Paisley Park Plans Multi-Day Prince Celebration

Paisley Park will host a five-day Prince Celebration from June 3 to June 7, with events tied to the 10th anniversary of his death. (paisleypark.com) The official event page says programming will stretch across Paisley Park, downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul, with a full schedule due May 5. VIP passes are listed at $1,400, and organizers say the package includes concerts, panels, a guided Paisley Park tour and a Saturday block party in Minneapolis. (paisleypark.com) Paisley Park says members of Prince’s bands New Power Generation and the Revolution will perform on one stage together for the first time at the event. The announced lineup also includes Chaka Khan, Morris Day, Miguel, Tevin Campbell, Bilal, Kat Graham and Sounds of Blackness. (paisleypark.com) The gathering lands 10 years after Prince died on April 21, 2016, at Paisley Park in Chanhassen. Prince was 57, and the Midwest Medical Examiner later ruled that he died from an accidental fentanyl overdose. (britannica.com; apnews.com) The birthday date matters, too: Prince was born June 7, 1958, in Minneapolis, and this year’s final day falls on what would have been his 68th birthday. Minneapolis Public Radio reported that organizers are planning a community sing-along as part of the public events around that date. (britannica.com; mprnews.org) City records show Minneapolis is preparing for street activity tied to the celebration. A City Council action approved permit deviations for a Prince Celebration block event on June 6 and June 7, including road closures and amplified sound outside standard hours. (minneapolismn.gov) Paisley Park has operated as a museum and event venue since 2016, turning Prince’s home and studio into the center of the estate’s public programming. The annual Celebration event has become one of the main ways the estate gathers fans, former collaborators and musicians around his catalog and archive. (paisleypark.com; bringmethenews.com) This year’s footprint is wider than Chanhassen alone. Meet Minneapolis lists the event in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Paisley Park, and a separate fan information site also points to programming around the Twin Cities from June 3 through June 7. (minneapolis.org; mplscelebration.com) For now, the clearest signal is scale: Paisley Park is planning a regional Prince commemoration, not a single-night tribute, and more details are set to arrive before the first week of June. (paisleypark.com)