Barack Obama knows how to throw a party!The future President of the United States will be host to Hollywood's finest during the upcoming presidential inauguration festivities.
An A-list crowd will take on Washington D.C. this weekend to celebrate Obama, who will be sworn in as the first African-American president in history on Jan. 20. The festivities, starting Friday and lasting until Tuesday night, include appearances by Will Smith, Jennifer Lopez, Sheryl Crow and Oprah.
The non-stop parties begin Friday night at a BET dinner for Smith, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Denzel Washington, Jay-Z, Beyonce Knowles, Jamie Foxx, Morgan Freeman, Alicia Keys and Patti LaBelle, among others.
BET will host another event on Saturday. Joss Stone, Mary J. Blige, Terrence Howard, Stevie Wonder and Tyler Perry are some of the stars who plan to attend.
The Presidential Inaugural Committee's official kick-off event is the We Are One concert at the Lincoln Memorial.
The Sunday show will feature performances from Bruce Springsteen, Crow and Beyonce. Also scheduled to hit the stage are John Mellencamp, Shakira, Garth Brooks, will.i.am and Josh Groban.
Forrest Whitaker, Jeffrey Wright, Adrian Grenier and Elizabeth Berkley plan to attend Rolling Stone's Rock the Vote event on Monday.
Meanwhile, Rosario Dawson plans to attend an event hosted by MoveOn.org, and stars including Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan and Sam Ronson will be at the Declare Yourself event.
Environmental activist and former Vice-President Al Gore will spend the evening at the Green Inaugural Ball.
The Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus perform at the week's second big musical event, Kids' Inaugural Concert to honor military families on Monday. The show will be hosted by future First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of the new vice-president, Joe Biden. Demi Lovato and Usher will also take the stage.
The Huffington Post Pre-Inaugural Ball will host some of the inauguration's biggest names on Monday evening. Hosted by the Huffington Post, the party is the first-ever interactive ball allowing web users to join in the event. Those attending the ball at the Newseum include Halle Berry, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Fall Out Boy, Samuel L. Jackson, Martha Stewart and Steven Spielberg, among others. Crow, will.i.am and Sting will perform live at midnight.
The parties continue after Obama's inauguration ceremony on Tuesday. Courteney Cox and David Arquette will join Rihanna at the Feeding America Ball that evening. Meanwhile, Anne Hathaway, Kate Walsh, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard and Seal will be at the Creative Coalition Inaugural Ball.
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