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Whether you’re looking for chart-topping hits or legendary comedic performances, JAMS Funk Fest 2024 has something for everyone with R&B chart toppers TMF and Raydio joining renowned performer C.P. Lacey this summer as headliners at The Great New York State Fair’s Chevy Court Stage on Saturday, August 31. 

Performances will kick off at 12 p.m. and last until 10 p.m., with a number of artists taking the stage throughout the day. Raydio will go on at 6:30 p.m. and TMF will close out JAMS Funk Fest at 8 p.m. C.P. Lacey will perform between each act with his first performance scheduled for 4:30 p.m.

With over 200 years of combined experience creating music, TMF, which stands for The Music Forever, previously performed as Maze featuring Frankie Beverly. The group is comprised of seven veteran performers, singers, songwriters, and producers who have collaborated with some of very biggest artists in the music industry including Beyonce, Janet Jackson, Earth, Wind and Fire, Whitney Houston, Luther Vandross, Al Jarreau, Frankie Beverly, George Duke, Anita Baker, George Benson, Steve Perry, Donnie McClurkin, and Alanis Morrisette.

Recipients of the 2023 Joseph R. Biden Presidential Lifetime Achievement and Volunteer Service Awards, TMF continues to crank out hits with its recently released self-titled album charting in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, and France. The album is a complete funk groove that follows and encompasses a musical story line from “Let Me Love You,” “New Again,” “Making Love to the Music,” “I’ll Never Let You Go,” “Choices,” “So Deep in Love,” “When the Groove Feels Right,” and “Tribute to the Great Ones.”

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