The Dell Music Center’s Essence of Entertainment Concert Season will commence on Thursday, July 7 with platinum-selling R&B singers Jaheim, Monica and Lyfe Jennings. Below are several other artists scheduled to play at the Dell Music Center over the summer.

  The Stylistics is a Philadelphia-based soul group from the 1970s who at one point recorded a dozen consecutive Top 10 Hits, including “You Make Me Feel Brand New” and “I’m Stone in Love with You.” They will be performing at the Dell Music Center on July 14.

  Mary Mary is a Grammy Award-winning gospel duo consisting of sisters Erica and Trecina Atkins-Campbell. Many have attributed the burgeoning popularity of urban contemporary gospel at the turn of the 21st century to the Atkins-Campbell sisters and have extolled their unique blending of various musical genres into one. They will be performing at the Dell Music Center on July 21.

  Morris Day and the Time is a musical group that formed in Minneapolis in the 1980s. They are known for songs such as “Jerk Out” and “Jungle Love.” Day and his childhood friend, the recently deceased Prince, starred in “Purple Rain” as well as its sequel, “Graffiti Bridge.” Morris Day and the Time will be performing at the Dell Music Center on August 25.     

Below is the complete summer schedule (all events begin at 7PM)

July 7: Jaheim, Monica, Lyfe Jennings

July 14: Dennis Edwards and the Temptations Review, The Stylistics, The Chi-Lites, New Birth

July 21: Mary Mary, Chrisette Michele

July 28: Will Downing, Kenny Lattimore

August 4: Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly

August 11: Ledisi, Keith Sweat

August 18: Johnny Gill, Jodeci, Avant

August 25: Morris Day and the Time, Sheila E.

Movie Nights

June 21: War Room

July 12: Minions

July 26: Inside Out

August 16: Creed

August 30: The Good Dinosaur

 The Dell Music Center (formerly known as the Robin Hood Dell East) is an outdoor entertainment venue located in Fairmount Park on 2400 Strawberry Mansion Drive. It was constructed in 1929 as the summer home for the Philadelphia Orchestra. Managed by the City of Philadelphia Parks and Recreation, the amphitheater is the fourth-largest performance center in the city.