In honor of the 5th Anniversary of the Millennium Stage, the Kennedy Center will hold a drawing on the evening of the performance for a weekend getaway for two at Coolfont Resort, Conference, Spa and Wellness Center located in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. As always, there are no tickets required and you can enter the drawing at the performance or online.

View the Millennium Stage live broadcast, online at 6 p.m. daily.

"Celebrate good times…C'MON!"
It's the international anthem "Celebration"-by none other than jazz, R&B, funk, and pop sensations Kool & The Gang.

For our fifth anniversary celebration, we welcome Kool & The Gang to the Millennium Stage. What started in the Jersey City projects back in the 60s has become one of the biggest music success stories of all time. This seasoned supergroup has had hit after hit-from disco sensations "Jungle Boogie," "Ladies Night," and "Too Hot" to their pop smashes "Cherish," "Joanna," and "Fresh." Kool & The Gang was one of the first acts to have its own record label. Their jamming sounds have been featured in a multitude of movies-from Rocky to Saturday Night Fever. And their hits have spanned the decades, with more than 70 million records sold worldwide.

Perhaps most extraordinary is the fact that their sweeping range of music has been created by the same core players for more than 30 years: Robert "Kool" Bell; his brother Khalis Bayyan; their longtime friends Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, Charles Smith, and George "Funky" Brown; plus past members Robert "Spike" Mickens, the late Ricky West, and Woody Sparrow. Ultimately, the Kool & The Gang spirit comes from its members' powerful expressions of individuality. But they always stay true to the music that inspired them-jazz, blues, and R&B.