Opening band: Second Gear

Wednesday, July 24 at 7:30 p.m., gates open at 6:00 p.m.

Location: Wendel Concert Stage, Ohio University Lancaster

Cost: $30 lawn /$40 at gate/ $10 child, student / $300 table of 10

Whos Bad has earned its name by paying studious attention to Michael Jacksons every original groove and gravity defying dance move. They have over 100 years of combined professional experience and a team of dancers with resumes that include Broadway productions such as Phantom of the Opera. Vamsi Tadepalli (Whos Bad founder, composer, and saxophonist) assembled a cast of North Carolinas premiere musicians and, from Whos Bads inception, believed in the bands boundless possibilities. The velvety vocals and pinpoint choreography of frontmen Joseph Bell and Taalib Yorks combined with the six piece bands synchronized dance routines, blaring horns and down deep rhythms, results in a performance delivered with soul and precision superseded by only the King himself.

They have shared stages with the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, The Backstreet Boys, The Four Tops, Boys II Men, and hip hop superstar, Pitbull. Captivated fans include LIVENATIONs Anthony Nicolaidis who calls Whos Bad, a?oThe real deal,a?? and Michael Jacksons longtime friend and manager Frank DiLeo proclaimed after the Whos Bad show in Nashville, TN, a?oThe show was greata?| Michael would have been proud!a??

Learn more or grab tickets at LancasterFestival.org.