The R&B program will present a fantastic line-up of artists. A special evening with Gamble and Huff is scheduled for July 10th; Miss Martha Reeves will be performing on July 1st; and a Soul Train dance party will be taking place on June 30th.

• Artists performing June 30 through July 4:
• The Funk Brothers
• Nat Dove
• The National Hand Dance Association
• Shirley Jones of The Jones Girls
• Sonny Til’s Orioles
• Stax Music Academy
• Jerry “Swamp Dogg” Williams

Artists performing July 7 through 11

• The Dixie Cups®
• Fernando Jones
• Fred Wesley and The New  JBs
• The Jewels
• The Monitors
• Smooth and Easy Hand Dance Institute
• The Swallows

Van Luong is the festival blogger for the 2011 Folklife Festival.