Guide to Veteran Artists at the Inauguration Events

Washington, D.C. is about to become a mecca of entertainment all in salute to the inauguration of Barack Obama. If you are venturing forth to the nation's capitol, here are the veteran artists that you can see:

Sunday, January 18

• We Are One: The Obama Inauguration Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial - 2:30 PM (Broadcast on HBO with open signal to much of the country)
  • Bono
  • Herbie Hancock
  • John Mellencamp
  • Bruce Springsteen
  • James Taylor
  • Stevie Wonder
• The Latino Inaugural Gala - 7:30 PM - Union Station
  
  • War

Monday, January 19

• John McCain Bi-Partisan Dinner - 6:30 PM - Union Station
  
  • Patti LaBelle
    
• Joe Biden Bi-Partisan Dinner - 6:30 PM - Union Station
  
  • Carole King
    
• Black Tie and Boots Inaugural Ball - 7:00 PM - Gaylord National Resort, National Harbor, Maryland
  
  • Asleep at the Wheel
  • The Texas Playboys
• A Celebration of America - 7:00 PM - Kennedy Center
  
  • Bela Fleck
    
  • Wynton Marsalis
• The Big Shoulders Ball - 7:00 PM - Black Cat
  
  • David Honeyboy Edwards
• First Inaugural Ball - 8:00 PM - Carlyle club
  
  • Martha Reeves
    
• Pre-Inauguration Reception Honoring Barack Obama and the Congressional Black Caucus - 9:00 PM - Renaissance M Street Hotel
  
  • George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic
    
• Rock the Vote Inaugural Celebration - 8:00 PM - 9:30 Club
  
  • Beastie Boys
    

Tuesday, January 20

• Swearing In Ceremony - 11:30 AM - U.S. Capitol, West Front
  • Aretha Franklin
• Neighborhood Inaugural Ball - 7:00 PM - Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Hall D
  • Stevie Wonder
• Inaugural Peace Ball - 7:00 PM - Smithsonian Institute National Postal Museum
  
  • Harry Belafonte (Host)
  • Joan Baez
  • Holly Near
    
• Out for Equity Ball - 7:00 PM - Renaissance Mayflower Hotel
  
  • Cyndi Lauper
  • Thelma Houston
    
• Mid Atlantic Ball - 8:00 PM - Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Hall A
  • The Dead
• Midwestern Ball - 8:00 PM - Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Hall C
  • Fabulous Motown Revue
• Eastern Ball - 8:00 PM - Union Station
  
  • James Taylor
• Creative Coalition 2009 Inaugural Ball - 8:00 PM - Harman Center for the Arts
  
  • Sting
  • Elvis Costello
  • Sam Moore
• American Music Legends Inaugural Ball - 8:00 PM - Wardman Park Mariott
  
  • Dionne Warwick (Host)
    
  • George Clinton
  • Chaka Khan
  • Temptations
  • O'Jays
  • Chuck Jackson
  • Nancy Wilson
  • Peter, Paul & Mary
  • Harold Melvin's Blue Notes
  • Bootsy Collins