StarStruck for Obama

It's the talk of the town, or more like the whole nation. This weekend will be one of the craziest weekend to experience. Yes, it's Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, but it's also the kick-off weekend to the Inauguration Ceremony, welcoming Barack Obama into presidency. Even if you didn't vote for the man, you must admit, we are witnessing a part of a historical moment, the first black president of the United States.

So much uproar that celebrities and performers are coming into DC. It will be one of the biggest all-star events coming to the District. If you want to know who's all coming here's a lineup of what I know, thanks to TeamBBC, the Presidential Inauguration Committee and Kelly Tsai.

Friday, January 16, 2009
* Jay-Z - 8pm @ Love the Club - One of the inaugural galas

Saturday, January 17, 2009
* Diddy - 8pm @ Love the Club

Sunday, January 18, 2009
* Open Inaugural Ceremonies @ Lincoln Memorial (Gates open 8am, Event starts 2:30pm) [HBO and HBO.com will telecast live] - Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Bono, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Heather Headley, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, John Mellencamp, Usher, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, will.i.am, and Stevie Wonder. Among those reading historical passages will be Jamie Foxx, Martin Luther King III, Queen Latifah and Denzel Washington. The Rt. Reverend V. Gene Robinson will give the invocation.
* NAACP Welcome Center Celebrity Poetry Slam @ 7pm @ Lansburgh Theatre (450 7th St NW) - Common and Kelly Tsai
* TI, Young Jeezy, Akon - 8pm @ Love the Club

Monday, January 19, 2009
* Kids Inaugural Concert @ Verizon Center (Doors open 5pm, Event starts 7pm) [Disney Channel, Radio Disney and Disney.com will telecast live at 8pm EST] - Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Bow Wow, Billy Ray Cyrus, Keke Palmer, and Usher
* Common - 8pm @ Love the Club

Tuesday, January 20, 2009
* Swearing in Ceremony @ 11:30am @ West front of Capitol Hill - Barack Obama, the United States Marine Band, The San Francisco Boys Chorus and the San Francisco Girls Chorus, Aretha Franklin, John Williams, Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Gabriela Montero and Anthony McGill
* Inaugural Parade @ 2:30pm @ Penn Ave
* Neighborhood Inaugural Ball @ 7:00 p.m. @ Walter E. Washington Convention Center [ABC will telecast live at 8pm EST] - Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Faith Hill, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Shakira, Stevie Wonder and Nick Cannon (as DJ)

More celebrities and performers will be around, so you may get a chance to see the following also:
Dionne Warwick, Ludacris, Yolanda Adams, Big Boi (Outkast), Chaka Khan, T-Pain, Monica, Athena Cage, George Clinton, Cedric the Entertainer, Fantasia, Marvin Sapp, Kirk Franklin, Jalen Rose, Smokie Norful, The Temptations, Howard Hewitt, Chuck Jackson, Nancy Wilson, Peter Paul & Mary, Jason Taylor, Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes, The Caravans, Isaiah Washington, Taraji Henson, David Banner, Bella Steez, Goapele, Tracey and Alonzo Mourning, Carlos Pena, Tito Puente Jr, Bootsy Collins, Eve, Mya, Spike Lee, Fall Out Boy, Jessica Alba, Oprah Winfrey, Citizen Cope, Beastie Boys, Jack Johnson, Macy Gray, LLCoolJ, Russell Simmons, Halle Berry, Ashton Kutcher, Rihanna, etc.

For more official Inaugural activities, visit pic2009.org