Dru Hill To Headline At Tampa Bay Black Heritage Music Festival

TAMPA, FL — Selling more than 40 million records worldwide, legacy R&B Band Dru Hill will be Saturday's headline performer at the 23rd annual Tampa Bay Black Heritage Music Festival taking place Saturday and Sunday at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park in downtown Tampa, 600 N Ashley Drive.

Dru Hill is known for hits like “Tell Me,” “In My Bed,” “Never Make a Promise” and “How Deep Is Your Love.” Recording new material and continuously performing at sold-out venues around the globe, Dru Hill continues to solidify its legacy as one of the greatest groups of all time.

Dru Hill will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday.

Jazz, Funk, Soul will take center stage Sunday. The trio features saxophonist Everette Harp, keyboardist Jeff Lorber and guitarist Paul Jackson Jr., who have collaborated with icons like Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin and B.B. King.

“We each bring our own interpretations of contemporary and mainstream jazz together in a way that allows us to break the bonds of the normal approach to smooth jazz. By using our years of collective vocabulary, we freely express ourselves musically using everything we have at our disposal,” said Harp. “Plus we can leap tall diminished chords in a single bound.”

"JFS is a threefold convergence of hard work, experience over time, and the blessing of the Lord. Jeff and Everette are arguably two of the best soloists with whom I’ve ever worked," said Jackson.

Jazz, Funk, Soul will perform at 7:15 p.m. Sunday.

Gates open at noon both days.

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor will address attendees on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. There will be a drum circle both days at 12:45 a.m. and national anthems at 1 p.m.

Also performing this year are:

Saturday

• Noon DJ Spaceship
• 1:10 p.m. Regina performing R&B
• 1:40 p.m. Shaadah performing neo-soul
• 2 p.m. Unique performing R&B
• 2:45 p.m. Lockhart Elementary School Drum Line
• 3 p.m. DJ Grandmaster Dee from Hip Hop Whodini
• 3:15 p.m. R&B by Harmony Devoe
• 3:55 p.m. rap and R&B by Just Arron
• 4:20 p.m. pop and R&B by Tru Legacy
• 5 p.m. neo-soul with Siobhan Monique

Sunday

• Noon DJ Tune Selekta
• 1:10 p.m. vocalist and guitarist Nicole Gadson
• 2 p.m. gospel and neo-soul with Sarene
• 2:20 p.m. the gospel music of Leonel Teape
• 3:15 p.m. jazz with Jay Singleton
• 3:30 p.m. a surprise guest artist
• 6 p.m. jazz with Nathan Mitchell
• 6:15 p.m. DJ Spaceship

There will be food and drinks available to purchase.

Gates open at noon both days. Single-day tickets are $20 and a two-day pass is $30. Click here.