Chaka Khan, seen at a Prince tribute concert in St. Paul in 2016, will perform as part of Prince Celebration 2026. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Chaka Khan, Morris Day, Miguel and an unprecedented mashup of the Revolution and New Power Generation are among the performers announced for Prince Celebration 2026.
Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Bootsy Collins and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis are also part of the programming.
Bobby Z and Lisa Coleman of the Revolution will join forces with various NPG musicians including Morris Hayes, Sonny Thompson, Levi Seacer Jr. and Cora Coleman as part of one of Celebration's concerts.
Khan, who was inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame in 2023, will perform; she was interviewed at the Celebration in 2023 but did not sing. Day has performed at a few Celebrations including last year and 2017, the first posthumous event.
Tevin Campbell, who acted in Prince's third movie "Graffiti Bridge," will perform as will Bilal, Sounds of Blackness and Kat Graham. Kris Kollins and Rachel Webb, who starred in last year's "Purple Rain" musical, will reprise their performances.
Billed as "10th Anniversary Celebration of Life," the annual Celebration will take place June 3-7 at Paisley Park and in downtown Minneapolis.
There will be panel discussions, presentations of recordings and archival footage and tributes to the Prince albums "Parade," "Emancipation," "The Rainbow Children," "Chaos and Disorder" and "3121."
Additional programming includes a gospel brunch and boat cruises on Lake Minnetonka.
