Indianapolis native Babyface to headline Juneteenth celebration

Indianapolis native and 12-time Grammy award-winning singer and producer Babyface will headline the Madam Walker Legacy Heart on June 17.

The North Central Excessive Faculty grad will return house as a part of a weekend-long Juneteenth celebration on the historic theater. Excursions of the newly reworked middle, a family-friendly out of doors block occasion and different musical performances might be unfold all through Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 

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Babyface, whose given title is Kenneth Edmonds, can even be inducted into the Madam Walker Legacy Heart Stroll of Fame. His credit embrace some 250 top-10 R&B and pop hits, working with the likes of Beyoncé, Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston.  

He final carried out in Indianapolis on the free stage of the Indiana State Honest in August. 

Live performance tickets will go on sale by way of the Madam Walker web site, madamwalkerlegacycenter.com, at 10 a.m. Monday and on the theater field workplace, 617 Indiana Avenue in Indianapolis. 

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Rory Appleton is the popular culture reporter at IndyStar. Contact him at 317-552-9044 and rappleton@indystar.com, or comply with him on Twitter at @RoryDoesPhonics.