Music in the Streets returns to downtown Washington from 6 p.m. to 9p.m. today.
Gene Gillikin and Gina Gerard, who performed at previous Music in the Streets events as Gene and Gina, bring their latest band, Item 9, to the MITS main stage tonight. The five-member band, based in Greenville, mixes rock, funk and reggae.
Also scheduled to perform are Dick Knight Express, Joe Lloyd, Living Waters, Kara Carlson, David Sowers, Logan Bargelt and Trey Moore, Kimberly Waters and members of Harvest Church in Washington.
Harvest Church members are scheduled to entertain with music, dance and skits.
Dick Knight, frontman for Dick Knight Express, plays trumpet, saxophone and flugel horn. He also sings. He’s performed with James Brown, Otis Redding and other top singers.
Lloyd returns to MITS for a fourth season. The keyboardist plays tunes ranging from beach music to gospel to the blues.
Living Waters is a praise and worship band that draws its members from Washington’s First Christian  Church.
Carlson made her MITS debut last year. She performs original and cover material.
Sowers, another MITS veteran, will be play a mix of country, blues, rock and acoustic rock.
Bargelt and Moore offer up rock and reggae, not to mention other music genres.
Waters plays the keyboard, performing contemporary Christian, praise and worship music. She is making her MITS debut.
The Music in the Streets Shaggers and the Down East Rods & Classics return to Music in the Streets.
Music in the Streets is organized by the Washington Harbor District Alliance.
MITS is held the third Friday of each month from April through October. After Friday’s event, the remainder of this year’s MITS events are scheduled for July 15, Aug. 19, Sept. 16 and Oct. 21.