MINNEAPOLIS — One of Minnesota’s most legendary bands, Morris Day and the Time, will join the ranks of Milli Vanilli, Vanilla Ice and Poison’s Bret Michaels to perform at President Donald Trump’s America 250 celebrations at the National Mall this summer.

The “Jungle Love” and “Cool” hitmakers will test their cool appearing at the Great American State Fair concert series in Washington, D.C., on June 27, part of a 16-day celebration leading up to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July Fourth.

All of the artists in the lineup announced Wednesday will perform for free in the shadow of a 110-foot Ferris wheel amid other Trump-mandated activities spread across the mall between the U.S. Capitol and the Washington Monument. The series will kick off June 25 with country singer Martina McBride.

Other acts set to perform at the Great American State Fair include Flo Rida, the Commodores and Young MC and C+C Music Factory. The latter act is part of this summer’s I Love the ‘90s Tour lineup along with Vanilla Ice and Milli Vanilli, the duo famously derailed by a lipsyncing scandal in 1990 and then again by co-founder Rob Pilatus’ death in 1998. Alas, that tour is not scheduled to appear in Minnesota.

Prince’s childhood friend Day, however, is scheduled to make two appearances in his native Twin Cities between now and the D.C. gig. He’s part of the all-star lineup in the Prince tribute concert June 5 at the Armory, part of Paisley Park’s annual Celebration. The tour industry site Pollstar also lists him and his modern-day Time as headliners for the all-Minnesotan Setting the Stage opening concert June 20 with Motion City Soundtrack and Ber at Live Nation’s new Mystic Lake Amphitheater in Shakopee.

Day’s Time recently hired Californian session player Curt Bisquera as its new drummer after local music hero Jellybean Johnson’s death in November. No other 1980s-era members of the Time are left in Day’s touring lineup.

Here’s the full schedule for the Great American State Fair concert series:

—Martina McBride: June 25

—C+C Music Factory: June 26

—Vanilla Ice: June 26

—Milli Vanilli: June 26

—Young MC: June 26

—The Commodores: June 27

—Morris Day and The Time: June 27

—Flo Rida: July 2

—Bret Michaels: July 3

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