Kool and the Gang will take to the Love Supreme stage when the festival returns in 2024.

The Celebration and Get Down On It group were announced in the first wave of artists to play the open air jazz festival in July.

R&B rising star Mahalia and Joss Stone also join the line-up for the festival which will be headlined by Chaka Khan.

Other acts also announced include New Zealand singer-songwriter Jordan Rakei who first played the festival in 2017.The Argus: Kool and the GangKool and the Gang (Image: Love Supreme)

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Love Supreme, Europe’s largest outdoor Jazz festival, will once again take over Glynde Place after further success last year.

Little Simz, Grace Jones and Emeli Sande topped the bill for last year’s festival.

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Queen of Soul Chaka Khan will return to Sussex to celebrate five decades in the music industry.

She last played Love Supreme in 2015.

The festival called her a “trendsetter, a fighter, and a survivor” who “redefined pop, soul, jazz, and funk and has helped mould the contemporary music landscape into what it is today.”

Love Supreme returns from July 5 to 7, 2024, with Chaka Khan headlining Sunday night. Early-bird tickets are now available.