Dexter Walker and Zion Movement.
The rest of the lineup will be announced in May, the Department of Cultural Affairs said.
New this
year is the “Battle of the Chicago Gospel Choirs,” which will allow
city choirs to compete with one another in several rounds.
Entries
for the competition must be received by May 7. The first round takes
place May 18 at Austin Town Hall Park and June 1 at the Washington Park
Fieldhouse. The grand finale round will take place on the festival’s
opening night at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, and the winning choir will
be featured on stage in Bronzeville the last day of the festival.
The
festival is presented by the city and the Black McDonald’s Operators
Association, which is comprised of more than a dozen Chicago and
Northwest Indiana area McDonald’s restaurant owners.
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